by - June 25, 2010 9:56 am
Fueled by billions of dollars of new investment in the Fayetteville Shale, Arkansas is now the 7th largest producer of marketed natural gas, trailing only Texas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, New Mexico,…
by - June 25, 2010 9:21 am
Fort Smith’s leaders are facing some tough decisions as lower tax revenues have led to nearly a half-million dollar budget shortfall, and they’re asking city employees for input. KFSM 5…
by - June 25, 2010 8:03 am
story by Chris Rushing, College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) Last year, it was Ole Miss stealing all the headlines as Alabama’s most likely…
by - June 24, 2010 1:24 pm
A Georgia company is expected to soon hire up to 250 for a new distribution center in Roland. Citi Trends Inc., a value-priced retailer of urban fashion apparel and accessories,…
by - June 24, 2010 11:42 am
The Trane manufacturing plant in Fort Smith will see 123 jobs cuts no later than Aug. 2, according to a letter sent Wednesday (June 23) from Trane officials to the…
by - June 24, 2010 11:28 am
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 - June 24, 2010 8:39 am
Home sales in Crawford and Sebastian counties during May were up despite concerns of a falloff resulting from expiration of federal tax credits for certain homebuyers. Crawford County saw 63…
by - June 23, 2010 8:24 pm
The newly minted Fort Smith Regional Economic Development Alliance is moving forward with the creation of an economic development strategy that could be ready by September. More than 30 city…
by - June 23, 2010 3:39 pm
Rexam announced Wednesday (June 23) it will expand its current operations in the region, creating more than 150 new jobs by the end of 2010. The company now employs 250…
by - June 23, 2010 2:58 pm
story by Gary Brown, president of College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) In 2010, the reason for conference expansion is just the same as…
by - June 23, 2010 9:20 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Ivy Owen, executive director of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority, walked trustees through his mid-year progress report on June 17, with a tease of the…
by - June 23, 2010 8:06 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] At Tuesday’s (June 22) meeting, the Fort Smith Airport Commission approved an agreement to sell a little more than two acres to the Arkansas Highway…
by - June 22, 2010 12:01 pm
The political gods — at least those responsible for municipal elections — seem to favor Fort Smith City Director Kevin Settle. Just a few days ago, Settle was in a…
by - June 22, 2010 10:16 am
Editor’s note: Roy Hill, a faculty member at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and freelance writer for The City Wire, provides the second and final first-person account of…
by - June 22, 2010 10:11 am
Efforts at a third attempt to create a regional economic development alliance in the Fort Smith metro area are “moving along nicely,” according to Rob Ratley, Arkansas manager for OG&E…
by - June 22, 2010 8:01 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The same squad car computer communication system used by the Fort Smith Police Department is now in place in Van Buren. At the Van Buren…
by - June 21, 2010 3:44 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] On Saturday (June 26) night, before the full moon rises, a gathering of women at the Learning Fields at Chaffee Crossing will begin a ceremony…
by - June 21, 2010 12:44 pm
John Womack, one of the two Arvest employees who launched the bank’s operations in the Fort Smith region in 1999, will soon be the top Arvest exec in the Little…
by - June 21, 2010 12:23 pm
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 - June 21, 2010 12:22 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Campaigning is just beginning for Crawford County assessor Dianna Faucher, who’s running as a Democrat in the District 66 State Representative race. She had no…
