by - December 14, 2011 3:13 pm
Fort Smith regional residents are growing more pessimistic about their personal finances and the health of the overall economy — a reality possibly fueled by the news Whirlpool will close…
by - December 14, 2011 12:16 pm
Federal data released Wednesday (Dec. 14) shows an increase in average wages during 2010 in most Arkansas metro areas and also provides more numerical proof of the state’s struggling manufacturing…
by - December 14, 2011 10:28 am
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to approve legislation on Thursday (Dec. 15) that could raise $5 million to support artifact and document preservation at the U.S. Marshals Museum….
by - December 13, 2011 9:17 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors is moving forward with a March 2012 election to extend an existing 1% sales tax that would pay for more than $107 million in…
by - December 13, 2011 3:44 pm
Arkansas Rep. Leslee Milam Post, D-Ozark, announced the creation of Leadership Franklin County, a program housed at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus and aimed at creating leadership opportunities to expand the…
by - December 13, 2011 3:21 pm
Construction continues to be a healthy sector of the Fort Smith regional economy, with building permit values in three key regional cities up more 33% for the year. Building permits…
by - December 13, 2011 2:40 pm
New federal data shows that merchandise exports made in Arkansas increased 14% in the first 9 months of 2011 compared to the same time period in 2010. The U.S. Commerce…
by - December 13, 2011 6:57 am
The aquatics facility at Ben Geren Regional Park is back on the table. After removing the earmark at the last Committee as a Whole meeting, the Sebastian County Quorum Court…
by - December 12, 2011 4:18 pm
Favorable financial figures that are part of a “focused plan” protect and enhance the future of the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith were released Monday (Dec. 12) by the…
by - December 12, 2011 11:17 am
An approved change in Fort Smith floodplain maps could save city home and business owners thousands in insurance premiums beginning March 2012. The city’s engineering department recently found errors and…
by - December 12, 2011 9:29 am
Enplanement traffic at the Fort Smith Regional Airport was up almost 5% in November, but the year-to-date traffic remains just slightly below 2010 levels. November enplanements at the airport totaled…
by - December 12, 2011 8:24 am
The City Wire is again pushing an annual survey to gather basic demographic info about it’s growing number of visitors. The data will also be used to help in expansion…
by - December 12, 2011 8:05 am
Earlier this year, the state’s trial court system experienced a near-catastrophic cash flow crisis. Declining revenues from fewer civil case filings and supposedly less-than-stellar budgeting resulted in a scare for…
by - December 11, 2011 7:38 pm
Sebastian County Circuit Clerk Ken Blevins has blinked. Blevins, who faced a contempt of court charge and possible arrest, has agreed to allow employees Tyanna Caldwell and Cassie Vega to…
by - December 9, 2011 4:06 pm
Sebastian County Circuit Clerk Ken Blevins was working from his vitamin store in Fort Smith on Friday afternoon (Dec. 9) because he said he needed a “quiet place” to look…
by - December 9, 2011 10:54 am
Top Fort Smith staffers object to a statement from former City Administrator Dennis Kelly about the details surrounding a now controversial 2009 true-up water bill with Van Buren. True-ups are…
by - December 9, 2011 8:19 am
A class-action group of rice farmers won a major appeal at the Arkansas Supreme Court in a ruling that struck down a portion of the state’s comprehensive tort reform statute…
by - December 8, 2011 5:13 pm
Arkansas’ 127 bank institutions during the third quarter of 2011 collectively improved their total assets to $58.35 billion, up 1.28% compared to the 2010 period and up 1.65% compared to…
by - December 8, 2011 4:28 pm
Sebastian County Judge David Hudson signed and filed a four-page order on Thursday (Dec. 8) requiring Sebastian County Circuit Clerk Ken Blevins to reinstate two employees he recently fired. Tyanna…
by - December 8, 2011 2:24 pm
Arkansas’ new Medicaid chief, Dr. Andy Allison, received a warm and lengthy welcome from a legislative committee on his first week on the job, fielding questions regarding his philosophy and…
