by - March 27, 2009 10:06 am
Arkansas’ February unemployment rate increased to 6.6%, up over the 6.4% rate in January, and up significantly over the 4.8% rate in February 2009. The striking figure is that Arkansas’…
by - March 26, 2009 7:33 am
An energy-saving program between St. Edward Mercy Medical Center and OG&E reportedly saves enough electricity to annually power more than 1,350 Arkansas homes. Officials with Oklahoma City-based OG&E are scheduled…
by - March 25, 2009 8:10 pm
A February tonnage index reported by the American Trucking Associations’ notes two consecutive months of increases — good news for a sector facing more than two years of freight volume…
by - March 25, 2009 2:59 pm
The largest shareholder of the company that owns the KHBS-KHOG 40/29 television station operating in the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas markets announced Wednesday it will seek to acquire 100%…
by - March 25, 2009 10:52 am
ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva says the future of a $100 million joint energy venture with Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. is in doubt. ConocoPhillips and Tyson Foods announced in 2007 a…
by - March 25, 2009 10:44 am
Gatorade and Zyrtec were the most popular 2008 new food brands and non-food brands, respectively, according to Chicago-based Information Resources (IRI). Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. broke into the top 10…
by - March 24, 2009 5:49 pm
Editor’s note: This story is part of an effort by The City Wire to provide information about The Employee Free Choice Act. The proposed federal act seeks to make unionization…
by - March 24, 2009 9:26 am
Average and median prices of new and existing homes in the Fort Smith/Van Buren markets dropped 7.2% and 2.7%, respectively, between Aug. 4 and Mar. 23, according to figures from…
by - March 23, 2009 7:42 pm
Two local economic development and business leaders aren’t too alarmed by a recent uptick in the Fort Smith regional unemployment rate. The preliminary January unemployment rate for the Fort Smith…
by - March 23, 2009 10:29 am
Editor’s note: This story is part of our effort at The City Wire to provide information about The Employee Free Choice Act not typically provided by traditional media outlets. The…
by - March 23, 2009 10:21 am
The executive committee of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce has interviewed five candidates for the open chamber president position and has forwarded two of those to a “community…
by - March 20, 2009 4:35 pm
Act 27 of the 87th Arkansas General Assembly may help avoid the troubles that ensued when former Fort Smith city director Velvet Medlock chose to live in a district other…
by - March 20, 2009 3:26 pm
Ivy Owen is hopeful the third visit from officials with a company based in Japan will indeed be the charm and result in bringing more than 300 new manufacturing jobs…
by - March 20, 2009 2:14 pm
In one year, Arkansas’ unemployment trust fund fell from a balance of $98.9 million to $0, with state officials borrowing federal dollars in a frantic effort to keep unemployment funds…
by - March 20, 2009 11:47 am
A local auto dealership manager sees some merit to a Friday report from Edmunds.com that some new cars can be purchased cheaper than similar used models. Edmunds said its research…
by - March 19, 2009 2:58 pm
The preliminary January unemployment rate for the Fort Smith region spiked to 7.7%, up from 6.1% in December, and up significantly over 5.9% in January 2008. A loss 2,300 manufacturing…
by - March 19, 2009 2:40 pm
The American Legislative Exchange Council rates Arkansas high on an economic outlook list as part of its “Rich States, Poor States” report. Helping Arkansas rank 12th among the 50 states…
by - March 19, 2009 1:11 pm
Extension of the trolley tracks in downtown Fort Smith could begin before the end of 2009, Bradley Martin and Jayne Hughes said during a Thursday (Mar. 19) commission meeting of…
by - March 19, 2009 6:08 am
OG&E has received approval for a $13.6 million rate increase for its 65,000 customers in western Arkansas. But the company noted in a press release that the increase “could be…
by - March 18, 2009 5:55 pm
An annexation of Ben Geren Park by the city of Fort Smith would allow the city to fall under a state hospitality tax provision of which North Little Rock is…
