Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

The return of Sherlock restores the initial Bohemian concept

Peter likes the new version of Sherlock Holmes despite the ‘lack of inventiveness’ and buddy pic format.

Sebastian County, Fort Smith retail sales see dramatic October decline

Residents in Fort Smith and Sebastian County locked up their wallets and checkbooks in October, sending Fort Smith’s portion of the countywide sales tax down 22.74% compared to October 2008….

Good intentions

FranklinCovey notes changes in 2009 and 2010 resolutions.

Fort Smith city official notes ‘key’ 2009 efforts

The “key accomplishments” for the city of Fort Smith during 2009 ranged from landing the $100 million Mitsubishi plant to the launch of televised board meetings to securing voter approval…

Fort Smith agency funding panel recommended

The Fort Smith Board of Directors could approve as early as Jan. 19 a new panel to more thoroughly review the about $227,000 the city provides each year to local…

The City Wire Person of the Month: Philip Merry

Merry’s push to pursue his dream results in 12,000 wreaths placed at the Fort Smith National Cemetery.

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….

St. Edward VP earns international certificate

Ronald Cox, vice president of development for St. Edward Mercy Health System, was awarded the Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) designation by CFRE International. Cox is one of more than…

National trucking sector seeing some recovery

If the national trucking industry is the bellwether for the national economy, then Bob Costello’s expectation of “moderate growth” in the trucking sector are welcome words. The American Trucking Associations’…

Darwin who?

More believe in angels and hell than in the evolution theory.

Average home list price drops in Fort Smith/Van Buren area

The average list price of new and existing homes in the Fort Smith/Van Buren market has dropped more than $5,000 during 2009 — a 2.7% decline between Jan. 5 and…

Lights out on Fort Smith airport runway diverts flight

John Parker was operating Tuesday (Dec. 29) on very little sleep. Monday evening when the runway lights at the Fort Smith Regional Airport were turned on, only the western half…

Section of Arkansas 23 closed north of Ozark

A section of Arkansas 23 in Franklin County about 19 miles north of Ozark will be closed for up to two weeks, according to the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation…

Exchange Club seeks inductee for Book of Golden Deeds

The Fort Smith Noon Exchange Club is seeking nominations for a name to place in its Book of Golden Deeds, a local program of recognition of “dedicated volunteers” that is…

Hillary and Robert

Clinton and Gates are the only D.C. folks seen more positive than negative.

It’s important to know the value of your business offerings

Stockman says your “value proposition” is the basis for marketing plans, communications, sales and mission/vision statements.

Oxane to locate in Van Buren; possibly add 300 jobs (Updated with video)

2010 is off to a good start and it’s not even 2010 yet. Houston-based Oxane Materials announced Monday (Dec. 28) it will locate in Van Buren its first manufacturing plant…

We don’t want to screw this up

This growing consensus among the citizenry that we might consider more Walk and less Talk with respect to additions and enhancements to our regional quality-of-place assets is both welcome and…

November home sales show gains; Realtor says market still down

November homes sales in Crawford and Sebastian counties were up almost 15%, but the gains have yet to bring the area housing market back to “normalcy.” Crawford County had 38…