Fort Smith

Singles in the City

Singles in the City, a fun way to meet single professionals in your area! Ticket price of $10 includes hors d’ouvres; November’s event will be hosted by the Culinary Art…

Pilgrims bankruptcy could help OK Foods

A Fitch report released Tuesday could give hope to beleaguered regional poultry companies like Fort Smith-based OK Foods and even the Tyson Foods of the food processing world. Fitch has…

81 percent of Americans use the Internet

No word on how much of that use is related to porn.

Sparks Hospital receives debt downgrade

Sparks Regional Medical Center has had its debt rating downgraded by Moody’s, a leading national rating agency. The rating on $55.8 million in hospital debt was lowered by Moody’s from…

Medicare Open Enrollment Event

Area seniors, disabled adults or caregivers who need assistance enrolling in (or deciding if they even need) a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan or Medicare Advantage plan may call…

Fitch offers look forward with four national business sectors

Packaged food and fast food companies could do well in this economy. Tyson Foods? Not so well.

Committee assignments set for regional legislative delegation (updated!)

(Updated with all Senate committee assignment listings.) Committee assignments are now set among members of the Arkansas Senate and the Arkansas House of Representatives. In the next few weeks, new…

Jazz.Born in the USA

UA Fort Smith Jazz Concert, Arkansas Best Performing Arts Ctr., 7:30 p.m.

A few notes on ensuring your business is “official”

Starting a business requires more than designating a desk in your home and turning on a computer. Regardless of where you live, each business owner needs to inquire about obtaining a business license.

AOG agrees to lower proposed fees

Fort Smith-based Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp. (AOG) has volunteered to reduce some of its proposed charges for connecting, reconnecting and what are called “special meter reads.” AOG provides natural gas…

A few (video) details on the state budget

Roby Brock, our content partner at talkbusiness.net, has two video posts on his web site providing perspective on the budget recently proposed by Gov. Mike Beebe. The fiscal year 2010…

Fort Smith officials consider $264.9 million 2009 budget

Time is running short for any group or individual interested in providing input into the 2009 budget for the city of Fort Smith. A few brief points about the proposed…

Report: Economy not likely to improve in 2009

In case you haven’t heard, the economy is in a bit of a funk.

Problems with ethanol explained

Author contends that using ethanol makes diesel fuel more expensive. Ironic, considering how much diesel is burned by corn farmers.

Women in the Arts event draws women from Fort Smith area

Ed Dell Wortz, of Fort Smith, and Helen Walton formed the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in 1989. It’s been supporting artistic Arkansas women ever since.

Joy Spicer Solo Art Exhibit

Joy Spicer Internationally Recognized Artist (Solo Art Exhibition) Rock House Coffee 3501 Greenwood Rd. Fort Smith, AR 479-452-2404 BOUNDLESS FREEDOM Through this exhibited body of work, it…

An update on the Regional Intermodal Authority for the Fort Smith/Van Buren area

Ken O’Donnell, director of the Bi-State Metropolitan Planning Organization, says trust and the formation of partnerships between the freight and business communities and the public are essential for this to be a successful endeavor.

Bartlesville looking for a few good Fort Smith area workers

Bartlesville wants you. Especially if you are one of the thousands in the Fort Smith area recently laid off by Whirlpool, Rheem, Riverside, The Times Record or Arkansas Best Corp….

Weekly economic review includes layoffs, home sales decline

The City Wire economic review for the week of Nov. 10 – Nov. 14: • Fort Smith-based Riverside Furniture announced 250 layoffs at its operations in Fort Smith and Russellville….

Regional real estate market not immune from downturn

Regional real estate sales for the first nine months of the year indicate that the area is not completely immune from the national housing downturn. According to the Arkansas Realtors…