by - February 24, 2009 4:57 pm
The Fort Smith regional tourism industry had a healthy 2008 judging from collections of the state’s 2% tourism trust fund tax. Collections of the tax — on hotels, restaurants, tourism…
by - February 24, 2009 1:40 pm
Cox Communications and the city of Fort Smith may have reached a compromise on a new franchise agreement. Len Pitcock, Arkansas director of government affairs for Cox Communications, told the…
by - February 24, 2009 11:14 am
Traffic at the Fort Smith Regional Airport continues a steep decline, with January enplanements dipping 20.9% compared to January 2008. According to information on the airport’s Web site, there were…
by - February 24, 2009 7:08 am
A recent federal filing by Arkansas Best Corp. provides new and interesting detail into one of the three publicly held companies based in Fort Smith. The less-than-truckload carrier recently reported…
by - February 23, 2009 4:52 pm
Fort Smith-based Baldor Electric Co. announced Monday (Feb. 23) a quarterly cash dividend of 17 cents per share, payable March 31 to shareholders of record on March 10. The company…
by - February 23, 2009 4:03 pm
Recent and ongoing hotel construction in Fort Smith will not likely result in an oversupply of hotel rooms, according to Claude Legris, executive director of the Fort Smith Convention &…
by - February 23, 2009 2:43 pm
Cox Communications said it is “surprised and disappointed” with Mayor Ray Baker’s veto of its franchise extension, and the company reminded the city that federal law requires certain criteria to…
by - February 23, 2009 2:01 pm
The Greater Fort Smith Association of Home Builders is presenting its 50th annual Home Show, Feb. 27 through March 1 at the Fort Smith Convention Center. “Getting Greener” is the…
by - February 23, 2009 9:57 am
Early in the 87th General Assembly of the Arkansas Legislature, a Senate resolution — SCR 4 — was filed and adopted that recommended “a significant portion of funding for transportation…
by - February 23, 2009 8:49 am
Mayor Ray Baker has vetoed an ordinance approved Feb. 17 by the Board of Directors that granted a third extension of the franchise agreement between the city and Cox Communications,…
by - February 20, 2009 10:55 pm
Faced with a 40% decline in business, Rheem officials announced Friday they would close a plant in Milledgeville, Ga., and consolidate the operations there at the company plants in Fort…
by - February 20, 2009 4:38 pm
A bill filed Friday seeks to provide the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith with $10 million to buy property, build a library parking lot and support new facility design…
by - February 20, 2009 1:48 pm
Rose Catalano admits to being uncomfortable with the philosophy behind the recently announced federal mortgage bailout program, but she believes many people in the area could qualify for assistance. “I…
by - February 20, 2009 12:29 pm
The figures show that job loss announcements in the first few weeks of 2009 have unfortunately picked up where 2008 ended. The Governor’s Dislocated Worker Task Force has recorded seven…
by - February 20, 2009 6:59 am
The effort by the Fort Smith Art Center to raise $200,000 to secure a building donation from Arvest Bank is ready to kick into high gear, according to Art Center…
by - February 19, 2009 2:31 pm
Two teams of students from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith placed first and fifth in a statewide computer science competition held in Conway, beating out several other colleges…
by - February 19, 2009 2:18 pm
Fort Smith City Administrator Dennis Kelly said Thursday he is considering creating development districts that could promote revitalization of areas along Midland Boulevard and the area around the Phoenix Village…
by - February 18, 2009 5:37 pm
B.G. Hendrix continues to find himself in the middle of big happenings. Hendrix, who served Fort Smith for 34 years as a representative in the Arkansas House of Representatives, was…
by - February 18, 2009 5:07 pm
Regional government and industry officials agreed Wednesday that a 1999 market study for a proposed intermodal facility needs an update before determining what type of quasi-governmental structure — if any…
by - February 18, 2009 3:44 pm
An advanced manufacturing company once interested in moving to Fort Smith announced its first major commercial product resulting from research at the University of Arkansas. Springdale-based Duralor said Wednesday (Feb….
