Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

Arkansas 23 north of Ozark down to one lane

One of the prime Arkansas roads on which to travel and enjoy the fall colors will be down to one lane at two spots for “an extended period of time,”…

UAFS Lady Lions volleyball team posts 10th consecutive win

Editor’s note: Story by Jonathan Gipson, sports information director for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith volleyball team extended its winning streak…

You can’t keep a good man down

The Fort Smith Museum of History celebrates the 171st birthday of Judge Isaac C. Parker.

Bad Santa

Americans say they will spend less during holiday season.

Area home sales down for third consecutive month

August data about homes sales in the Fort Smith region shows continued downward pressure on the housing market — possibly a reflection of the relatively high metro unemployment numbers. There…

Metro foreclosure filings increase in September; Sebastian County sees dip

Despite a decline in foreclosures in Sebastian County, foreclosure activity in the Fort Smith metro area was up 44% in August, with foreclosures nationwide up more than 29%, according to…

Fort Smith group seeks flat tax code for Arkansas

Fort Smith-based Arkansas Progressive Group plans to convince Arkansans they should approve a new state constitutional amendment to replace the “thousands” of statewide taxes and tax exemptions with a flat…

Trav & SHE return with a retreat. Huh?

“Couples Retreat” isn’t good but it isn’t bad. It has its moments, but it also delivers letdowns. It’s like Razorback football.

Arkansas could owe Feds $223 million to cover jobless benefit checks

story by Michael Tilley Arkansas has “borrowed” $119.44 million from the federal government to pay unemployment benefit claims, and could end up with a tab of more than $360 million…

Good jobs

A new salary survey finds 10 “Promising” jobs for 2010.

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….

Green ways

More Americans taking steps to limit use of electricity, paper.

Big declines seen in area tourism, corporate travel (Updated)

The big dip in corporate travel continues to show up as double-digit declines in the Fort Smith hospitality tax collections. The August 2009 collections were $49,224, down 23% from the…

Stewart returns to medicine

In the past few months, several area boards and commissions simultaneously were hit with a one-person shortage. The common denominator in each shortage was Dr. Jerry Stewart. After retiring in…

Production increases possible at Whirlpool’s Fort Smith plant

It’s not much, but we’ll take what we can get at this point. Whirlpool officials have partially confirmed a production change at its Fort Smith refrigerator and icemaker production plant….

UAFS Lions, Lady Lions to host Moonlight Madness

Editor’s note: Story by Jonathan Gipson, sports information director for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Area basketball fans will get an early opportunity to catch a glimpse of…

Gov. Beebe issues statement on European trip

The office of Gov. Mike Beebe issued a short statement Monday (Oct. 12) about his recent economic development trip to Europe. Following is the complete statement.The delegation met with ten…

More holiday traffic

A new survey suggests more holiday travel in 2009.

Shue seeks second term as Sebastian County Prosecuting Attorney

Sebastian County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Shue announced Monday (Oct. 12) he will run for reelection to the post in the 2010 election. Shue, who drew no opposition in the 2008…

Sale of Fort Smith water moving forward

Plans are moving forward that would see the city of Fort Smith sell 340,000 gallons of water a day to Charleston, Lavaca and the River South Water Users Association. The…