Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

Fort Smith enplanements up in February

The trend of enplanement gains at the Fort Smith Regional Airport that began in June 2010 continued into February with a 1.8% increase in the number of travelers. For the…

Beebe seeks to get out front in Medicaid debate

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] With voter unrest and fear regarding federal health care reform, Gov….

Area foreclosure actions down 39% in February

Foreclosure actions in the Fort Smith area fell more than 39% in February, but the head of the company tracking the national figures says paperwork problems may have more to…

Arkansas Senate Report: Redistricting, highways and tax cuts

Editor’s note: Arkansas Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, provided the following commentary on the previous week of the 88th Arkansas General Assembly. The fury of activity filled the halls of…

A modern ritual

Don’t fear the tax-filing deadline extension

Running blind

During the course of recent events, I was reminded of a somewhat rambling essay — titled “Brain freight” — first published May 31, 2009, in this space on The City…

Alma student captures Miss UAFS crown

Sarah Davis of Alma was crowned Miss University of Arkansas at Fort Smith on March 12 and will represent the university in the Miss Arkansas Pageant in Hot Springs in…

Paddock’s Picks: The Good Daughters

This book follows two different families who each had a daughter born July 4 at the same hospital.

Congressional Redistricting: The magical mystery tour

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Roll up, roll up for the mystery tour. Roll up, roll…

Grapes Escapes wine tasting and auction benefit Bost

Beach vacations, Cowboy sky box tickets and Miss Arkansas were part of the fundraising event.

Arkansas House approves highway funding bill

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Speaker of the House Robert Moore (D-Arkansas City) succeeded with room…

Wal-Mart builds small stores; supports Internet tax law changes

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] These are busy days for the world’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart Stores…

Legislative update: Highways, prisons and a new caucus

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] There’s been movement on a few big issue items in the…

March Madness also comes to the Mulberry River

story by Connie Las Schneider Looking for outdoor fun? Mulberry River activities are at their white-water peak this spring, with activities planned along the river most weekends in March. Originating…

Gas exec says severance tax wrong for Arkansas

Southwestern Energy Executive Vice-president and General Counsel Mark Boling says his greatest concern in Arkansas isn’t tougher regulation. It’s a higher cost of doing business. "The attempt to increase the…

Adam & Eats: Whole Hog Cafe

The food and service are good but it’s not the best BBQ in the Fort Smith area.

Golden Living exec: Travel, not talent, pushed Dallas move

Neil Kurtz wants to make it clear that recruiting executive talent to the Fort Smith area is not a problem, and IS NOT why Golden Living is moving its corporate…

Golden Living confirms HQ move to Dallas

Golden Living announced today (Mar. 10) at 2 p.m. three “key initiatives” that include moving the company’s headquarters from Fort Smith to Dallas and the possibility of increasing the number…

ATU-Ozark a finalist in tourism award category

The Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus was named a finalist in the Community Tourism Development Awards category during the 37th annual Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism. The category annually recognizes an…

Arkansas jobless rate dips to 7.8% in January (updated)

Continued small increases in the number of employed in Arkansas helped push the preliminary January unemployment rate down to 7.8%, compared to 7.9% in December and 8% in January 2010….