by - June 14, 2018 4:57 pm
Part of the more than $3.65 million in ongoing work by Phoenix Investors to further renovate the former Whirlpool manufacturing plant in Fort Smith could make way for a warehouse/distribution…
by - February 20, 2017 2:10 pm
Whirlpool Corp. has sold its 1.2 million square foot manufacturing plant in Fort Smith to Milwaukee, Wisc.-based Phoenix Investors. Whirlpool closed the refrigerator plant in June 2012, with most production…
by - July 7, 2015 2:06 pm
FFO Home – once known as Furniture Factory Outlet – is moving its corporate headquarters from Muldrow to Fort Smith, locating operations in a 180,000-square-foot part of a former Whirlpool warehouse that…
by - May 7, 2014 3:11 pm
Spartan Logistics plans to expand its operations in Fort Smith by acquiring the almost 620,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility that is part of the Whirlpool manufacturing site that ceased operations…
by - February 4, 2014 12:25 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe said Tuesday (Feb. 4) there are a “multiplicity” of reasons Arkansas Legislators should vote to fund Arkansas’ private option plan, and he also took a shot at…
by - October 28, 2013 4:10 pm
Tim Allen has said a the key to bringing jobs back to the shuttered Whirlpool facilities in Fort Smith is to find the first tenant in a “multi-tenant model.” Columbus,…
by - October 8, 2013 10:50 pm
Although Whirlpool exec Jeff Noel was in Fort Smith to talk about the pollution problem at the company’s closed manufacturing plant, he did deliver encouraging news with respect to the…
by - June 5, 2013 4:49 pm
While across the board budget cuts of 4% have been implemented across all city departments in Fort Smith, Sebastian County has not had the same problem, according to County Judge…
by - June 2, 2013 11:11 am
If one were to look around, one might revel at the active and ever-changing events emblazoned in our world. Crisis and calamities stun us, while occasional good fortune favors us….
by - May 16, 2013 4:21 pm
Documents reviewed by The City Wire show Fort Smith city officials knew about Whirlpool's plan to request a groundwater well ban as early as June of last year and that…
by - March 31, 2013 8:57 pm
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 - March 31, 2013 7:02 pm
Dear Mr. Jeff Fettig and members of the Board of Directors of the Whirlpool Corporation: I am a CPA and it is tax season. Between January 1st and April 15th…
by - March 27, 2013 9:53 pm
Emotions ran high Wednesday night (March 27) as the Fort Smith Board of Directors voted down an ordinance banning groundwater wells in a neighborhood just north of the former Whirlpool…
by - March 26, 2013 4:49 pm
Residents expecting a vote on a groundwater drilling ban near the former Whirlpool manufacturing plant at tomorrow (March 27) night's Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting may have to wait…
by - March 21, 2013 10:32 am
When consumer advocate Erin Brockovich visits Fort Smith next week, she and her staff will not just speak to Fort Smith residents about Whirlpool contamination and leave town. According to…
by - March 18, 2013 5:00 pm
Erin Brockovich, the famous consumer advocate known for exposing and fighting back against corporate pollution, is coming to Fort Smith next week to participate in a town hall meeting related…
by - March 6, 2013 10:29 am
The past year has been one of recovery for Sequoyah County's economy, though it has not been easy. According to numbers provided by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics…
by - March 1, 2013 12:20 pm
Fort Smith Director Keith Lau wasn’t just talking when he said the Board should remove from its agenda an ordinance request from Whirlpool Corp. that would ban groundwater drilling in…
by - February 28, 2013 10:46 am
At a Feb. 12 meeting of the Fort Smith Board of Directors, a lawyer and consultants representing Whirlpool said possible cancer-causing chemicals in the ground around its former Fort Smith…
by - February 27, 2013 12:56 pm
Most members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors aren’t yet sure if they will approve an ordinance requested by Whirlpool Corp. to ban water wells in a residential area…
