Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

Flying at the Byrd’s International Hayfield

story by Connie Las-Schneider Judging by the huge crowds at the Fort Chaffee Air Show, plane spotting is a major spectator sport, but for high flying fun on a smaller…

Rep. Rice enters House Speaker race

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] We’ve known for months that the likely showdown for the next…

Manufacturing survey highlights sector issues

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] A new national survey released by a manufacturing coalition offers insight…

Big Screen Peter: Footloose

Though “Footloose” is packed with plenty of verve, a lack of believable emotion plagues the remake.

1% opponent suspicious of Rodeo-Fair Board vote

Liz Armstrong, a leader of the group opposing the 1% prepared food tax issue in Fort Smith, takes exception with Tuesday’s vote by the Rodeo-Fair Board to endorse passage of…

Popular chef brings skills to Fort Smith

story by Michael Tilley [email protected] Prominent Chef Will Greenwood has thrown together a meal or two. He’s cooked for Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush. Following the 1992…

Fortis Plastics to close Fort Smith plant

Fortis Plastics, a vendor to Whirlpool’s plant in Fort Smith, has notified its almost 100 employees that the plant will shut down between Nov. 4 and Nov. 18. Fortis officials…

New district lines upset Quorum Court members

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Redistricting discontent reigned over the Sebastian County Quorum Court meeting Tuesday night (Oct. 18), and most of it was coming from two members: Bob Schwartz…

Fort Smith Board commits to 1% cap

story by Luke Hobbs [email protected] In a Tuesday (Oct. 18) business meeting, the Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a resolution stating its commitment to not increase the prepared food…

Rodeo-Fair Board endorses 1% prepared food tax

The board that oversees the rodeo and fair events at Kay Rodgers Park in Fort Smith voted unanimously Tuesday to endorse the 1% prepared food tax. The tax, to fund…

Workforce numbers point to tough year

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. In this instance,…

Whirlpool meeting a ‘mystery’

Whirlpool employees say a large area in the plant was set up for a Tuesday (Oct. 18) presentation by Al Holaday about the future of Whirlpool’s Fort Smith plant. But…

Truckers: Economic uncertainty top issue

The message from a trucking conference held this week in Texas is that national economic certainty remains the biggest issue facing the trucking industry — although the industry’s chief economist…

Taking a portrait of the little guy

Small businesses pay the lion’s share of taxes, yet they are the last to have a voice when it comes to tax policies.

Trust, new plans part of 1% tax forum

story by Michael Tilley [email protected] Unlike the first two forums about the 1% prepared food tax, a Monday (Oct. 17) night event at Southside Baptist Church in Fort Smith was…

Regional building permit values up in September

Building activity in the Fort Smith region continues to pace well above 2010 levels with September permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren totaling $10.543 million, up more…

Job growth announced for Phillips County

Phillips County, an economically beleaguered part of Arkansas, received a bucket of good news with the news that four companies will expand or open in the area. During a press…

Deposit growth not always a good thing

From a prestige standpoint, having the highest percentage of bank deposits in a region is nice. From a profitability standpoint, bank deposits can be burden. In early October the Federal…

Stimulative depreciation

2011 is the year to make big purchases.

Crack research

Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] Tiresome has become this 1% prepared food tax issue in Fort Smith. This back and forth with their facts, our facts, your facts, my…