by - July 14, 2010 2:21 pm
Efforts and connections continue with federal and private-sector officials to fund and build railroads and improve port facilities in the Fort Smith region, according to comments during July’s meeting of…
by - July 13, 2010 8:03 pm
Murphy Oil Corp. and Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. announced a decision late Monday to suspend their drilling operations in the Gulf of Mexico and relocate to central Africa. In a…
by - July 13, 2010 7:45 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Sometimes the best solutions are the ones right in front of you. That was the consensus at Tuesday’s (July 13) study session of the Fort…
by - July 13, 2010 1:05 pm
Windstream plans to create 210 new jobs and retain 300 existing jobs in central Arkansas. Windstream Corp., which has headquartered its national offices in Little Rock since it was formed…
by - July 13, 2010 9:58 am
Bank of the Ozarks Inc. announced second quarter net income of $10.9 million, an increase of 14.6% from $9.5 million one year ago. Net interest income for the second quarter…
by - July 13, 2010 9:49 am
Fayetteville-based Arkansas Power Electronics International Inc. will receive $3.9 million in Recovery Act funds for a research project that aims to make “significant” gains in the way the U.S. uses…
by - July 13, 2010 8:30 am
The Fort Smith region was the only metro area among Arkansas’ top three metro areas to see an increase in the average home price between January and June, according to…
by - July 13, 2010 6:28 am
story by Chris Rushing, College Sports Matchups(CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] Very few programs across the country have undergone more turmoil in the past 24…
by - July 12, 2010 8:26 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The facts of Fort Chaffee remain the same no matter how much time passes. It opened in 1941. It served as a German P.O.W. camp…
by - July 9, 2010 7:06 pm
Cutting the more than $227,000 spent on outside agency funding and nixing the city’s funding of the Mayor’s 4th of July celebration are just two of the many suggestions from…
by - July 9, 2010 5:33 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has been denied its request to participate in the NCAA Division II. Moving to Division II would elevate the level of play for…
by - July 9, 2010 3:41 pm
Secure Arkansas, the grassroots organization pushing a citizen’s sponsored illegal immigration ballot issue, has failed to submit enough raw signatures for its measure to be considered for the November general…
by - July 9, 2010 12:46 pm
What Rogers Mayor Steve Womack considers a “compliment,” David Whitaker classifies as “breathtaking arrogance.” The Republican Womack faces Democrat Whitaker in the race for the next Arkansas 3rd District Congressman….
by - July 9, 2010 9:46 am
story and photo by Marla Cantrell [email protected] When the Trinity Irish Dance Company showed up at the Alma Performing Arts Center to begin their 2006 American tour, they had one…
by - July 9, 2010 9:05 am
A 5-mile benefit horse ride to raise funds for the Bass Reeves statue has been postponed because of wet conditions at the Old Fort Gun Club in . The club…
by - July 9, 2010 8:45 am
Van Buren-based USA Truck and Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Service hope to shift gears next week when the Northwest Arkansas trucking concerns kick off the second-quarter earnings period for 16…
by - July 8, 2010 3:14 pm
Those looking for signs of a stabilizing regional economic may find some relief in the 8.6% gain in June enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport. June saw 8,869 enplanements…
by - July 8, 2010 2:15 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 - July 8, 2010 9:32 am
story and photo by Marla Cantrell [email protected] There’s still no construction going on at Van Buren’s new $3.4 million library at 15th and Main, but there is demolition work underway….
by - July 8, 2010 8:20 am
In June, state legislators questioned contracts made by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission in foreign countries, particularly China and Japan, which prompted a response from the agency’s director, Maria Haley….
