Fort Smith

Buneo wins national ADDY award

Erica Buneo, a University of Arkansas at Fort Smith student, achieved a first for the Fort Smith advertising community by winning a national Gold ADDY in the 2010 ADDY Awards…

Sparks ranks second on care measures

Sparks Regional Medical System is ranked second in “Appropriate Care Measures” during the fourth quarter of 2009 in Arkansas among 45 hospitals. The Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) recently…

Regional home sales up 6.2% January-May

The bright spot in the Fort Smith regional economy continues to be the real estate market, with area home sales up more than 6% in the first five months of…

New plans set for Bass Reeves statue campaign; Sen. Lincoln promotes effort

The effort to raise funds for a Bass Reeves statue in downtown Fort Smith will soon shift into a higher gear. Also, statue promoters are hoping the efforts of U.S….

Big Screen Peter: Grown Ups

The movie is funny and contains much comedic talent, but Peter says it falls flat with respect to being good cinema.

Finally! … Fort Smith sales tax collections up in May

The 1.47% gain in April sales tax collections in Fort Smith are not likely to stem the need for city budget cuts, but it is a refreshing change of pace…

Arkansas stocks wilt under heat of poor job numbers (Corrected)

Arkansas stocks ended the first half of 2010 with investors scrambling for bear-proof U.S. bonds gold and international currencies. Like Wall Street, Arkansas equities were hammered by the global debt…

Succession planning critical for family-owned businesses

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] If you think large, evil corporations are running the country, think again. According to the Family Firm Institute, about 90% of all businesses in today’s…

Rivaldo to head Arvest’s Fort Smith area division

Craig Rivaldo, one of the two bankers who began in 1999 Arvest Bank’s Fort Smith operations, was named president and CEO of Arvest’s Fort Smith-River Valley division effective July 6….

Area foreclosed home sales percentage below state, U.S.

Less than 15% of all homes sold in the Fort Smith metro area during the first quarter of 2010 were foreclosed homes, according to a new report from Irvine, Calif.-based…

Fort Smith metro jobless rate rises in May

A drop in the overall civilian labor force and an increase in the number of unemployed pushed the Fort Smith metro unemployment rate from 7.6% in April to 7.8% in…

Nobody likes Congress

Democrats hold an edge over Republicans in November.

Fort Smith directors critical of cost-cutting process

Fort Smith City Administrator Dennis Kelly’s ongoing process to cut the budget is not meeting with complete approval from at least three Fort Smith city directors. On June 23, Kelly…

Arkansas Razorbacks: How the 2010 football season plays out

story by Gary Brown, president of College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) Playing in the SEC makes winning football games difficult every year, but…

Spring 2011 targeted for convention center vote

A financial and management plan on how to fix the convention center funding shortfall is likely to go before Fort Smith voters in spring 2011, with the early consensus of…

Arkansas banks stay off FDIC’s failed bank list

Arkansas banks have managed to stay off the FDIC’s notorious "failed bank list" more than two years after the spectacular and surprising collapse of Northwest Arkansas-based ANB Financial in May…

Battle On The Border

Battle On The Border Blakemore Field 2201 Alma Blvd. Van Buren, AR July 20 7:30 p.m. Battle On The Border Bands at 7:30 p.m. featuring seven DCI bands…

SEC Early Look: How hot is Richt’s seat at Georgia?

story by Chris Rushing, College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) For all intents and purposes, no one can look at the 10 years Mark…

Local and statewide support, opinions mixed on restaurant tax

Fort Smith restaurateur Eddie York says a small group of local restaurant owners and the Arkansas Hospitality Association will band together to kill any attempt to gain voter approval of…