Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

Report: Economy not likely to improve in 2009

In case you haven’t heard, the economy is in a bit of a funk.

Problems with ethanol explained

Author contends that using ethanol makes diesel fuel more expensive. Ironic, considering how much diesel is burned by corn farmers.

Women in the Arts event draws women from Fort Smith area

Ed Dell Wortz, of Fort Smith, and Helen Walton formed the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women in the Arts in 1989. It’s been supporting artistic Arkansas women ever since.

An update on the Regional Intermodal Authority for the Fort Smith/Van Buren area

Ken O’Donnell, director of the Bi-State Metropolitan Planning Organization, says trust and the formation of partnerships between the freight and business communities and the public are essential for this to be a successful endeavor.

Bartlesville looking for a few good Fort Smith area workers

Bartlesville wants you. Especially if you are one of the thousands in the Fort Smith area recently laid off by Whirlpool, Rheem, Riverside, The Times Record or Arkansas Best Corp….

Weekly economic review includes layoffs, home sales decline

The City Wire economic review for the week of Nov. 10 – Nov. 14: • Fort Smith-based Riverside Furniture announced 250 layoffs at its operations in Fort Smith and Russellville….

Regional real estate market not immune from downturn

Regional real estate sales for the first nine months of the year indicate that the area is not completely immune from the national housing downturn. According to the Arkansas Realtors…

Housing permits start strong in November

During the first two weeks of November, the city of Fort Smith issued 233 permits valued at $6.14 million. That is slightly off the October pace of 644 permits valued…

Another study seeks economic change in Arkansas (updated)

Many of the points and issues raised by the task force were part of previous state studies and reports. And that’s not to fault the Task Force. It speaks more to the sometimes slow pace at which change happens in Arkansas.

It’s become a $40 Thanksgiving.

It begs the question, "Is the family worth it?"

New director named for regional business support center

R. Nick Remy is the new director of the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (SBTDC) located at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Remy, who will begin…

Cashiers included in Arkansas’ ‘Hot 45’ jobs list. Really.

The Web site of the Arkansas Department of Workforce Services (DWS) contains much information about job numbers, industry sectors, career guidance publications and other labor market related stuff. Included in…

Riverside Furniture confirms news of layoffs (updated)

The Associated Press reported earlier today that Fort Smith-based Riverside Furniture will lay off 250 employees in Fort Smith and Russellville and will combine two of its operations in Fort…

Think you’ll never understand the Wall Street mess? Read this, and think again.

Meredith Whitney wasn’t saying that Wall Street bankers were corrupt. She was saying they were stupid.

ESPN boosts bid for all bowl games

The ticket for the five games? $125 million.

The money rolls in for Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. reported mostly good news this morning with its third-quarter financial earnings release. The Bentonville-based retailer posted third-quarter sales of $97.63 billion, up 7.5 percent over the $90.82…

Federal audit finds problems at Fort Smith Housing Authority

News broke late Wednesday that the federal government is not happy with the financial and development practices at the Fort Smith Housing Authority. More specifically, the Inspector General of the…

The natural gas game changer

T. Boone Pickens is going to love this. If preliminary reports are true, a natural gas field in Alaska’s North Slope could be a game changer in terms of domestic…

First news of Alltel cuts emerges

It’s been known that deep job cuts are coming to Arkansas ever since the $28 billion deal by Verizon Wireless to buy Little Rock-based Alltel Corp. was announced. Alltel employs…