by - December 14, 2008 9:02 pm
Cargill Value Added Meats has found a plant in Nebraska in which to locate the operations it lost when its Booneville plant was destroyed by fire. More than 800 jobs…
by - December 14, 2008 4:02 pm
What’s it take to help expand an art center? Wine, food, fellowship, more wine and a big house in which to contain the wine, food and fellowship. We’ve got the pictures to prove it.
by - December 14, 2008 3:28 pm
The shame with all these economic troubles is that one doesn’t have to be a skeptical ass like me to find the need to suppress the negative irony when hearing…
by - December 13, 2008 1:01 pm
Justin Townes Earle, son of popular musician Steve Earle, brings his love of country music, bluegrass and George Jones to downtown Fort Smith. We’re thinking at least one song will mention booze, women and hard luck.
by - December 12, 2008 6:01 pm
Reports of such failures creates an appreciation for health of banks in the Fort Smith region.
by - December 12, 2008 4:51 pm
One in eight cardholders could default on store-issued credit cards. Merry Christmas.
by - December 12, 2008 4:35 pm
The City Wire economic review for the week of Dec. 8 – Dec. 12: • The Arkansas Realtors Association reported Thursday that November homes sales in Crawford and Sebastian counties…
by - December 12, 2008 3:50 pm
Foreclosure numbers from Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac show 116 foreclosure activities in the Fort Smith region in November 2008, a 45 percent increase from November 2007 and a 6.4 percent increase…
by - December 12, 2008 12:36 pm
The Senator who soon faces reelection voted against the auto bailout bill.
by - December 12, 2008 11:09 am
A bill filed recently by State Rep. Tracy Pennartz, D-Fort Smith, seeks to avoid the “turmoil” that resulted when former Fort Smith city director Velvet Medlock chose to live in…
by - December 12, 2008 10:42 am
Morril Harriman, a veteran of 16 years in the Arkansas Senate representing the Van Buren/Fort Smith area, said “communication, communication, communication” is vital for area business and civic leaders interested…
by - December 12, 2008 7:28 am
November passenger traffic at the Fort Smith Regional Airport fell 26.3 percent compared to November 2007. This follows a 20.5 percent decline in October traffic compared to the previous year….
by - December 11, 2008 10:34 am
The Friday Feast mixes Vietnamese beer with ribs and pizza and something called moonfrogs. We fear The City Wire has already lost control of Peter. (Don’t they have medicine for that?)
by - December 11, 2008 10:01 am
Regional real estate sales for the first 10 months of the year show double-digit percentage declines in many cases of the number of homes sold and the total value of…
by - December 10, 2008 4:59 pm
Despite the recent layoffs at Whirlpool, Rheem, Trane, Riverside and other Fort Smith area manufacturers, the manufacturing sector remains an important part of the regional economy. The future of that…
by - December 10, 2008 4:05 pm
The City Wire has learned that Wakarusa, a large “music and camping festival," has relocated its venue from Lawrence, Kan., to Ozark for its June 2009 festival. The four-day festival…
by - December 10, 2008 3:08 pm
Harris Poll finds that Americans believe in God, UFO’s and reincarnation. No results on how many of you think Elvis is still alive.
by - December 10, 2008 2:53 pm
Sales tax collections in the Fort Smith region (Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties) indicate that consumer spending remained strong in the January-September 2008 period. The only decline in the…
by - December 10, 2008 2:17 pm
Despite declines in net income and increases in bad loan provisions, area banks are healthy relative to their counterparts in other metro areas.
by - December 10, 2008 10:35 am
The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department submitted Wednesday (Dec. 10) a $1.1 billion project list for consideration as Congress prepares to push an infrastructure stimulus plan. Of that, $116 million…
