by - February 4, 2013 5:47 pm
Republican businessman Curtis Coleman announced today (Feb. 4) that he will seek his party's nomination for governor in 2014. In a phone call to The City Wire on Monday, Coleman…
by - February 4, 2013 5:39 pm
Steve Jones is not letting up on his effort to convince Fort Smith officials to change the rules on firearms in city parks. On Monday (Feb. 4), Jones e-mailed Fort…
by - February 4, 2013 1:41 pm
Doyle Rogers, chairman of the board of Metropolitan National Bank and a highly successful real estate developer and businessman, has died at the age of 94. Metropolitan Bank CEO Lunsford…
by - February 4, 2013 1:34 pm
Sparks Health System is one of 75 hospitals around the country selected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to participate in a “Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative”…
by - February 4, 2013 12:56 pm
The value of building permits in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren were a combined $12.886 million in January, down 2.93% compared to $13.275 million in January 2012. The decline…
by - February 4, 2013 12:12 pm
• Senate Report: Week 3 review This past week saw some extremely positive news from the Governor with the announcement of our state’s first “Super Project” which happened to be…
by - February 4, 2013 11:40 am
Consumer spending in Arkansas is trending almost flat, but overall Arkansas tax collections for the first seven months of the fiscal year totals $3.409 billion, or 3.7% higher than the…
by - February 3, 2013 4:13 pm
Tax Season 2013 is open! Kind of. Jan. 30 marked the first day that individual taxpayers were able to file their federal income tax returns. This day was later than…
by - February 3, 2013 4:06 pm
Inspired by James Bond, Trinity Junior High School hosted its annual "Celebrate Trinity" fundraiser on Saturday (Feb. 2). More than 400 supporters took part in the "From Trinity with Love"…
by - February 1, 2013 4:13 pm
Dr. Kris Gast and Fort Smith Radiation Oncology are proud to sponsor a FREE Prostate Cancer Screening for area men who have never been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The American…
by - February 1, 2013 3:45 pm
by - February 1, 2013 2:43 pm
The Guild will host their next evening meeting on February 28, 2013 at 4200 Jenny Lind Road, Suite B (Przybysz & Associates, CPAs). The meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m….
by - February 1, 2013 2:42 pm
The Community Services Clearinghouse Guild will host their next daytime meeting on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at Fianna Hills Country Club. Lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m. and the meeting…
by - February 1, 2013 2:40 pm
It’s been 50 years since the late Don Tyson and his father John W. took the family-owned poultry business public in April 1963. At the time, Tyson issued 100,000 shares…
by - February 1, 2013 2:22 pm
The top-ranked University of Arkansas baseball team will appear on television at least 15 times during the 2013 season, including seven appearances as part of the Southeastern Conference television package…
by - February 1, 2013 2:17 pm
This week, Arkansas landed the largest economic-development project in its history. Big River Steel plans to build a $1.1 billion steel mill near Osceola that will employ 525 people. The…
by - February 1, 2013 1:55 pm
The MovieLounge, in conjunction with The Arkansas Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, will host on Feb. 8 the regional premier screening of the movie, West of Memphis. The movie tells…
by - February 1, 2013 12:52 pm
Spring semester enrollment figures were up more than 10% at the Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus and are down 2% at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. The student count…
by - February 1, 2013 12:38 pm
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approved the selection of architect/engineer design and construction manager/general contractor teams to conduct a market and cost analysis for a potential expansion of…
by - February 1, 2013 9:03 am
Tyson Foods kicked of 2013 with stronger-than-expected first quarter profits thanks to a boost in chicken prices from October through December, typically a weak season for poultry sales. The Springdale-based…
