Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

Whirlpool production again in question

The employee count at Whirlpool’s Fort Smith plant has remained relatively low for so long that the company has had to spray the parking lot with weed killer. And sources…

Foreclosure activity down in area

Officials with Irvine, Calif.-based RealtyTrac say procedural problems and not an improving economy are at the root of a 29% decline in foreclosure activity around the nation during the first…

Locals provide support in Haiti

Shelters, water, energy and images were the focus of a program on efforts to help Haitians.

An unlikely plurality

A local banker forwarded a PDF of a presentation Bill Emmons conducted July 13. Emmons, an assistant vice president and economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, titled…

Director notes

Merry says he is focused on Fort Smith’s ‘best interests.’

Former Farm Bureau leader dies in accident

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Stanley Reed, the former Arkansas Farm Bureau President, short-term U.S. Senate…

Dunkin’ Donuts coming to Fort Smith (Updated)

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Fort Smith will soon see a Dunkin’ Donuts shop. Dunkin’ Donuts…

Regional bankruptcies

Following are recent bankruptcy 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. • BANKRUPTCIES…

Hadley named to Arvest-Fort Smith board

Arvest Bank has named Michael Hadley to the Fort Smith Board of Directors. Hadley is the owner and operator of four McDonald Restaurants in the area. He received a bachelor’s…

Hubbard joins Summit Medical

Kelly Hubbard, APN, joins the Occupational Medicine Clinic located on the Summit Medical Center campus in Van Buren. The clinic provides services to employers and their employees including screenings, workers’…

‘Sacred Spaces’ appears in Fort Smith

The Fort Smith Museum of History was the setting for presentation of documentary about Arkansas architect Fay Jones.

York: Will pull petition if 1% vote is scheduled

Eddie York, the de facto leader of the Citizens for Responsible Taxes, says the group will pull their petition effort if the Fort Smith Board of Directors sets an election…

Fort Smith officials reduce debt by $1.605 million (Clarification)

While they are fighting in Washington D.C. about how to reduce debt, officials are reducing debt in Fort Smith. The city announced Thursday that it has ended $1.605 million in…

Bobbitt chosen as UA System president  

story info submitted by the University of Arkansas system Dr. Donald R. Bobbitt was chosen as the next president of the University of Arkansas System tonight in a unanimous vote…

Womack asks Arkansas GOP legislators to return money

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] On Wednesday (July 13), Talk Business blogger Michael Cook posted a…

J.B. Hunt quarterly income up 26%

Thanks to continued top-line growth in its intermodal segment, Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services posted second quarter income of $65.696 million, up 26% over the 2010 period. For the first…

UAFS Season of Entertainment to feature ‘Spamalot’

story info submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith The 31st year for Season of Entertainment at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith promises to be another…

Adam & Eats: Lewis’ Family Restaurant

Lewis’ cranks out some of the best home cooking in the area, and they have the Inferno Burger.

State Police officer indicted in Fite matter (Updated)

Editor’s note: Updates throughout the story. Sebastian County Prosecutor Dan Shue has charged former Arkansas State Police investigator Chris Anderson with conspiracy to obtain criminal history information, a class A…

Directors deny, oppose talk of recall effort

Jerry Burnett, a supporter of the Citizens for Responsible Taxation, admitted that some effort has been made to seek a recall election for Fort Smith City Directors Philip Merry Jr.,…