Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

Community leaders comment on mayoral race

The race for Fort Smith mayor is heating up early, with Sandy Sanders and Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker announcing they will be candidates for the 2010 election cycle. If…

U.S. trucking sector sees gains; local truckers remain wary

Officials at Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System are guardedly optimistic about a report suggesting an improvement in the national trucking sector. A nationwide recession in the freight industry began in…

Gov. Beebe heads to Europe on trade tour

Gov. Mike Beebe will conduct a trade trip to several European countries with the goal of visiting companies who conduct business in Arkansas, according to a report from TalkBusiness.net Based…

Fort Smith chamber begins busy 3-month effort to reorganize

Editor’s note: The City Wire interviewed Paul Harvel, president of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce, following a Friday morning general chamber membership meeting. The aggressive schedule began Friday…

Plane issues

Key market watcher suggests the U.S. airline industry remains fragile.

Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker to seek sixth term

Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker announced Thursday afternoon he will seek a sixth term as mayor, and in doing so was critical of those who think the mayor should have…

September vehicles sales nationwide predicted to drop almost 30%

Edmunds.com is forecasting that September auto sales will be down 29.9% from September 2008 and 41% lower than the Cash-for-Clunkers bonanza in August 2009. The company, closely watched as the…

Arkansas natural gas industry execs to talk shop in Fort Smith

More than 220 officials with Arkansas’ natural gas industry will hit Fort Smith on Sunday (Sept. 27) to discuss the proposed federal cap and trade legislation, state energy efficiency programs…

Flynn prepared for State Fair; keeps Kay Rodgers Park busy

story and photo by Doug Kelley Every year in Fort Smith, this time of year means fair time. For eight days, people from all over stream into Kay Rodgers Park…

Morale problems

Employee commitment and morale taking a hit during national recession.

Southerners and the Seven Deadly Sins

Peter argues with the mapping of Lust, finds joy with the Delta Spirit and gives Kanye the last word.

The City Wire Person of the Month: Doug Williams

When Williams started working for Baldor, the Soviets were still ahead in the space race and NASA was barely a year old.

Regional bankruptcy and incorporation filings

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…

Arkansas gets failing grade on economic opportunity scorecard

Arkansas was one of five states to receive a failing grade on the newly released Assets and Opportunity Scorecard produced by the Corporation for Enterprise Development (CFED). According to Washington,…

Cancer Support House names new executive director

Martha Pendleton will soon direct the Cancer Support Foundation of the Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House, succeeding Mary Lee Frase who is set to retire Oct. 16. Pendleton will…

Beer … mmmm … good

The U.S. beer industry posts its third consecutive year of gains.

UAFS students win conference student-athletes honor

University of Arkansas at Fort Smith’s Lucia Najselova and Ethan Adamson have been named Heartland Conference Academic Student-Athletes of the Week. It is the second week in a row that…

Union students earn AP scholar awards

Union Christian Academy students Starr Harmon, Andrew Todd and Jonathan Weir have earned Advanced Placement (AP) Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. The College Board’s…

Arkansas tourism officials unveil ‘haunted’ Web site

Editor’s note: The following story was submitted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Only minor changes were made for use on The City Wire. story by Kerry Kraus,…

Forrest City lands 45 new manufacturing jobs

Editor’s note: The following is portions of a press release from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. Officials of Mestek Inc, the parent company of Airtherm in Forrest City, manufacturer of…