by - December 8, 2013 8:52 pm
Kudos on downtown support
It’s no secret that numerous changes in residential, commercial and traffic patterns during the past several decades have resulted in the decay – if not abandonment – of thousands of…
TCW Editorial
by The City Wire staff - November 25, 2013 3:13 pm
Water park recalculation
Take a wrong turn while using some of the popular GPS-based travel instruction devices and a pleasant female voice will immediately say, “Recalculating.” That’s the essence of our recommendation to…
by The City Wire staff - November 18, 2013 10:45 am
Sebastian County concerns
We have concerns about the administration of Sebastian County Judge David Hudson. Hudson has been in county government more than 37 years, with more than 16 of those as the…
by The City Wire staff - September 29, 2013 7:00 pm
Bloomberg’s second strike
The first time Bloomberg news fouled up a story about Wal-Mart Stores one could simply consider it a surprising and ill-advised report. A one-off, if you will. Even a smart…
by The City Wire staff - September 3, 2013 12:48 pm
Now is the time
We respectfully disagree with the view of U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, who believes a looming budget battle is not the time to defund and/or otherwise kill the federal healthcare law…
by The City Wire staff - August 20, 2013 10:30 am
A twinkle of hope
An edict out of Bentonville, Ark., has more of a chance to shore up (pun intended) America’s ailing manufacturing sector than anything our elected officials may promulgate from Washington, D.C.,…
by The City Wire staff - July 29, 2013 6:21 pm
Hutchinson’s Herculean challenge
The proofreaders for the Mike Ross gubernatorial inauguration invitations have been hired and called in to work early. Such were some of the early notes from the conventional political wisdom…
by The City Wire staff - July 21, 2013 5:23 pm
Improving cost AND turnout
The Sebastian County Election Commission is to be commended for seeking to increase efficiencies and reduce costs with a plan to change the number of voting sites in the county….
by The City Wire staff - May 21, 2013 10:31 pm
Political petulance
The deceased and fantastically brilliant comedian Mitch Hedberg once quipped that he wore a necklace “cause I wanna know when I’m upside down.” Well, when the detached and fantastically buffoonish…
by The City Wire staff - May 5, 2013 7:19 pm
We must renew the 1% county tax
When famed jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. noted that taxes are the price we pay for civilization, he likely had in mind taxes like Sebastian County’s 1% sales tax. County…
by The City Wire staff - March 31, 2013 8:57 pm
The Whirlpool watch must continue (Updated)
Debbie Keith should not have had to call in reinforcements. But she did, and now the company of famous environmental activist Erin Brockovich is likely to be in Fort Smith…
by The City Wire staff - March 5, 2013 2:13 pm
Political bets with public dollars
While there has been much noted of Arkansas’ recently approved “pain capable” abortion bill, there has been little meaningful public debate among legislators about the political, social and legal complexities…
by The City Wire staff - February 17, 2013 9:23 pm
Whirlpool’s spin cycle
The Fort Smith Board of Directors should put the brakes on this request by Whirlpool Corp. to ban the installation of groundwater wells in an area near the company's former…
by The City Wire staff - February 10, 2013 2:52 pm
TCW editorial: Bait and switch
Jobs, jobs, jobs. That was the pre-election mantra of these heady Republicans who knew they were within striking distance of capturing the keys to the Arkansas lawmaking engine. It was…
by The City Wire staff - November 25, 2012 7:24 pm
The comfort of discomfort
Regional political, business and civic leaders in Benton and Washington counties appear to speak the same language with respect to socio-economic development. It’s silly to think they read from the…
by The City Wire staff - July 6, 2012 4:21 pm
A penny FOR Van Buren
On Tuesday, July 10, the citizens of Van Buren will have a chance to vote on a plan that will do much to vastly improve quality-of-life fundamentals for this second-largest…
by The City Wire staff - April 5, 2012 8:10 pm
Slimy news
What’s the difference between a media report and pink slime? One is perfectly fine to ingest, while the other can leave thousands of people without jobs and raise the price…
by The City Wire staff - March 6, 2012 3:30 pm
TCW Editorial: Mostly ‘For,’ a little ‘Against’
On March 13, Fort Smith voters will consider the extended use of a 1% sales tax that will refinance bonds, pay for the issuance of new bonds and support operations…