by - September 18, 2009 11:16 am
State and local officials in Michigan have confirmed that they are lobbying for some of the jobs that may move as a result of Whirlpool Corp. closing its refrigerator plant…
by - September 18, 2009 10:01 am
Let’s hope this is the start of a trend. Arkansas’ unemployment rate in August fell to 7.1%, down from 7.4% in July, marking the first monthly decline since January 2008….
by - September 18, 2009 8:38 am
Fort Smith-based Baldor Electric Co. ranked 144 in the InformationWeek 500, besting Dell, Southwest Airlines, Motorola, Ford Motor Co., and Microsoft. To be ranked in the InformationWeek 500, companies with…
by - September 18, 2009 8:18 am
Members of the Young Emerging Leaders celebrated the start of the group’s fourth year and challenged each other to make something happen in their communities.
by - September 18, 2009 7:04 am
Many months ago, U.S. Rep. John Boozman, R-Rogers, was asked to support — help find federal funds — the effort to create an intermodal authority in the Fort Smith metro…
by - September 17, 2009 3:56 pm
story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Syndicated columnist John Brummett lamented the loss of "institutional memory" among news media outlets today as reporters are urged to…
by - September 17, 2009 3:02 pm
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…
by - September 17, 2009 2:07 pm
Editor’s note: Story by Jonathan Gipson, sports information director for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. The season schedules for the Lions and Lady Lions basketball teams are at…
by - September 17, 2009 1:34 pm
Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System, Inc., has been cited as an innovator in information technology by InformationWeek magazine, which lists ABF® on the 2009 InformationWeek 500. ABF, a less-than-truckload carrier…
by - September 17, 2009 1:23 pm
Editor’s note: The following story was submitted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Only minor changes were made for use on The City Wire. story by Kerry Kraus,…
by - September 17, 2009 1:01 pm
Cox Communications has given $30,000 to the Fort Smith Police Department to create a mobile computer classroom for use by the department. The new tool will allow many enhancements which…
by - September 17, 2009 12:51 pm
Dr. Ray Wallace of Fort Smith, provost and senior vice chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, will receive the 2009 Global Ambassador Award from his alma mater,…
by - September 17, 2009 11:26 am
Rick Steves of Europe Through the Back Door will be in Fort Smith on November 6th, as the featured speaker at the bi-annual Fall Into Bonneville event. As host, writer…
by - September 17, 2009 10:47 am
A national study of care provided by U.S. hospitals ranks St. Edward Mercy Medical as providing the best health care value in the Fort Smith area. St. Edward and Sparks…
by - September 17, 2009 10:37 am
Most business execs prefer face-to-face meetings over virtual conferencing.
by - September 16, 2009 6:48 pm
Development group willing to take a multi-million dollar gamble on bringing back the Phoenix.
by - September 16, 2009 6:11 pm
More than $373,000 for law enforcement and senior citizen support are heading to the city of Mulberry, Sebastian County and the city of Fort Smith. Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe announced…
by - September 16, 2009 4:25 pm
The first meeting of the Regional Intermodal Authority was appropriately held at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith because the new board members were given homework assignments and “encouraged”…
by - September 16, 2009 1:45 pm
“Why don’t you all f-fade away (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) And don’t try to dig what we all s-s-say (Talkin’ ’bout my generation) I’m not trying to cause a big…
by - September 16, 2009 10:23 am
The Arkansas Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), an agency of the Department of Defense, announced today that Sam Fiori, owner of the Fort Smith-based KMAC…
