by - July 14, 2009 11:25 am
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith began July 12 hosting its first international summer program with a visit from six Chinese students. The junior-level students and two faculty members…
by - July 14, 2009 7:45 am
The four Fort Smith radio stations owned by Clear Channel have created a local advisory board designed to connect the stations with the needs of communities in the Fort Smith…
by - July 13, 2009 5:47 pm
Little Rock-based Bank of the Ozarks reported Monday (July 13) that its net income for the first six months of 2009 was $18.78 million, up 14.8% from the same period…
by - July 12, 2009 9:21 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors will begin Tuesday a formal conversation that could help establish an intermodal authority that promises to significantly improve shipping conditions for regional manufacturers. City…
by - July 12, 2009 8:56 pm
At least two Fort Smith city directors agree with City Administrator Dennis Kelly’s assertion he should have hire/fire authority over department heads. (The City Wire requested comment about Kelly’s proposed…
by - July 10, 2009 6:11 pm
Editor’s note: The City Wire has requested comment about proposed city changes noted in this story from Fort Smith’s seven city directors and Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker. We originally had…
by - July 10, 2009 2:37 pm
Kathy Deck delivered a good news/bad news sermon Friday morning, with the good news including rising consumer confidence and the bad news including an increase in delinquent consumer loans. Yes,…
by - July 9, 2009 6:30 pm
He’s climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, hiked 155 miles of the Ozark Highland Trail in 13 days, backpacked through five national parks — including the Grand Canyon — and floated…
by - July 9, 2009 5:42 pm
Fort Smith sales tax collections continue to decline, with the one-percent street tax in May generating $1.52 million, down 6.92% compared to May 2008. For the first five months of…
by - July 9, 2009 2:01 pm
There were 733 homes sold in Crawford, Franklin and Sebastian counties during the first five months of 2009, a decline of 11.6% over the same period in 2008. However, the…
by - July 9, 2009 8:57 am
Big plans are in the works to spur renovation of historic areas in Fort Smith, and “It’s about time,” appears to be the prevailing opinion of the plans. The Fort…
by - July 8, 2009 4:06 pm
Despite its title, a “Notice of Potential Termination” letter sent by insurance company UnitedHealthcare to thousands of people in the Fort Smith metro area was not intended to cause concern…
by - July 8, 2009 9:58 am
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport were down 6.5% in June, and are down 11.1% for the year. June saw 8,166 boardings out of Fort Smith, compared to 8,739…
by - July 8, 2009 9:17 am
It was at the end of the Tuesday (July 7) Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting when Directors Cole Goodman and Kevin Settle made it clear that the board wants…
by - July 7, 2009 2:43 pm
The comparison to the 2008 boom in business and tourist travelers is making for a significant relative decline in 2009 hospitality tax collections, even with large groups coming to stay…
by - July 7, 2009 11:46 am
Greenwood, a suburb of Fort Smith known for relative strength in new home construction, is seeing a new segment of residential construction boost building permit values. The city issued 48…
by - July 7, 2009 6:36 am
A June 11 opinion from Moody’s Investors Service supports the statement from Sparks Health System CEO Ted Woodrell that the troubled hospital’s finances are improving. Woodrell said in a July…
by - July 6, 2009 12:10 pm
Several years of consecutive growth in the Van Buren hospitality sector are in danger of ending in 2009. The Van Buren Advertising and Promotion Commission reported Monday (July 6) that…
by - July 3, 2009 9:11 am
The days of Sparks Health System desperately searching for a financial savior are over, according to hospital CEO Ted Woodrell. Deliberation, he says, has replaced the desperation. Less than a…
by - July 2, 2009 2:10 pm
The portion of U.S. 71 north of Mountainburg closed June 23 is scheduled to open by 5 p.m. today (July 2), about a week sooner than expected. The closed portion…
