Fort Smith

Hot Tub Time Machine. Silly, right? Wrong.

Peter says the silliness is blended with good writing and solid acting to create “surprising depth.”

Wine & Roses sponsors prep for the big event

Sponsors party gives event supporters an opportunity to meet with organizers and artists.

The City Wire Special Report: A preacher crusades for a medical clinic

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories on mental illness and healthcare issues. Throughout 2010 The City Wire will attempt to post at least one story…

iPad, e-Reader disruption

A new survey attempts to gauge content distribution preferences.

UAFS International Festival 2010 features 32 countries

Attendance increases to 1,000, with international experience including native foods and native dances.

Baldor exec pay down, employee profit plan up

What a difference a year makes for the employees of Baldor Electric Co.’s profit sharing and savings plan — a plan that holds 3.578 million shares of company stock, or…

Williams promoted to Arvest branch manager

Brian Williams has been promoted to branch manager for Arvest Bank at the Rye Hill location in Fort Smith. Williams has been with Arvest for four years and was assistant…

Fort Smith board agrees to pursue homeless task force ideas (Correction)

Editor’s note: See correction below. The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed to actively pursue recommendations to respond more collaboratively to the city’s homeless problems, with City Director Steve Tyler…

Arkansas Trucking Report profiles new Arkansas Best CEO

Editor’s note: Following is probably one of the best introductions — written from a lengthy interview — of Judy McReynolds, the relatively new president and CEO of Fort Smith-based Arkansas…

Nonprofit woes

2010 expected to be tough for nonprofit groups.

USA Truck, Baldor expect higher costs from new health care law

While the debate rages as to how much the newly signed federal health care law will cost the U.S. business community, at least two publicly held companies important to the…

Harris, Hunton push for District 87 House seat

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Republican Justin Harris will face Democrat Earl Hunton in the District 87 Arkansas State Representative race in November. Both call themselves conservatives. Hunton is pro-life…

Homelessness Task Force to issue recommendations

A Homelessness Task Force created in August 2009 by the Fort Smith Board of Directors is expected to report back to the board Tuesday (March 30) on 14 recommendations that…

Event Marketing

Event Marketing – Looking for ways to develop cost-effective exhibits for your next trade show? Join us to hear Chuck Miller with Skyline Exhibits offer great information on successful, objective-driven…

Fort Smith area real estate sales off to rocky start in 2010

If the real estate market is a sign of consumer confidence in the near-term economy, consumers in the Fort Smith area aren’t very confident. New and existing home sales in…

The “Holiday Hiatus”

U.S. workers look for time off before the summer break.

Arkansas improves in per capita income ranking

Figures recently released by the U.S. Department of Commerce show that Arkansas moved up in a national ranking of states based on 2009 per capita income However, Arkansas’ per capita…

Finding Madonna

There he was, Anthony Bourdain, visiting with a French vineyard owner about what makes the grapes in his field taste different compared to the same class of grapes growing just…