by - February 7, 2011 4:48 pm
A top Wall Street analyst said Monday (Feb. 7) that Chesapeake’s auction of its Fayetteville shale assets could bring interest from several of the world’s largest oil giants, including ExxonMobil…
by - February 7, 2011 4:30 pm
Editor’s note: Story by Jonathan Gipson, sports information director for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Only one University of Arkansas at Fort Smith women’s basketball team has ever…
by - February 7, 2011 2:05 pm
Officials in the Arkansas hospitality and tourism sector say two proposed bills in the Arkansas Senate would make it difficult if not impossible to be competitive with other states in…
by - February 7, 2011 12:12 pm
Sheffield Nelson picked up where he left off in 2008 by filing paperwork on Monday (Feb. 7) with the Attorney General’s office to lead an initiated act to raise Arkansas’…
by - February 7, 2011 11:58 am
At a special called Monday morning (Feb. 7), the Fort Smith Advertising & Promotion Commission put its stamp of approval on a proposed Fort Smith Convention Center lease agreement and…
by - February 7, 2011 7:21 am
Editor’s note: Arkansas Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, provided the following commentary on the previous week of the 88th Arkansas General Assembly. This past week at the Capitol was slowed…
by - February 7, 2011 7:11 am
Editor’s note: Rep. Leslee Milam-Post, D-Ozark, provided the following commentary on the previous week of the 88th Arkansas General Assembly. The House approved a measure that would ban the use…
by - February 4, 2011 3:18 pm
Richard Davies was in Fort Smith on Friday (Feb. 4) to deliver what amounted to a cheerleading speech for the Fort Smith area and statewide tourism industry. Davies, the director…
by - February 4, 2011 1:51 pm
It was announced Friday (Feb. 4) that the acquisition of River Valley Musculoskeletal Center (RVMC) by St. Edward Mercy Medical Center is complete, with 15 RVMC physicians and 100 employees…
by - February 4, 2011 1:03 pm
The Arkansas Parks & Tourism Commission has approved $2 million for the construction of 10 cabins at Lake Fort Smith State Park — one of the final pieces of the…
by - February 4, 2011 10:11 am
In a little more than a week, Arkansans are going to read and hear a lot of the details regarding prison reform measures emerging from a Pew Center study on…
by - February 4, 2011 7:05 am
Tyson Foods Inc.’s first quarter profits were well above expectations as the Springdale-based food giant began the New Year with strong performances across the board, nearly doubling last year’s results….
by - February 3, 2011 8:50 pm
Here we go again. Fort Smith City Director Philip Merry Jr. has requested the Fort Smith Board of Directors reconsider a policy change that would give the Fort Smith city…
by - February 3, 2011 7:45 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] The federal health care law is in legal “jeopardy,” but with or without the law, big changes are needed in America’s health care system. That’s…
by - February 3, 2011 7:24 pm
story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Kim and John McFarland of Fort Smith have made a $1 million pledge to the University of Arkansas at Fort…
by - February 3, 2011 10:47 am
A $28.45 million commercial construction permit for the beginning work on Mitsubishi’s Chaffee Crossing plant boosted January regional permit values more than 246% over the 2010 period. In fact, the…
by - February 3, 2011 8:43 am
A fourth-quarter net loss of $3.11 million reported Thursday (Feb. 3) by Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. is yet more proof that the weak economic recovery is more weak than…
by - February 2, 2011 4:06 pm
story by College Sports Matchups Wire Services On Wednesday (Feb. 2), the Arkansas Razorback football program released a list of recruits who signed a national letter of intent to play…
by - February 2, 2011 2:34 pm
A new industry 10-year forecast released today (Feb. 2) says low natural gas prices will constrain production in the Fayetteville Shale in the short-term, but production and wellhead prices are…
by - February 2, 2011 11:23 am
story by Gary Brown, president of College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] Today is the big day for college football recruits who have…
