Fort Smith

Delta Sigma Theta debutantes focus on public service

The 10th annual Cotillion had more than 200 in attendance to honor the nine debutantes.

SEC Preview, Week 12: Ranking the QBs in the SEC

story by Chris Rushing, College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] We’re going to take a bit of a detour from the normal game…

Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….

Survivor winner to join Sparks Health System

Natalie White, the Van Buren native and past winner of the CBS reality show “Survivor: Samoa,” will soon be the new director of physician business development. White will serve as…

Car-Mart shares slide as credit losses mount

Shares of Car-Mart Inc. tumbled in early trading on Friday after the Bentonville-based "buy-here, pay-here" used car dealer’s second quarter earnings fell short of expectations. In early morning trading, Car-Mart…

Ozarks at Large, The City Wire announce partnership

Ozarks at Large (KUAF 91.3) and The City Wire have agreed to a content partnership that will allow both organizations to expand the information provided to their respective listeners and…

Spooky FCRA meeting includes I-49 update

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] “Come and get me.” Those were the words streaming from a ghostly presence at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA)….

Adam & Eats: Las Senoritas

The food is OK, but the restaurant has a familiar theme … sports bar and scantily-clad waitresses.

Fort Smith Pavilion sold to Cincinnati real estate group

The Fort Smith Pavilion, the city’s newest shopping center created by digging out the side of a hill near Interstate 540 and Phoenix Avenue, has been sold to Cincinnati-based Phillips…

Sparks employee promoted to HMA post

Sparks Health System has announced the promotion of Staci Lucius, now the vice president of Sparks Clinic, to director of Physician Practice Management for Division One of Sparks’ parent company,…

O.K. Industries granted waiver under new health care law

Add Fort Smith-based O.K. Industries to the list — now standing at 111 companies — of companies and organizations granted a waiver on a specific rule within the newly enacted…

Arkansas GDP rate up 0.6%; Oklahoma sees 6.6% GDP gain

Arkansas’ 2009 GDP increased 0.6% compared to 2008, and the state was one of only 16 states to see a gain despite declines in manufacturing. With a value of $93.015…

Christmas Honors organizers seek volunteer, financial support

Editor’s note: The following story is reposted as part of The City Wire effort to support this important regional project. The call is out again for the Fort Smith region…

Arkansas’ rural telecom subsidy fund running low

A more than 13-year-old Arkansas program that helps provide telecom access to rural parts of the state will need a boost in 2010 if it is to stay in the…

Glory days

Do most Americans believe our best days are behind us?

Ross opposed Pelosi; takes new role with moderate Democrats

U.S. Rep. Mike Ross, D-Prescott, was on the losing side of Nancy Pelosi’s election as Minority Leader, but has captured some leadership roles attached to his affiliation with the “Blue…

Van Buren Municipal Utilities water bill at $1.2 million

The value, so to speak, of a water payment dispute between the city of Fort Smith and the Van Buren Municipal Utilities is just a little more than $1.2 million….

SEC Review, Week 11: Auburn, South Carolina punch tickets to Atlanta

story by Chris Rushing, College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] For the first time since 2007, the Southeastern Conference football championship game will…

Big Screen Peter: Skyline

The movie about an alien invasion was well shot and includes real and honest emotions, but the ending didn’t do it for Peter.

Tax uncertainty causes Baldor to push dividend early

The uncertainty about what a lame-duck Congress or the new Congress will do with respect to tax policy has filtered down to Fort Smith in a very real way. Fort…