by - June 5, 2009 2:49 pm
The Arkansas Lottery Commission has hired Ernie Passailaigue, the director of the South Carolina lottery, to lead the formation of Arkansas’ newly approved lottery program. He will start the job…
by - June 5, 2009 1:00 pm
On Friday, Paul Harvel addressed for the first time a large crowd of chamber members since being named the president of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce. Harvel, who…
by - June 5, 2009 12:02 pm
THE POINT: The City Wire supports passage of a Fort Smith sales tax extension vote to raise $30 million to help fix significant water and sewer system problems. THE REASON:…
by - June 5, 2009 6:55 am
What was old is new again with respect to the appearance of thoroughfares in Fort Smith. Several decades ago, the trees and landscaping along Midland Avenue were replaced with asphalt…
by - June 4, 2009 8:59 pm
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport were down 6.3% in May, and are down 12.24% for the year. May saw 7917 boardings out of Fort Smith, compared to 8,452…
by - June 4, 2009 12:51 pm
Larry “Beau” Stricklin is considering running as a Democrat against U.S. Rep. John Boozman, R-Rogers, in the 2010 congressional election cycle. Stricklin tells Talk Business — a content partner with…
by - June 4, 2009 11:57 am
Fort Smith officials are pushing hard for extension of a 1-cent tax approved in 2006 that would keep the tax on the books to early 2014 — about 18 months…
by - June 4, 2009 8:00 am
Van Buren hospitality tax collections reported for April came in at $32,593, 7.4% lower than April 2008. For the first four months of 2009, visitors to the city’s hotels and…
by - June 3, 2009 3:02 pm
About five months ago, David Gooch and Drs. Rebecca Floyd and Stephanie Frisbee wondered about the wisdom of creating an organization in Arkansas to provide business management solutions to independent…
by - June 3, 2009 11:54 am
The unemployment rate for the Fort Smith metro area is still high, but it is moving in the right direction, according to figures released Wednesday (June 3) by the federal…
by - June 2, 2009 4:47 pm
A newspaper story saying four police checkpoints with drug dogs will be placed on roads near the Wakarusa Music Festival had festival organizers concerned about an early end to an…
by - June 2, 2009 10:49 am
Home sales in the Fort Smith region continue to post double-digit declines compared to 2008, but the level of decline is moving in the right direction, according to information from…
by - June 2, 2009 7:29 am
Add the Corps Reform Network to the list of organizations ready to oppose the construction of a Pine Mountain Dam on Lee Creek in northern Crawford County. The River Valley…
by - June 1, 2009 6:30 pm
The sixth annual Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival is set to be held on Mulberry Mountain near Ozark, June 4-7. From its inception in 2004 until 2008, the June festival…
by - June 1, 2009 5:02 pm
The chair of the Sparks Hospital Board of Trustees said Monday (June 1) it was a “disappointing” but necessary decision to withdraw from the previously announced intention to sell the…
by - June 1, 2009 2:05 pm
A report from Edmunds.com on expected May sales indicates that the auto market is trying to stabilize, and at least one Fort Smith-based dealership is reporting good May volume. May…
by - June 1, 2009 1:59 pm
The bright spot in the regional construction industry during May was a 125.6% increase in the value of commercial permits issued in Fort Smith. The city issued 45 commercial permits…
by - May 31, 2009 7:32 pm
story by Michael Tilley Decisions are made daily in the rough-and-tumble world of politics and business that may make or break the socio-economic fortunes and future of a city or…
by - May 29, 2009 3:54 pm
Trane Aire Systems has laid off 40 workers at its Fort Smith manufacturing plant. Art Scheskie, director of site communications for Trane Commercial Systems, said a decline in orders resulting…
by - May 29, 2009 3:29 pm
The Fort Smith plant expansion Fortis Plastics announced in February will create 77 new jobs, according to a city of Fort Smith memo. Fortis, previously operating as Atlantis Plastics, is…
