Fort Smith

J.R.’s Country Gospel Singers

J.R’s Country Gospel Singers King Opera House 427 Main Street Van Buren October 16, 2010 7 p.m. J.R.’s Country Gospel Variety Show. 7 p.m. Tickets $5 at the door….

Clayton Scott Poetry Slam

Clayton Scott Poetry Slam October 12 Van Buren Fine Arts Center 2001 Pointer Trail 6 p.m. Clayton Scott Poetry Slam with Free admission. For more information visit their…

Van Buren School District Combined Choir Concert

Van Buren School District Combined Choir Concert October 5 Van Buren Fine Arts Center 2001 Pointer Trail 7 p.m. Van Buren School District’s Combined Choir Concert. 7 p.m….

Mark Nizer in 3D

Mark Nizer in 3d October 2 Van Buren Fine Arts Center 2001 Pointer Trail 7:00 p.m. Mark Nizer in 3D at the Van Buren Fine Arts Center. Tickets…

Learning from Uli and other success stories

There are stories of entrepreneurial inspiration even in the midst of what may or may not be a recession.

Woody Stewart wants to be Alma’s next mayor; new voice

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Woodrow “Woody Stewart, 71, wants to be Alma’s mayor. He has a truckload of ideas, the time to do the job, and a plan he…

Arkansas gets $7.79 million for broadband; total more than $111 million

Arkansas will receive $7.79 million to improve broadband connectivity and use in the state, adding to the more than $104 million in broadband expansion funding announced for the state since…

UAFS police officer completes training academy

Jeremy Smith of Lavaca, a member of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Police Department, recently completed a 12-week basic police training course at the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training…

Three area people make list of gubernatorial appointments

Three area people were among the 54 appointments and reappointments to state boards and commissions announced Monday (Sept. 27) by Gov. Mike Beebe. Ginger Fenter, of Fort Smith, was appointed…

3rd District candidates agree on much, differ on health care

David Whitaker and Rogers Mayor Steve Womack agreed on several issues raised during a forum held Monday in Fort Smith. And then the new health care law was mentioned. The…

Ava’s Village Pub Presents Dorrian Cross and Matt “Guitar” Wilson

Ava’s Village Pub Presents Dorrian Cross and Matt "Guitar" Wilson on Wednesday Sept. 29th at 9:00pm No Cover Charge

New Alma steak restaurant cooks up jobs

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] For three years the residents of Alma have been watching while a building, made of old wood and new metal, inched its way toward completion….

Ava’s Village Pub and Grill — Terri and the Executives

Terri and the Executives perform Friday Oct 1, 2010 from 9:00pm – 1:00am No Cover Charge

Christ the King Catholic School PTO Spaghetti Supper

Christ the King Catholic School PTO will be hosting a Spaghetti Supper on October 16th at 5:00p.m. in the Parish Center. Student art will be for sale during the supper. Please…

Christ the King Catholic School PTO Garage Sale

Christ the King Catholic School PTO is holding a Garage Sale on October 2nd at 8:00a.m. in the Parish Center. Please come out and support the CTK PTO!

ATU-Ozark, Charleston partner on adult education center

Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus and the Charleston Public School District have partnered to open an adult education office in Charleston. It will be the first adult education office south Franklin…

Wal-Mart pursues South Africa retailer in $4.25 billion deal

Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has made a $4.25 billion offer to buy Johannesburg, South Africa-based Massmart Holdings, a retailer with 290 stores in 13 African countries. The non-binding deal is…

Southern Fried Swing (and a little Jazz) invades the area

Fort Smith and Van Buren welcome dancers from around the world for dance workshops and contests.

Billy’s bleepity-bleep lecture

Billy, the college friend from thousands of years ago, called this week. A report on The City Wire about the recession being over put him in a foul mood. In…

July ends three straight months of sales tax gains

Consumers were unable to keep up the pace through the hot summer, with July sales tax collections in Fort Smith ending three consecutive months of year-over-year gains. Each of the…