by - January 4, 2011 8:42 pm
After serving almost 12 years as a Fort Smith deputy city administrator, Ray Gosack will now move across the office to be the new Fort Smith city administrator. The hiring…
by - January 4, 2011 11:43 am
Gov. Mike Beebe, Supreme Court Chief Justice Jim Hannah, state legislators, and a host of law enforcement, legal and corrections officials gathered at the capitol to reveal a new study…
by - January 4, 2011 8:44 am
Editor’s note: The following is the first of three articles by Talk Business Editor Roby Brock, who is a content partner with The City Wire, about nine big issue areas…
by - January 4, 2011 7:17 am
Fort Smith City Director Kevin Settle has asked city staff to consider the options to honor former Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker. Baker ended on Dec. 31 a 20-year stint…
by - January 3, 2011 6:15 pm
Incoming U.S. Rep. Tim Griffin, R-Little Rock, who will be sworn in on Wednesday, says he has been asked to serve on the House Republican "whip team" as an assistant…
by - January 3, 2011 5:22 pm
U.S. Rep.-elect Steve Womack is a little frustrated with the U.S. Postal Service. When USPS announced Dec. 3 it would study the option of closing the mail processing center in…
by - January 3, 2011 11:39 am
The “new” Fort Smith Board of Directors will consider a relatively short and simple agenda Tuesday (Jan. 4) during its first official voting session. New on the board will be…
by - December 31, 2010 3:30 pm
U.S. Rep.-elect Steve Womack, R-Rogers, continues to add to his Congressional responsibilities. Womack was asked Thursday (Dec. 30) by U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., if he would serve as a…
by - December 30, 2010 3:13 pm
Thursday’s presentation of the Spirit of the Frontier awards may have been Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker’s last official function during his 20-year mayoral stint, but he doesn’t plan to…
by - December 30, 2010 10:02 am
Arkansas Sen.-elect Jake Files wants to learn to fly a plane. Incoming Fort Smith City Director Pam Weber hopes in 2011 to embrace new technologies. Arkansas Rep.-elect Gary Stubblefield plans…
by - December 28, 2010 11:13 am
It was a banner year for political headlines in Arkansas. Retirements of veteran lawmakers, heated and crowded primaries, and some hotly contested general elections turned the state’s political establishment on…
by - December 27, 2010 10:52 am
Suzi Parker with Politics Daily has a fun read on the history of the book and movies, True Grit as she explores the political dynamics of the original movie released…
by - December 22, 2010 9:51 am
The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday (Dec. 21) voted 3-2 on new rules that it contends will protect consumers by prohibiting broadband companies from interfering with Internet traffic. Known as…
by - December 22, 2010 7:56 am
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Sebastian County Quorum Court members met on Tuesday night to discuss a number of issues, among them pay increases, new positions at the detention center,…
by - December 21, 2010 8:03 pm
Acting City Administrator Ray Gosack confirmed Tuesday (Dec. 21) that Mayor Ray Baker is back in the hospital. Gosack said during the regular meeting of the Fort Smith Board of…
by - December 21, 2010 1:39 pm
There wasn’t much unexpected news for Arkansas in the latest U.S. Census data released as part of the decennial report. Arkansas’ population climbed to 2,926,229, up 9.1% from 2000. The…
by - December 21, 2010 8:11 am
Gov. Mike Beebe may want to bone up on his penmanship or at least work on his chest-pumping. The flurry of tax cut proposals that have been pre-filed registers at…
by - December 21, 2010 7:42 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] At the Monday (Dec. 20) meeting of the Van Buren City Council, aldermen approved the 2011 proposed budget, gave raises to city employees, passed an…
by - December 20, 2010 2:26 pm
The Fort Smith board of directors is scheduled to vote Tuesday (Dec. 21) on a 5% sewer rate increase to cover debt covenant requirements related to bonds for sewer system…
by - December 17, 2010 1:37 pm
Arkansas lawmakers are concerned about the state’s debt to the federal government and they couldn’t wait to tackle the subject at their final Legislative Council meeting before January’s legislative session….
