by - December 21, 2010 3:41 pm
Barring any construction surprises, renovation of the building that will house the new Fort Smith Regional Art Museum should be complete by summer. Tuesday morning (Dec. 21), Galen Hunter, an…
by - December 21, 2010 2:01 pm
It’s not often that national, state and local statistics related to a certain sector suggest similar trends, but that’s exactly what is happening with tourism figures. Locally, hospitality tax collections…
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 8:20 am
Stockman says good inventory management helps a business make best use of its money.
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 8:00 am
story info submitted by the Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau We are Rooster. That’s one of the themes behind True Gritapalooza, a grassroots campaign celebrating the Fort Smith connection…
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 2:56 pm
Helping Mitsubishi break ground on a $100 million wind turbine assembly plant to Fort Smith being named an Arkansas Volunteer Community of 2010 were cited by Acting City Administrator Ray…
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 20, 2010 2:04 pm
November home sales figures in the Fort Smith area and Northwest Arkansas are not pretty, with 2010 sales in both regions likely to fall below 2009, 2008 and 2007 levels….
by - December 20, 2010 1:09 pm
This thing with Wikileaks hits close to home. As you may know, Julian Assange and Wikileaks have published hundreds of thousands of documents that reveal often embarrassing information about the…
by - December 20, 2010 12:35 pm
Alma-based InvoTek, Inc., a small research and development company, has announced a program designed to help people with severe disabilities reach a specific life goal. The “Be Extraordinary” program gives…
by - December 20, 2010 10:20 am
Employees at Summit Medical Center in Van Buren and Sparks Health System in Fort Smith worked together to load donated clothes to be sent thousands of miles away. Dr. Adjei,…
by - December 20, 2010 9:54 am
Editor’s note: The City Wire highlights each month a person in the Fort Smith region. Special recognitions, accomplishments, philanthropic support and input from The City Wire readers are considered when…
by - December 20, 2010 8:42 am
Nationwide freight demand, which hit a recession in October 1996, should accelerate in the second half of 2011, according to a trucking industry economist. The American Trucking Associations’ Truck Tonnage…
by - December 19, 2010 5:36 pm
Sen.-elect Jake Files says he is ready to listen and lead.
by - December 19, 2010 5:14 pm
An estimated 70 children and their parents attended the Christmas open house at the Arkansas River Valley Nature Center.
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….
by - December 17, 2010 11:44 am
Personal income data released Friday (Dec. 17) shows that economic conditions are slowly improving, with Arkansas’ personal income in the third quarter of 2010 up 4.23% compared to the 2009…
by - December 17, 2010 10:45 am
Estimated 2009 median income fell in all but one of the seven counties in the Fort Smith metro area, according to the American Community Survey (ACS) released recently by the…
