by - June 25, 2009 10:32 am
Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt of a story first published at TalkBusiness.net, a content partner with The City Wire. Pop quiz: For May, the U.S. unemployment rate was: …
by - June 25, 2009 8:37 am
The global petroleum industry considers Arkansas the best place for oil and gas investments with Oklahoma ranked ninth, according to Calgary, Canada-based Fraser Institute. Arkansas ranked first out of 143…
by - June 25, 2009 7:25 am
It’s a mix of red, white and blue with black olives, green onions and a Yellow Umbrella. Ahhhh, the pursuit of happiness.
by - June 24, 2009 6:18 pm
John Pope, a California native now settled in Van Buren, considers his clean work an economic development effort.
by - June 24, 2009 8:31 am
A Pew report shows that broadband Internet connections are now in 63% of U.S. homes.
by - June 24, 2009 8:14 am
Fort Smith-based Baldor Electric Co. is consolidating operations and adding 114 jobs in North Carolina, according to this report from the Charlotte Business Journal. Baldor recently announced a $3.1 million…
by - June 24, 2009 7:58 am
A plan to build housing for about 100 University of Arkansas at Fort Smith students in downtown Fort Smith is on hold. On Dec. 17, members of the Central Business…
by - June 24, 2009 7:36 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors has asked city staff to put a dent in the more than $5 million the city spends each year on energy. Urged at a…
by - June 23, 2009 5:48 pm
St. Edward Mercy Medical Center has pledged $50,000 to the Fort Smith Art Center to support the renovation of the center’s new building at 1601 Rogers Ave, according to a…
by - June 23, 2009 5:02 pm
Increases with budgets, faculty and student numbers are signs of continued growth for what one University of Arkansas at Fort Smith official called a “fledgling” four-year university. The UAFS Board…
by - June 23, 2009 2:01 pm
C.E. Aerospace is moving its jet engine stand production from the Arkansas side of the Fort Smith metro area to Roland, Okla., as part of a $6 million investment to…
by - June 23, 2009 1:31 pm
Both lanes of U.S. Highway 71 in an area north of Mountainburg will be closed for up to two weeks, according to Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department (AHTD) officials….
by - June 23, 2009 9:44 am
The American Trucking Association announced today (June 22) that it has asked Congress to investigate the recent rise in diesel prices and to “increase the transparency of futures markets.” The…
by - June 23, 2009 7:15 am
Results from a national survey of human resource managers showing changes in employee benefit plans reflects what John Lyon is seeing with his clients in the Fort Smith region. A…
by - June 22, 2009 3:40 pm
Average home list prices in the Fort Smith/Van Buren market as of June 22 were 1.4% higher than at the beginning of the year, but 2.6% off the high for…
by - June 22, 2009 1:18 pm
Most Americans will buy green products as long as they don’t give up comfort and convenience.
by - June 21, 2009 9:12 pm
During a March 2000 speech at the University of Ozarks in Clarksville, popular English author, science historian and television producer James Burke told the crowd that in matters big and…
by - June 21, 2009 8:00 pm
Moseley says fighting ‘wars’ long ago resolved hurts the Fort Smith region.
by - June 21, 2009 7:50 pm
Jason Enloe, a 1996 graduate of Southern Methodist University, is the winner of the 2009 Fort Smith Classic, according to a statement from tour officials. Enloe, a native of Decatur,…
by - June 21, 2009 4:06 pm
The breast cancer awareness day at The Fort Smith Classic ended with Partee Pink, rock and roll and big hair.
