by - June 1, 2010 5:54 pm
First-quarter 2010 hospitality tax collections in Fort Smith are down more than 8% compared to the same period of 2009, but signs are suggesting improvements from the sector slowdown that…
by - June 1, 2010 3:35 pm
No election is required to know that Philip Merry Jr. will be a new member of the Fort Smith board of directors come January 2011. Merry, president of BMB Merry…
by - June 1, 2010 11:30 am
Editor’s note: This is another story in a series of stories on mental illness issues. Throughout 2010 The City Wire will attempt to post at least one story a month…
by - June 1, 2010 10:17 am
Fort Smith City Director Gary Campbell said Tuesday (June 1) he will not seek re-election to the city board’s Position 5 at-large seat, leaving the race for the seat to…
by - May 31, 2010 12:03 pm
story and band reviews by Peter Lewis [email protected] The Wakarusa music festival first called Mulberry Mountain home in 2009. By all accounts the first year was a success. There were an estimated…
by - May 28, 2010 3:38 pm
Michael E. Newcity will be the new chief financial officer at Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp., possibly completing a high-level round of management changes at the less-than-truckload company that began…
by - May 28, 2010 3:02 pm
The American Trucking Associations’ tonnage index increased 0.9% in April, marking the fifth consecutive month of gains for the troubled trucking sector. The latest improvement put the seasonally adjusted index…
by - May 28, 2010 2:27 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 - May 27, 2010 3:23 pm
No one is jumping for joy, but improvements are appearing in the rate of decline with Fort Smith and Sebastian County sales tax collections. Still, the loss of revenue to…
by - May 27, 2010 2:08 pm
Leaders of the Arkansas Progressive Group announced Thursday (May 27) they will withdraw their AR OneTax ballot initiative following an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling that the group could not challenge…
by - May 27, 2010 11:52 am
Now comes Realtor Pam Weber to the list of those seeking a position on the Fort Smith board of directors. Weber, the first female to file for a board seat…
by - May 27, 2010 9:12 am
Gains in regional building permits and a leveling off in the unemployment rate helped boost the economic “grade” of the Fort Smith regional economy during the first quarter of 2010….
by - May 27, 2010 8:25 am
Connect Arkansas has released six “maps” that show the availability of high-speed wireless, broadband and satellite Internet connections in Arkansas. The maps are part of an ongoing process by Connect…
by - May 27, 2010 7:09 am
It turns out Rep. Frank Glidewell did collect more than $47,000 from the state in per diem and expenses during 2009, although the Glidewell campaign disputes the description of $18,000…
by - May 26, 2010 5:57 pm
The ad hoc convention center committee on Wednesday (May 26) unanimously endorsed the idea of a 1% hospitality tax to fill an up to $1 million funding shortfall related to…
by - May 25, 2010 8:49 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] On Tuesday (May 25) the Fort Smith Commission approved a letter of intent that could pave the way for a new financial institution to be…
by - May 25, 2010 6:26 pm
Wall Street traders on Tuesday (May 25) cut more than 14% off the price of Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. shares after the company’s union drivers rejected a wage and…
by - May 25, 2010 5:41 pm
City, county and Van Buren school officials broke ground Tuesday on a new $13.6 million building for King Elementary School, according to a statement from the district. The new facility…
by - May 25, 2010 4:44 pm
Arkansas stocks got a recession-busting bounce from better-than-expected first quarter financial results, but most remain cautious after surviving after a Dow Jones’ panic-fed 1,000-point drop and recent sell-off of U.S….
by - May 24, 2010 9:24 pm
More than 3,700 of the roughly 7,000 union employees of ABF Freight System rejected a wage-adjustment deal negotiated by the company and Teamsters leaders. It is unclear what the setback…
