Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

More money for your local Member of Congress

Arkansas’ Congressional delegation has already brought more money to Arkansas — about $28,000 more in the form of pay raises for themselves.

UAFS students provide support for The Clearinghouse

University of Arkansas at Fort Smith students have built a web site and client management database for The Community Services Clearinghouse in Fort Smith. The Clearinghouse, an area United Way…

Tyson Foods puts up the farm for access to cash

The good news is that Springdale-based Tyson Foods Inc. was able to secure future access to credit. The bad news is that the company was forced to put up almost…

Fort Smith metro population hits 290,000 in 2007

No estimates available on how many of those 290,000 have received a letter or rose petal recognition from Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker.

Idea of student housing in downtown Fort Smith moves forward

Members of the Central Business Improvement District commission, which has governing authority in a large part of downtown Fort Smith, and officials with the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith…

No flying shoes at reception for City Director

Airborne shoes were not present at a farewell reception for Fort Smith City Director Rick Parrish. Must be a special honor for Presidents only.

Fort Smith city directors consider lobbying trip to Washington

It might be an expensive trip, but Fort Smith City Administrator Dennis Kelly told city directors Tuesday night (Dec. 16) that a lobbying trip to Washington, D.C. might be worth…

Area events, facilities are finalists for state tourism awards

The Fort Smith area has three finalists named in the 2009 Henry Awards, Arkansas’ only program recognizing achievement in the state’s tourism industry. The Arkansas-Oklahoma State Fair is one of…

Fort Smith board to talk economic development, policy direction at January retreat

The Fort Smith board of directors plan a Jan. 10 board retreat to discuss past, present and future issues and events. No official time has been set, but previous retreats…

We’ve got ourselves a convoy … of 3.5 million truckers

Report says tractor-trailer rigs traveled 432.9 billion miles in 2007. It’s not known how much of that was for toting Wal-Mart stuff.

The questions about progress with the U.S. Marshals Museum are many and welcome.

Sandi Sanders, project director for the museum, outlines a few activities that will begin to provide answers to some of those questions.

Joke about lawyers at your own small business expense

In addition to establishing a legal structure based on protection the entrepreneur needs, businesses also need lawyers for a wide range of services.

Area Alltel jobs in limbo after sale to Verizon

It’s unclear what impact the sale of Little Rock-based Alltel Corp. to Verizon will have on the estimated 50-60 Alltel jobs in the Fort Smith Area. Verizon Wireless is buying…

Chaffee Crossing director issues 2008 report

Ivy Owen, director of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority, issued a “Year End Report” late Monday (Dec. 12) that highlighted the “FCRA and its successes this past year.” The FCRA…

Storm damage repairs continue to boost building permit values

Repair work from hail and wind storms earlier this year continue to boost Fort Smith building permit numbers. For the first two weeks of December, the city has issued 179…

Baldor reduces workforce through attrition, not job cuts (Corrected)

Reports posted Monday — including for a brief time at The City Wire — that Fort Smith-based Baldor Electric Co., planned to cut 900 jobs by June 2009 are wrong,…

Cargill moves burned Booneville operations to Nebraska

Cargill Value Added Meats has found a plant in Nebraska in which to locate the operations it lost when its Booneville plant was destroyed by fire. More than 800 jobs…

Hadley home opened for Fort Smith Art Center fundraiser

What’s it take to help expand an art center? Wine, food, fellowship, more wine and a big house in which to contain the wine, food and fellowship. We’ve got the pictures to prove it.

Fighting back against the Bah Humbug of job losses

The shame with all these economic troubles is that one doesn’t have to be a skeptical ass like me to find the need to suppress the negative irony when hearing…

Youthful honkytonker to play Second Street Live (updated with concert review)

Justin Townes Earle, son of popular musician Steve Earle, brings his love of country music, bluegrass and George Jones to downtown Fort Smith. We’re thinking at least one song will mention booze, women and hard luck.