Regions

Wal-Mart pursues South Africa retailer in $4.25 billion deal

Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has made a $4.25 billion offer to buy Johannesburg, South Africa-based Massmart Holdings, a retailer with 290 stores in 13 African countries. The non-binding deal is…

Southern Fried Swing (and a little Jazz) invades the area

Fort Smith and Van Buren welcome dancers from around the world for dance workshops and contests.

Billy’s bleepity-bleep lecture

Billy, the college friend from thousands of years ago, called this week. A report on The City Wire about the recession being over put him in a foul mood. In…

July ends three straight months of sales tax gains

Consumers were unable to keep up the pace through the hot summer, with July sales tax collections in Fort Smith ending three consecutive months of year-over-year gains. Each of the…

Electric medicine

St. Edward ready to unveil new health records system.

Area bikers gather for 9th annual BACA fundraiser

Group works to help children “to not feel afraid of the world in which they live.”

Postal Service to close south Fort Smith station

The U.S. Postal Service has decided to close its South Fort Smith Station on South 32nd St., according to this report from KFSM 5 News. "Given the extraordinary decline in…

Board to review $116 million five-year streets, drainage budget

The Fort Smith board of directors will on Tuesday (Sept. 28) review a $116 million five-year capital improvement program for streets, bridges and drainage, with a little more than $36…

SEC Preview, Week 4: The Tide rolls in, Georgia recovers from Hog loss

story by Chris Rushing, College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) chrisrushing@collegesportsmatchups.com For the second-straight week, Arkansas faces a litmus test in its journey toward…

Lt. Gov., Secretary of State candidates on the attack

Candidates in Arkansas’ Lt. Governor race and the Secretary of State race are taking political jabs at each with the November general election closing in. Mark Darr, a Republican candidate…

Adam & Eats: The Dairy Freeze

It’s a great place to consume all-American food while viewing a golf course and a cemetery.

Fort Smith chamber revisiting young leaders effort

Ben Quintana says a young professionals group will best boost a region’s economic development program by working effectively and through many partnerships to recruit and retain professional talent. Quintana, head…

Fort Smith Regional Art Museum Exhibit at Second Street Live

October Exhibition RAM teams up with Second Street Live, the new visual and performing arts venue, to exhibit pieces from its collections in the month of October. 10-15 works of…

Alabama, Arkansas to bring different styles to the big game

story by Gary Brown, president of College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) gary@collegesportsmatchups.com Alabama’s trip to Arkansas is the nation’s top game this weekend….

CBID hears proposal for small downtown Fort Smith park

story by Aric Mitchell amitchell@thecitywire.com Jayne Hughes has proposed a family-friendly “splash pad” in downtown Fort Smith similar to a park concept in Nashville, Tenn. Hughes, downtown development coordinator for…

Weekly Energy Report: ExxonMobil gains muscle, influence in Fayetteville Shale

The thought of a corporate behemoth settling in Arkansas with the size, breadth and market-moving influence of Wal-Mart would undoubtedly be big news. Yet unbeknownst to most, oil giant ExxonMobil…

Shipley: Employees must be the focus of a family business

story by Aric Mitchell amitchell@thecitywire.com “It’s not a job; it’s your life.” That was the message Ben Shipley delivered Wednesday morning (Sept. 22) to attendees of the fall quarterly breakfast…

Hispanic biz growth

Hispanic-owned businesses grew 43.7% between 2002-2007.

Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….