by - November 20, 2008 1:36 pm
Rumors about building university housing in downtown Fort Smith were given official credence Wednesday at the monthly commissioners meeting of the Central Business Improvement District. The CBID, a more than…
by - November 19, 2008 5:36 pm
While most media outlets were busy exaggerating the meaning of a negative federal audit of the Fort Smith Housing Authority, officials at said authority were busy crafting responses to the…
by - November 19, 2008 1:16 pm
While the Fort Smith region has been fortunate to land several new manufacturing operations in 2008, the recent flurry of plant closings and layoffs threatens to end the year on…
by - November 18, 2008 4:35 pm
A Fitch report released Tuesday could give hope to beleaguered regional poultry companies like Fort Smith-based OK Foods and even the Tyson Foods of the food processing world. Fitch has…
by - November 18, 2008 12:52 pm
Sparks Regional Medical Center has had its debt rating downgraded by Moody’s, a leading national rating agency. The rating on $55.8 million in hospital debt was lowered by Moody’s from…
by - November 18, 2008 10:51 am
(Updated with all Senate committee assignment listings.) Committee assignments are now set among members of the Arkansas Senate and the Arkansas House of Representatives. In the next few weeks, new…
by - November 17, 2008 8:14 pm
Fort Smith-based Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp. (AOG) has volunteered to reduce some of its proposed charges for connecting, reconnecting and what are called “special meter reads.” AOG provides natural gas…
by - November 17, 2008 6:43 pm
Roby Brock, our content partner at talkbusiness.net, has two video posts on his web site providing perspective on the budget recently proposed by Gov. Mike Beebe. The fiscal year 2010…
by - November 17, 2008 10:33 am
Time is running short for any group or individual interested in providing input into the 2009 budget for the city of Fort Smith. A few brief points about the proposed…
by - November 14, 2008 3:47 pm
Bartlesville wants you. Especially if you are one of the thousands in the Fort Smith area recently laid off by Whirlpool, Rheem, Riverside, The Times Record or Arkansas Best Corp….
by - November 14, 2008 3:33 pm
The City Wire economic review for the week of Nov. 10 – Nov. 14: • Fort Smith-based Riverside Furniture announced 250 layoffs at its operations in Fort Smith and Russellville….
by - November 14, 2008 1:16 pm
Regional real estate sales for the first nine months of the year indicate that the area is not completely immune from the national housing downturn. According to the Arkansas Realtors…
by - November 14, 2008 11:46 am
During the first two weeks of November, the city of Fort Smith issued 233 permits valued at $6.14 million. That is slightly off the October pace of 644 permits valued…
by - November 14, 2008 8:11 am
R. Nick Remy is the new director of the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) located at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Remy, who will begin…
by - November 14, 2008 7:56 am
The Web site of the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services (DWS) contains much information about job numbers, industry sectors, career guidance publications and other labor market related stuff. Included in…
by - November 13, 2008 4:04 pm
The Associated Press reported earlier today that Fort Smith-based Riverside Furniture will lay off 250 employees in Fort Smith and Russellville and will combine two of its operations in Fort…
by - November 13, 2008 7:28 am
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported mostly good news this morning with its third-quarter financial earnings release. The Bentonville-based retailer posted third-quarter sales of $97.63 billion, up 7.5 percent over the $90.82…
by - November 12, 2008 8:44 pm
News broke late Wednesday that the federal government is not happy with the financial and development practices at the Fort Smith Housing Authority. More specifically, the Inspector General of the…
by - November 12, 2008 2:12 pm
T. Boone Pickens is going to love this. If preliminary reports are true, a natural gas field in Alaska’s North Slope could be a game changer in terms of domestic…
by - November 12, 2008 1:16 pm
It’s been known that deep job cuts are coming to Arkansas ever since the $28 billion deal by Verizon Wireless to buy Little Rock-based Alltel Corp. was announced. Alltel employs…
