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Fort Smith-native enters 4th District race
A Fort Smith native and graduate of Southside High School is the newest Republican vying for a chance to replace U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, R-Dardanelle, in Congress. Tommy Moll, who now lives in Hot...
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Number of Arkansans employed down 1.8% in July
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Walton Foundation gives $2 million to Marshals Museum
The Walton Family Foundation is donating $2 million to help fund construction and operation of the U.S. Marshals Museum planned for downtown Fort Smith. Announced Monday (Aug. 19), the $2 million is...
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College textbook rental programs showing growth
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comCollege students on average are racking up thousands of dollars in debt thanks to escalating tuition and textbook prices as they return to class over the next...
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FCC Commissioner wants faster Internet for schools
story by Roby Brock, with Talk Business, a content partner with The City Wireroby@talkbusiness.netWith Arkansas pursuing expanded broadband in its public schools, an FCC commissioner says she wants her...
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America's Car-Mart posts thinner profits
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comAmerica’s Car-Mart Inc. said higher than expected credit losses curbed its earnings in the company’s fiscal first quarter ending July 31. But the...
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Bekaert may add 45 jobs at Van Buren plant
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comForty-five jobs could be on the way to Van Buren following action taken by the town's city council tonight (Aug. 19). At the meeting, the council approved an...
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Fort Smith area home sales up 38% in July
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comArea home sales continue to show signs of strength as July's home sales report shows a jump in sales in July that is 38% higher than July 2012. Sebastian...
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NWA, Fort Smith area legislative seats set to change
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comIt seems like you can't go anywhere these days without hearing about the race for U.S. Senate, pitting Republican U.S. Rep. Tom Cotton, barely seven months...
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Farm bill work a tough challenge for Sen. Boozman
story from Talk Business, a TCW content partner He won’t be on the ballot in 2014, but U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., has plenty on his plate at the moment. Boozman, who’s in the middle of his first...
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Fort Smith Board gives hire-fire power to administrator
After more than 30 minutes of discussion at their regular meeting, the Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Aug. 20) reversed a city policy in place more than 45 years and gave the city...
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Sebastian County JPs appoint school board members
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comThe Sebastian County Quorum Court appointed nearly an entire school board at Tuesday’s (Aug. 20) regularly scheduled meeting at the Greenwood courthouse. The...
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Cooper Clinic sues Mercy Fort Smith, Mercy doctors
story by Michael Tilleymtilley@thecitywire.comA lawsuit filed Aug. 2 by Fort Smith-based Cooper Clinic against Mercy Fort Smith and St. Louis-based Sisters of Mercy Health System not only more fully...
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U.S. freight tonnage levels dip in July
Two closely watched indices measuring the health of the U.S. freight sector during the first half of the year have pointed to slow and uncertain economic growth in the nation’s economy. The July...
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Retailers gear up for holiday showdown
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comThe back-to-school sales are not even in books yet and retailers from Wal-Mart to Toys R Us are already unveiling new incentives to woo holiday shoppers....
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Rep. Mullin: Arkansas River locks in poor shape (Updated)
story by Ryan Saylorrsaylor@thecitywire.comIt was a meeting that ranged from sequestration to the Affordable Care Act to the federal budget deficit and U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Westville, who...
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U.S. Manufacturing Summit 'just a start'
story by Kim Souzaksouza@thecitywire.comSome of the most influential business and public policy leaders in the country took the stage today in Orlando, at Wal-Mart's U.S. Manufacturing Summit to...
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Beebe: Wal-Mart onshoring push ‘has a lot of legs’
story by Michael Tilleymtilley@thecitywire.comOn the opening day of a Wal-Mart-sponsored manufacturing summit, Gov. Mike Beebe met with officials from two Asian-based electronics manufacturing...
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Fort Smith tax revenue falls for fourth month
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25-30 attend ‘open carry’ handgun walk in Fort Smith
A widely watched “open carry” walk held Saturday morning (Aug. 24) in Fort Smith was an event the organizers were hoping would not end with a bang. And it didn’t. Between 25 and 30 people, most with a...
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