by - January 5, 2010 11:44 am
Those Mitsubishi and Oxane jobs can’t get here fast enough. Fort Smith’s metro unemployment rate in November was 7.7%, a slight improvement over the 7.8% in October. Unfortunately, the October…
by - January 5, 2010 10:52 am
A declining tax revenue problem that caused Gov. Mike Beebe to cut the fiscal 2010 state budget by $100 million continues. Arkansas tax collections between July and December are $2.577…
by - January 5, 2010 6:46 am
Arkansas’ unemployment insurance tab as of Dec. 31 with Uncle Sam was $222.61 million, lower than an early October projection of $223.8 million at year’s end. But the tab could…
by - January 4, 2010 4:19 pm
While no sampling is ever 100% accurate, a recent collection of opinions from area business and civic leaders suggests creation of the Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority was a key 2009…
by - January 1, 2010 3:29 pm
The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery announced Friday (Jan. 1) that its first 95 days of lottery sales totaled $132.097 million. According to the ASL statement, the first instant ticket was sold…
by - December 31, 2009 7:25 pm
Fort Smith-based Baldor Electric Co. and Little Rock-based Dillard’s Inc. were the big winners — with stock gains of 52% and 332%, respectively — in 2009 among the more prominent…
by - December 31, 2009 12:25 pm
Residents in Fort Smith and Sebastian County locked up their wallets and checkbooks in October, sending Fort Smith’s portion of the countywide sales tax down 22.74% compared to October 2008….
by - December 31, 2009 10:44 am
The “key accomplishments” for the city of Fort Smith during 2009 ranged from landing the $100 million Mitsubishi plant to the launch of televised board meetings to securing voter approval…
by - December 31, 2009 10:11 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors could approve as early as Jan. 19 a new panel to more thoroughly review the about $227,000 the city provides each year to local…
by - December 30, 2009 2:08 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 - December 30, 2009 10:47 am
If the national trucking industry is the bellwether for the national economy, then Bob Costello’s expectation of “moderate growth” in the trucking sector are welcome words. The American Trucking Associations’…
by - December 30, 2009 7:37 am
The average list price of new and existing homes in the Fort Smith/Van Buren market has dropped more than $5,000 during 2009 — a 2.7% decline between Jan. 5 and…
by - December 29, 2009 3:40 pm
John Parker was operating Tuesday (Dec. 29) on very little sleep. Monday evening when the runway lights at the Fort Smith Regional Airport were turned on, only the western half…
by - December 29, 2009 3:15 pm
A section of Arkansas 23 in Franklin County about 19 miles north of Ozark will be closed for up to two weeks, according to the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation…
by - December 29, 2009 11:09 am
The Fort Smith Noon Exchange Club is seeking nominations for a name to place in its Book of Golden Deeds, a local program of recognition of “dedicated volunteers” that is…
by - December 28, 2009 2:57 pm
2010 is off to a good start and it’s not even 2010 yet. Houston-based Oxane Materials announced Monday (Dec. 28) it will locate in Van Buren its first manufacturing plant…
by - December 27, 2009 9:11 pm
November homes sales in Crawford and Sebastian counties were up almost 15%, but the gains have yet to bring the area housing market back to “normalcy.” Crawford County had 38…
by - December 23, 2009 10:17 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 - December 23, 2009 10:04 am
Editor’s note: The City Wire is a content partner with KFSM. The ratings books are out and the two primary local television stations in the Fort Smith area are claiming…
by - December 22, 2009 3:00 pm
More than 35 Fort Smith police officers and supporters gathered at a noon study session of the Fort Smith Board of Directors as the board was scheduled to review the…
