Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

The menu this week includes careful avoidance of the “F” word

Genteel readers can follow their Peter and go with pasta, pizza and Prince.

National trucking index up in February

A February tonnage index reported by the American Trucking Associations’ notes two consecutive months of increases — good news for a sector facing more than two years of freight volume…

Barbershop Museum at Chaffee celebrates Elvis haircut anniversary

Newspaper photographer called it the “Haircut heard round the world.”

40/29 parent company target of takeover

The largest shareholder of the company that owns the KHBS-KHOG 40/29 television station operating in the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas markets announced Wednesday it will seek to acquire 100%…

ConocoPhillips, Tyson Foods energy venture in jeopardy

ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva says the future of a $100 million joint energy venture with Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. is in doubt. ConocoPhillips and Tyson Foods announced in 2007 a…

Gatorade, allergy pills and Tyson chicken top product brands of 2008

Gatorade and Zyrtec were the most popular 2008 new food brands and non-food brands, respectively, according to Chicago-based Information Resources (IRI). Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. broke into the top 10…

Why Capitalism?

Final part of a three-part series from a recent Allan Meltzer lecture.

Card check legislation loses support (updated)

Editor’s note: This story is part of an effort by The City Wire to provide information about The Employee Free Choice Act. The proposed federal act seeks to make unionization…

Day 4 report from SXSW: Bloodshot, foot-stompin and sore legs.

And a good time was had by all … except maybe for Peter’s liver.

Average area home prices slipping

Average and median prices of new and existing homes in the Fort Smith/Van Buren markets dropped 7.2% and 2.7%, respectively, between Aug. 4 and Mar. 23, according to figures from…

How to get a copyright

It’s your intellectual property. Protect it with a little help from the federal government. 

The 800-pound Gorilla

It’s important to respect the reach of the long arm of the IRS.

Why Capitalism?

Part II of a three-part series from a recent Allan Meltzer lecture.

Officials comment on jump in local jobless rate

Two local economic development and business leaders aren’t too alarmed by a recent uptick in the Fort Smith regional unemployment rate. The preliminary January unemployment rate for the Fort Smith…

‘Card Check’ alternatives urged

Editor’s note: This story is part of our effort at The City Wire to provide information about The Employee Free Choice Act not typically provided by traditional media outlets. The…

Chamber closer to hiring new president

The executive committee of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce has interviewed five candidates for the open chamber president position and has forwarded two of those to a “community…

Well-intended

It was just a few months ago that the caller had these well-intended words of wisdom for yours truly: “You’re too damn impatient when it comes to progressive community change….