by - January 12, 2010 2:07 pm
feature story and photos by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Ad man Fred Williams drives across three cattle guards, one low-water bridge and a herd of cows just to get to his…
by - January 12, 2010 12:47 pm
feature story by Amanda Carson [email protected] Art and music are at the heart of all culture, but sadly they are an aspect that is slowly being pushed aside throughout society….
by - January 12, 2010 10:41 am
Barring a December report full of miracles, the November financial reports indicate 2009 will prove unremarkable — if not slightly painful — for the Fort Smith/Van Buren hospitality sector. November…
by - January 12, 2010 7:01 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The Van Buren city council voted Monday night (Jan. 11) to take over the Rena Road right-of-way acquisition, which is the first move in the…
by - January 11, 2010 2:22 pm
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe announced Monday (Jan. 11) a budget cut of $106 million in response to declining tax collections. It’s the second cut in less than three months, with…
by - January 10, 2010 7:40 pm
Maybe it’s just best to forget about 2009. There were bright spots — movement on the Marshals Museum, announcement of new companies/jobs, the Christmas Honors project and most of us…
by - January 10, 2010 2:42 pm
The City Wire recently asked the seven members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors the following questions. What projects/issues did the board tackle well in 2009? What projects/issues did…
by - January 9, 2010 9:43 am
The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled in favor of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in a complaint filed by General Electric against Mitsubishi. The GE complaint was first filed Feb. 7,…
by - January 8, 2010 12:05 pm
That Baldor Electric Co. Chairman and CEO John McFarland would agree to serve a year as the volunteer chairman of the board for the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce…
by - January 8, 2010 10:31 am
story and photos submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith The new student housing construction project in process at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is at…
by - January 8, 2010 10:09 am
story and photos by Linda Kaufenberg Seeking quality water and quality leadership was the focus of Thursday’s (Jan. 7) 360 Leadership Series held at Hardscrabble Country Club in Fort Smith….
by - January 7, 2010 9:18 pm
The owners of FSM Redevelopment Partners are betting that an almost $4 million investment in portions of the old Phoenix Village Mall to transform it into a more than 80,000-square-foot…
by - January 7, 2010 1:11 pm
Not since 1986 have so few people flown out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport. Enplanements in 2009 at the airport totaled 78,432, down 9.8% from the 87,030 enplanements in…
by - January 7, 2010 12:02 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 - January 7, 2010 10:42 am
Zena Featherston-Marshall, Louise Turner and Tracy Winchell have been named the 2010 Women of Distinction in the Fort Smith region by the Arkansas Girl Scouts organization. Formal recognition for the…
by - January 6, 2010 4:43 pm
The Westphal family has donated another 2.36 acres to the U.S. Marshals Museum, boosting the family’s total land donation to almost 6 acres of prime riverfront property. News of the…
by - January 6, 2010 11:31 am
The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce issued the following press release Wednesday (Jan. 6) providing information about the Christmas Honors project. The release includes a call for volunteers to…
by - January 6, 2010 9:53 am
While the bankruptcy of national trucking giant YRC would boost the fortunes of Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp., officials with the Fort Smith trucking company aren’t pinning their hopes on…
by - January 6, 2010 9:43 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Blake Rogers, owner of Jim White Realty in Alma, was happy to talk about the effects of the lackluster economy on house sales. He just…
by - January 5, 2010 6:20 pm
The Fort Smith Town Club closed its doors Tuesday (Jan. 6), more than three weeks before the original closing date of Jan. 31. Town Club board member Phil White said…
