by - December 21, 2010 8:00 am
story info submitted by the Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau We are Rooster. That’s one of the themes behind True Gritapalooza, a grassroots campaign celebrating the Fort Smith connection…
by - December 21, 2010 7:42 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] At the Monday (Dec. 20) meeting of the Van Buren City Council, aldermen approved the 2011 proposed budget, gave raises to city employees, passed an…
by - December 20, 2010 2:56 pm
Helping Mitsubishi break ground on a $100 million wind turbine assembly plant to Fort Smith being named an Arkansas Volunteer Community of 2010 were cited by Acting City Administrator Ray…
by - December 20, 2010 2:26 pm
The Fort Smith board of directors is scheduled to vote Tuesday (Dec. 21) on a 5% sewer rate increase to cover debt covenant requirements related to bonds for sewer system…
by - December 20, 2010 2:04 pm
November home sales figures in the Fort Smith area and Northwest Arkansas are not pretty, with 2010 sales in both regions likely to fall below 2009, 2008 and 2007 levels….
by - December 20, 2010 9:54 am
Editor’s note: The City Wire highlights each month a person in the Fort Smith region. Special recognitions, accomplishments, philanthropic support and input from The City Wire readers are considered when…
by - December 20, 2010 8:42 am
Nationwide freight demand, which hit a recession in October 1996, should accelerate in the second half of 2011, according to a trucking industry economist. The American Trucking Associations’ Truck Tonnage…
by - December 17, 2010 1:37 pm
Arkansas lawmakers are concerned about the state’s debt to the federal government and they couldn’t wait to tackle the subject at their final Legislative Council meeting before January’s legislative session….
by - December 17, 2010 11:44 am
Personal income data released Friday (Dec. 17) shows that economic conditions are slowly improving, with Arkansas’ personal income in the third quarter of 2010 up 4.23% compared to the 2009…
by - December 17, 2010 10:45 am
Estimated 2009 median income fell in all but one of the seven counties in the Fort Smith metro area, according to the American Community Survey (ACS) released recently by the…
by - December 17, 2010 10:09 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate in November was 7.9%, up from 7.8% in October and up from the 7.6% in November 2009. The Oklahoma jobless rate was 6.9%, unchanged from October, and…
by - December 16, 2010 9:08 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Real Estate Review Committee members on the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) were unable to reach an agreement following a second meeting with Rob Coleman…
by - December 16, 2010 6:08 pm
U.S. District Court Judge Susan Webber Wright (Eastern District of Arkansas) has granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. against YRC and the…
by - December 16, 2010 4:30 pm
info for this story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Area consumers expect to spend more this holiday season than last year, according to preliminary data reported…
by - December 16, 2010 2:04 pm
The number of Fort Smith regional properties in a process of foreclosure was up 23% in November and is up more than 17% for the first 11 months of the…
by - December 16, 2010 1:20 pm
Candyce Hinkle is not sure what the movie remake of “True Grit” will do to boost Fort Smith’s tourism industry, but the Fort Smith native and cast member of the…
by - December 16, 2010 7:27 am
story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and Chancellor Paul Beran received high praise Dec. 15 from commencement speaker Steve…
by - December 16, 2010 7:21 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The Van Buren Advertising and Promotions Commission approved its 2011 budget of $454,000 at Wednesday’s (Dec. 15) regular meeting, a $31,000 increase over the 2010…
by - December 15, 2010 7:12 pm
At the 145th annual meeting of the Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce, Stephens Inc. CEO Warren Stephens said he still believes that streamlining city and county governments in central…
by - December 15, 2010 5:41 pm
A recent online survey of The City Wire readers suggest that 56% of readers have an annual income of more than $100,000, and 52% are between the ages of 46…
