by - March 31, 2009 11:15 am
Fort Smith health care forum canceled
Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker has called off a health care forum planned for today (Mar. 31) at 7 p.m. at the Fort Smith Convention Center. The Mayor, then citing…
Tag: Fort Smith area home sales
by - March 31, 2009 11:04 am
Gov. Beebe opposes business district improvement bill
Gov. Mike Beebe will not support a bill (HB 1060) to provide tax credits to renovation and new construction in central business improvement districts. Sponsored by Rep. Tracy Pennartz, D-Fort…
by - March 31, 2009 7:01 am
Respect your Kansas City Elders
The Elders bring their high-energy Celtic rock to downtown Fort Smith.
by - March 30, 2009 8:07 pm
More details released on sale of Sparks Hospital
Following the announcement that Sparks Health System is being sold to Alpharetta, Ga.-based Jackson Healthcare, The City Wire was granted an interview with Jackson Hospital Affiliates President Gary Bell, Sparks…
by - March 30, 2009 3:07 pm
Sparks Health System to be sold to Georgia company
The Sparks Health System Board of Directors announced today (Mar. 30) that the hospital system is being purchased by Alpharetta, Ga.-based Jackson Healthcare. Terms of the deal were not disclosed….
by - March 30, 2009 1:48 pm
Downtown improvement bill stuck in committee, gathering support
There is a full-court press underway around Arkansas to get HB 1060 out of a legislative committee and to the desk of Gov. Mike Beebe. Sponsored by Rep. Tracy Pennartz,…
by - March 30, 2009 12:11 pm
Wells, Pyle, Pennartz among busy area legislators
If judging solely by the number of bills filed and the number of bills enacted into law, the Fort Smith area has at least three legislators on track to record…
by - March 30, 2009 9:34 am
Special report from Greenwood High School: Population growth cramps school space
Editor’s note: The City Wire invited journalism students from Greenwood High School to obtain real-world reporting experience by researching, writing and contributing stories to The City Wire. The following story…
by - March 29, 2009 7:28 pm
Notes on credit scores
Credit history is important, but a low score is not the deal killer some might think.
by - March 29, 2009 7:15 pm
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Elements of this thing called The City Wire remain experimental. Not that pushing news and information via the Internet is a new thing, but the approach we use and the…
by - March 29, 2009 1:36 pm
Verizon exec talks Little Rock jobs, sign changes
Steve Smith, the Verizon head of the Little Rock corporate campus that once was home to Alltel Corp. commits to retain around 1,300 jobs in central Arkansas and teases that…
by - March 28, 2009 11:46 am
‘Friday Night Live’ delivers laughs for Art
Push ups, trips to France and missing gas bubbles were part of fundraising event.
by - March 27, 2009 5:22 pm
U.S. health care doesn’t suck
A professor advises a fact review before believing that the U.S. health care system is busted.
by - March 27, 2009 5:03 pm
Ratcliff health center to get stimulus money
The River Valley Primary Care Services facility in Ratcliff (Franklin County) will receive $171,806 from the more than $3.09 million granted to Arkansas community health centers from the federal stimulus…
by - March 27, 2009 4:51 pm
Wal-Mart to move optical lab jobs to Fayetteville
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. officials said Friday they will close an optical lab in Ohio and move some of the jobs to Fayetteville and Crawfordsville, Ind. The optical lab in Lockbourne,…
by - March 27, 2009 4:33 pm
Weekly business news includes chamber search, jobless report
The City Wire economic review for the week of Mar. 23 – March 27: REGIONAL/STATE• The executive committee of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce interviewed five candidates for…
by - March 27, 2009 3:17 pm
Most area banks see net income declines in 2008
Although many banks based in the Fort Smith area saw declines in 2008 net income, the financial health of regional banks continues to be stable relative to their counterparts in…
by - March 27, 2009 3:02 pm
AOG seeks to lower monthly rates
An action sought by Fort Smith-based Arkansas-Oklahoma Gas Corp. would lower the average residential summer natural gas bill by $1.74, and the average small commercial summer gas bill by $11.93….
by - March 27, 2009 10:06 am
Arkansas’ jobless rate increases in February
Arkansas’ February unemployment rate increased to 6.6%, up over the 6.4% rate in January, and up significantly over the 4.8% rate in February 2009. The striking figure is that Arkansas’…
by - March 26, 2009 7:33 am
Hospital, utility announce savings from energy program
An energy-saving program between St. Edward Mercy Medical Center and OG&E reportedly saves enough electricity to annually power more than 1,350 Arkansas homes. Officials with Oklahoma City-based OG&E are scheduled…