by - May 1, 2010 1:35 pm
Baldor officials said Saturday (May 1) that 2009 was a tougher year than expected but say they are seeing signs that suggest recovery in 2010. The Fort Smith-based global manufacturing…
by - April 30, 2010 6:07 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 - April 30, 2010 3:31 pm
Southwestern Energy invested a whopping $319 million in the Fayetteville Shale during the first quarter of 2010, propelling the Houston-based natural gas driller back into the black despite dismal natural…
by - April 30, 2010 1:31 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Meet Joe Hurst. He’s Van Buren’s new city planner. Or he soon will be. He’s made a verbal agreement with Mayor Bob Freeman and is…
by - April 30, 2010 1:10 pm
Editor’s note: This is the fifth 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 - April 30, 2010 12:30 pm
Questions remain with a campaign finance report filed by Rep. Stephanie Malone, R-Fort Smith, and the campaign reports of Sen. Denny Altes, R-Fort Smith, present a similar question about contribution…
by - April 29, 2010 5:33 pm
Maybe the recent gains in the manufacturing sector are courtesy of employment gains at Whirlpool’s Fort Smith plant. Whirlpool spokeswoman Jill Saletta confirmed that the refrigerator production plant has 1,930…
by - April 29, 2010 4:58 pm
The Fort Smith Housing Authority is preparing to establish itself as a Community Development Entity to bring the development potential of New Markets Tax Credits to the region. New Markets…
by - April 29, 2010 2:04 pm
President Barack Obama has nominated Fort Smith attorney P.K. Holmes III to be the next U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. Holmes was recommended in early December…
by - April 29, 2010 2:01 pm
March continued a four-month positive trend in the American Trucking Associations’ Index which points to recovery in a bellwether sector for the national economy. The ATA report for March shows…
by - April 29, 2010 7:20 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] With an 8.3% the unemployment rate in the Fort Smith metro area, you’d think it would be easy to fill open positions, but that’s not…
by - April 29, 2010 7:07 am
story and photo by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The King Opera House was built on the same Van Buren street where Albert Pike downed mint juleps with city founder John Drennen,…
by - April 28, 2010 6:46 pm
info for this story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith What began more than a year ago as an idea of University of Arkansas at Fort Smith…
by - April 28, 2010 5:08 pm
Baldor Electric Co. reported declines in first quarter revenue and net income, but the report was better than what Wall Street was expecting. The Fort Smith-based global manufacturing and distribution…
by - April 28, 2010 3:45 pm
Sparks Health System CEO Melody Trimble has now filled all but one of the hospital’s top management positions with the hiring of Sue Conley as the chief operations officer. Conley…
by - April 28, 2010 2:41 pm
Fort Smith’s metro area unemployment rate declined in March to 8.3%, but remains as one of the highest rates among Arkansas’ metro areas and has topped 8% for four consecutive…
by - April 28, 2010 1:27 pm
Rep. Stephanie Malone, R-Fort Smith, has said her contribution report showing $3,000 in contributions from Michael Carter is in error and the mistake is being corrected. The error was brought…
by - April 28, 2010 7:11 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] There is a goat without the benefit of hair today, so that the plaster walls inside the historic Drennen-Scott house in Van Buren can truly…
by - April 27, 2010 8:56 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The Fort Smith Airport Commission is willing to take a $35,000 gamble to seek a $500,000 paving grant from the Arkansas Department of Aeronautics. The…
by - April 27, 2010 8:01 pm
More key Arkansas Best Corp. management changes within the past six months were announced late Tuesday, and appear to be caused by the resignation of Chris Baltz, the former senior…
