by - May 13, 2010 9:41 am
Editor’s note: The following has been updated to add responses from Gunner DeLay of Fort Smith. The City Wire recently sent a short questionnaire to all the candidates in the…
by - May 12, 2010 6:54 pm
Editor’s note: The Fort Smith Jazz Festival is being presented this year by The City Wire, Downtown Fort Smith, Arvest, Kirkham Systems, Raymond James and Associates, Dixie Digital, and Arkoma…
by - May 12, 2010 4:47 pm
An “old-fashioned” debate is on in the Arkansas Senate District 13 is seat for Thursday (May 13), with two of the three candidates agreeing to attend. Jake Files, one of…
by - May 12, 2010 3:00 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] “I really don’t have anything you’d be interested in.” Leisa Gramlich usually hears this before she receives a collection of Lincoln High School yearbooks. (During…
by - May 12, 2010 11:33 am
Fort Smith City Director Kevin Settle announced Wednesday (May 12) that he will seek a second four-year term on the board responsible for a city of more than 80,000. Settle…
by - May 11, 2010 9:17 pm
story and photos by Linda Kaufenberg [email protected] Long-time community benefactor Donnie Pendergraft was named Philanthropist of the Year by the Fort Smith Area Community Foundation, with monetary donation in her…
by - May 11, 2010 5:19 pm
A discussion about the relationship between the Fort Smith board of directors and the city’s internal auditor resulted in raising questions about what information citizens should and should not have…
by - May 11, 2010 3:40 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors is expected to forward with an ordinance establishing the Fort Smith Housing Authority as a Community Development Entity (CDE) to bring the development potential…
by - May 11, 2010 11:09 am
Editor’s note: The City Wire is endorsing candidates in the Democratic and GOP primaries for the U.S. Senate; the GOP primary for the 3rd Congressional District; and the GOP primary…
by - May 11, 2010 7:09 am
April brought a slimmer of hope that enplanements out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport may begin to improve. The airport posted 6,964 enplanements in April, up 8.6% compared to…
by - May 10, 2010 6:11 pm
What goes down may just as quickly come up. Just a few days ago the market went wild with an almost 1,000-point drop with the Dow Jones Industrial Average. According…
by - May 10, 2010 1:29 pm
story and photo by Marla Cantrell [email protected] When The Frog Bayou Boys sing, “Cause nobody answers when I call your name,” a blond woman, thin as a stick, waves one…
by - May 10, 2010 7:41 am
Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. is beginning to see consistent financial gains, with its second fiscal-quarter net income reaching $156 million, far ahead of analyst estimates. For the second quarter ending…
by - May 8, 2010 6:26 pm
story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Commencement speaker Neal Pendergraft challenged University of Arkansas at Fort Smith graduates during commencement exercises May 8 to "give back"…
by - May 7, 2010 5:10 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] If the first week of early voting in Crawford County is any indicator, the May 18 primary is going to be one of the most…
by - May 7, 2010 4:02 pm
The election season for circuit court judges in Sebastian County has normally been mild, polite and almost reverent in tone. Well, welcome to yet another race during this crazy election…
by - May 7, 2010 2:30 pm
Guess who’s coming to play? Professional golfer John Daly has accepted a sponsor exemption to compete in the Fort Smith Classic scheduled for June 14-20 at Hardscrabble Country Club. The…
by - May 7, 2010 9:13 am
Two recent polls show some trends in the Democratic and GOP primaries for the U.S. Senate race in Arkansas, with incumbent U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln (Democrat) and U.S. Rep. John…
by - May 7, 2010 8:45 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 - May 7, 2010 7:21 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…
