by - October 26, 2010 3:00 pm
A plant shutdown and a seasonal layoff will result in more than 200 manufacturing job losses and layoffs heading into the holiday seasons. Southern Steel & Wire, a longtime member…
by - October 26, 2010 10:15 am
Editor’s note: Between Oct. 13 and Oct. 27, The City Wire will present information from candidates in 15 key races in Crawford County, Sebastian County, Fort Smith and area legislative…
by - October 26, 2010 9:15 am
story by Chris Rushing, College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] Think back to 2006 for a moment. Remember all the hysteria surrounding the…
by - October 26, 2010 8:16 am
For veteran U.S. oilfield hands, one of the key barometers for the oil and gas industry has been the weekly rotary rig count by Houston-based oilfield services giant, Baker Hughes…
by - October 25, 2010 10:23 pm
Editor’s note: This is the second of three stories based on a recent The City Wire Election 2010 survey of 600 likely Fort Smith voters. Poll results from the Fort…
by - October 25, 2010 7:02 pm
The editorial board of The City Wire has considered for endorsement 15 federal, state and local races. Municipal and county endorsements will be published Tuesday (Oct. 26). Link here for…
by - October 25, 2010 12:28 pm
Editor’s note: Between Oct. 13 and Oct. 27, The City Wire will present information from candidates in 15 key races in Crawford County, Sebastian County, Fort Smith and area legislative…
by - October 25, 2010 12:26 pm
A recent academic merger is geared to help high school students in the eastern reaches of the Fort Smith region by expanding access to workforce training programs while at the…
by - October 24, 2010 9:18 pm
The editorial board of The City Wire has considered for endorsement 15 federal, state and local races. Municipal and county endorsements will be published Tuesday (Oct. 26). Key area legislative…
by - October 22, 2010 5:28 pm
A $14.5 million judgment against Fort Smith-based OK Industries has been upheld by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. According to Poultry Production News, the judgment results from a class-action…
by - October 22, 2010 4:33 pm
Editor’s note: Between Oct. 13 and Oct. 27, The City Wire will present information from candidates in 15 key races in Crawford County, Sebastian County, Fort Smith and area legislative…
by - October 22, 2010 4:22 pm
Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….
by - October 22, 2010 4:14 pm
He may have appeared frail and weak, but Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker came out swinging during a mayoral candidate forum on Friday (Oct. 22), saying that he gets “very…
by - October 22, 2010 10:06 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate during September increased to 7.7% from an August rate of 7.5%, and marks the 19th consecutive month the unemployment rate has been above 7%. Arkansas’ civilian labor…
by - October 22, 2010 8:07 am
story by Chris Rushing, College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] As we enter the eighth week of play in the rugged Southeastern Conference,…
by - October 22, 2010 7:32 am
Editor’s note: This is the second of three stories based on a recent The City Wire Election 2010 survey of 600 likely Fort Smith voters. Poll results from the Fort…
by - October 21, 2010 7:41 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) board members approved three measures at Thursday’s meeting (Oct. 23), including a move for 501(c)(3) non-profit status for the Chaffee…
by - October 21, 2010 2:56 pm
Editor’s note: Between Oct. 13 and Oct. 27, The City Wire will present information from candidates in 15 key races in Crawford County, Sebastian County, Fort Smith and area legislative…
by - October 21, 2010 10:14 am
With three consecutive months of year-over-year hospitality tax collection gains, tourism officials in Fort Smith and Van Buren are keeping their fingers crossed that the numbers indicate a long-awaited improvement…
by - October 21, 2010 9:40 am
Two Arkansas-based banks that recently acquired failed banks in Florida, Kansas and Missouri posted relatively impressive third-quarter earnings on Thursday (Oct. 21), with Conway-based Home Bancshares’ earnings up 32%. Home…
