by - July 8, 2011 1:31 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The Joint Agriculture, Forestry and Economic Development committee quizzed Larry Bengal,…
by - July 8, 2011 1:05 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Late last week, the Arkansas Public Service Commission approved a number…
by - July 8, 2011 12:26 pm
Tourism agencies, hotels, restaurants, chambers of commerce and other tourism and travel-related businesses and organizations were recently handed 55,000 magazines to help promote tourism in what is called the Western…
by - July 7, 2011 11:20 pm
A source close to the 1% petition effort says around 4,000 signatures will be resubmitted in the effort to force an election on a 1% prepared food tax in Fort…
by - July 7, 2011 11:49 am
Editor’s note: The following is part of a series of stories The City Wire will post in 2011 about foster care issues and organizations in the Fort Smith region. At…
by - July 7, 2011 11:43 am
Tourism and business travel is one sector in the Fort Smith region showing clear signs of economic recovery — at least based on tourism tax collections in Fort Smith and…
by - July 7, 2011 11:30 am
Editor’s note: The City Wire seeks to recognize accomplishments of those living and working in the Fort Smith region. Special recognitions, accomplishments, philanthropic support and input from The City Wire…
by - July 6, 2011 6:05 pm
The initial plans have been somewhat downsized, but FSM Redevelopment Partners are moving forward to build a hotel that connect to the Phoenix Expo and Trade Center. Lance Beaty, a…
by - July 6, 2011 5:28 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Little Rock, fielded questions from constituents this…
by - July 6, 2011 11:55 am
AT&T is pumping CNG from AOG. Or, in other words, AT&T is one of the first regular customers of a public compressed natural gas fueling station operated by Arkansas Oklahoma…
by - July 6, 2011 11:52 am
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday (July 6) in favor of Arkansas Best Corp., which returns the company’s lawsuit against YRC and the Teamsters back to a federal…
by - July 6, 2011 5:04 am
story by Luke Hobbs [email protected] The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted in its Tuesday (July 5) meeting to purchase six new Segway patrollers and 115 new rifles for the…
by - July 5, 2011 7:58 pm
A hearing on the petition to remove Sebastian County Circuit Clerk Ken Blevins from office is scheduled for 9 a.m., Aug. 25, in the courtroom of Judge James Cox. However,…
by - July 5, 2011 3:19 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] The state’s nearly $94 million budget surplus is likely to grow…
by - July 5, 2011 10:45 am
Arkansas tax collections reversed a negative two-year slide in the 2011 fiscal year, with collections up 4.5% in the July 2010-June 2011 period. State tax collections for fiscal year 2011…
by - July 1, 2011 4:56 pm
The city of Fort Smith and the Fort Smith Advertising & Promotion Commission may enter into a short-term agreement to operate the Fort Smith Convention Center until there is resolution…
by - July 1, 2011 3:12 pm
U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, talked politics Friday morning (July 1) before a large chamber crowd, with the biggest applause coming when he reminded the audience he voted against the…
by - July 1, 2011 3:10 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Gov. Mike Beebe’s spokesman Matt Decample said the governor will call…
by - July 1, 2011 1:40 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Political analyst Charlie Cook told a Little Rock audience that he…
by - June 30, 2011 6:08 pm
Share prices of nine of 15 Arkansas-based companies fell in the first half of 2011, an unfortunate majority considering that the three major stock market indices recorded gains in the…
