by - September 27, 2015 8:05 pm
Let’s support the Future School
The Fort Smith Public School Board on Monday (Sept. 28) is expected to vote on support or opposition to a proposed public charter school in the district. The City Wire…
Tag: TCW editorial
by - August 24, 2015 10:17 pm
That is all
The last line in the 1970 hit movie “M.A.S.H” is simple and emotionally fitting: “That is all.” It now seems a simple and fitting response to a speech Monday night…
by - August 2, 2015 6:53 pm
The FOP should end its investigation effort
A decision by the Fort Smith Fraternal Order of Police to “investigate” certain members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors is as understandable as it is unfortunate. The action…
by - May 25, 2015 6:04 pm
The ties that bind software and social policy
Governor Asa Hutchinson successfully pushed a computer coding program for public schools during the recently concluded Legislative Session. Hutchinson seeks to crank out 6,000 computer coders each year. The program…
by - May 4, 2015 11:03 pm
Vote FOR streets, and FOR trails
The City Wire encourages Fort Smith voters to renew the 1% street tax program for another 10 years, and to vote for using 5% of the street tax to fund…
by - March 11, 2015 12:15 pm
They called him ‘stupid’
Considering the busy schedule of many who read The City Wire, it borders on unreasonable to ask you to watch a 25-minute video produced by a junior high student in…
by - October 22, 2014 8:35 pm
Character actors
From the “By Their Actions People/Groups Will Show Their Character” category, the Fort Smith Board of Directors is willing to spend thousands of dollars in legal fees and risk a…
by - October 12, 2014 2:34 pm
Let’s get on this horse
Now comes the Steel Horse Rally holding great potential to become an event annually drawing thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts to a downtown Fort Smith that through private and public development…
by - August 17, 2014 4:01 pm
Don’t blame the voters
This notion that a majority of Fort Smithians are anti-progress and aren’t willing to pay the bill for socio-economic improvements is absurd and an unfortunate and ill-considered response among those…
by - June 16, 2014 4:56 pm
A legal mess
A rarely used procedural action taken June 11 by the Fort Smith Board of Directors to kill a review of the city’s long-term relationship with and recent billings from the…
by - April 20, 2014 4:52 pm
Too much Wal-Mart?
Fortunately, The City Wire doesn’t receive many substantive complaints about our coverage. We certainly get our fair share of nitpicking from The Gallery of the Never Satisfied, of which our…
by - February 16, 2014 10:16 pm
Scholarship offer for ‘Strong Towns’ workshop
The Applied Sustainability Center at the University of Arkansas is offering such an intriguing workshop that The City Wire and Potts & Company have partnered to provide scholarships to 10…
by - November 25, 2013 3:13 pm
Water park recalculation
Take a wrong turn while using some of the popular GPS-based travel instruction devices and a pleasant female voice will immediately say, “Recalculating.” That’s the essence of our recommendation to…
by - September 29, 2013 7:00 pm
Bloomberg’s second strike
The first time Bloomberg news fouled up a story about Wal-Mart Stores one could simply consider it a surprising and ill-advised report. A one-off, if you will. Even a smart…
by - September 3, 2013 12:48 pm
Now is the time
We respectfully disagree with the view of U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, who believes a looming budget battle is not the time to defund and/or otherwise kill the federal healthcare law…
by - July 21, 2013 5:23 pm
Improving cost AND turnout
The Sebastian County Election Commission is to be commended for seeking to increase efficiencies and reduce costs with a plan to change the number of voting sites in the county….
by - April 28, 2013 5:19 pm
Hogs on the Buffalo
Even the 89th General Assembly, which just went home this week, admits there is a problem. But they didn’t fix the problem. Yes, there is a problem with a hog farm…
by - March 31, 2013 8:57 pm
The Whirlpool watch must continue (Updated)
Debbie Keith should not have had to call in reinforcements. But she did, and now the company of famous environmental activist Erin Brockovich is likely to be in Fort Smith…
by - November 25, 2012 7:24 pm
The comfort of discomfort
Regional political, business and civic leaders in Benton and Washington counties appear to speak the same language with respect to socio-economic development. It’s silly to think they read from the…