by - August 5, 2010 8:27 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The filing period for municipal candidates in Crawford County started on Monday (Aug. 4), and so far only one person has made his intentions public….
by - August 4, 2010 5:05 pm
Apparently, Elvis has not left the building. Roby Brock, a content partner with The City Wire, provides this story about Elvis Presley filing as a write-in candidate for Arkansas Governor….
by - August 4, 2010 4:41 pm
Two consecutive months of sales tax collection gains are welcome but not likely to be enough to allow the city to backtrack on $1.53 million in budget cuts. Each of…
by - August 3, 2010 11:19 am
The first month of Arkansas’ new fiscal year (FY 2011) starts off on the right foot with July collections coming in above 2009 levels and above forecast. July gross revenues…
by - August 3, 2010 8:21 am
George Catsavis, Patrick Jacobs and Marshall Sharpe are candidates for Position 4, Fort Smith board of directors. The election for this three-way race is Aug. 10. If no candidate gains…
by - August 1, 2010 1:14 pm
Arkansas entered fiscal year 2010 in a lot better condition than surrounding states, yet back-to-back declines in revenue over the past two years could be a sign that tough times…
by - July 30, 2010 2:45 pm
During a July 19 gathering of Fort Smith restaurant owners and managers opposed to the idea of a 1% prepared food tax, Eddie York indicated that Fort Smith Mayor Ray…
by - July 30, 2010 1:43 pm
Kurt Maddox, the only candidate in the GOP primary for the 3rd Congressional District to endorse Rogers Mayor Steve Womack, is investigating the possibility of running for the Rogers Mayor…
by - July 30, 2010 10:10 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Van Buren’s mayor, Bob Freeman, has yet to raise one cent for his bid for reelection. “I’ve been too busy running the city to focus…
by - July 29, 2010 10:14 pm
story by Michael Tilley [email protected] Fayetteville attorney David Whitaker doesn’t expect much help from national Democrats in his bid to capture an Arkansas Congressional seat held by Republicans since 1967….
by - July 29, 2010 11:33 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Max Blake, safety supervisor for Blake Construction, wants to be Van Buren’s next mayor. “I wanted to give back,” Blake said. “I didn’t have money…
by - July 27, 2010 4:28 pm
Fresh from agreeing to up to $1.53 million in cuts to better balance the 2010 budget, Fort Smith city directors met Tuesday (July 27) to begin the 2011 budgeting process…
by - July 26, 2010 4:50 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Alma Mayor John Robert Ballentine is not finished yet. The city’s top leader will run for reelection in November, and if he wins it will…
by - July 26, 2010 11:30 am
Financial leaders across Arkansas — big banks, small banks and investment operations — all agree that the recently passed Dodd-Frank financial reform bill will cost them money, with one bank…
by - July 24, 2010 4:45 pm
GOP Senate nominee Rep. John Boozman of Rogers spoke to about 650 convention delegates in west Little Rock on Saturday, telling the crowd that "the time is here to act."…
by - July 23, 2010 4:55 pm
Recent municipal election history appears to refute renewed claims that a special election produces different outcomes than a similar item on a general election ballot. The disclosure was part of…
by - July 23, 2010 8:17 am
Editor’s note: This is the last of three stories resulting from a July 12 interview with Gov. Mike Beebe. Link here for the first story, and here for the second….
by - July 22, 2010 7:15 am
Editor’s note: This is the second of three stories resulting from a July 12 interview with Gov. Mike Beebe. Link here for the first story. Compressed natural gas may have…
by - July 20, 2010 8:26 pm
The Fort Smith board of directors on Tuesday (July 20) approved budget cuts of more than $1.53 million to address a growing shortfall in revenue that now stands at more…
by - July 20, 2010 3:37 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] An otherwise uneventful Van Buren City Council meeting heated up Monday night (July 19) over a letter suggesting those in need of ambulance services might…
