Fort Smith

Women to Watch goes Live!

Second Street Live! in downtown Fort Smith hosts opening reception for the 2011 traveling Arkansas Women to Watch are exhibit.

Adam & Eats: Pumpkin Patch

The squash decor is somewhat disconcerting and the menu is in transition from Goodson’s to whatever is next.

Most Arkansas-based stocks down in first half of 2011

Share prices of nine of 15 Arkansas-based companies fell in the first half of 2011, an unfortunate majority considering that the three major stock market indices recorded gains in the…

Sparks ceremonially begins modern surgery suite work

Sparks Health System employees formally and destructively began on Thursday (June 30) the $17 million project to build a modern surgery suite. Construction of 10 “smart” operating rooms in the…

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….

UAFS, WATC students show skills

Eight students from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and the Western Arkansas Technical Center at UAFS won awards at the national SkillsUSA Championships, with the awards including one…

Surveys point to consumer confidence decline

A consumer confidence report released Wednesday (June 29) by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith mirrors the results in results released earlier in June by The City Wire and…

Fourth facts

We have beef from Texas and flags from China.

Scene by Carson: Cool events, hot month

July activities include treasure hunting stories, beer, bourbon and bread making.

Yarnell’s Ice Cream to close; 200 jobs lost

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Talk Business has learned that Yarnell’s Ice Cream Co., the iconic…

Big Screen Peter: Bad Teacher

An interesting story and talented cast results in nothing more than a collection of cheap laughs.

Future of Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center under review

Around 25 area business and civic leaders gathered Wednesday morning (June 29) at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith to discuss the future — or if it should have…

Fort Smith jobless rate unchanged in May

The Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas metro areas were the only Arkansas regions to see a May jobless rate decline compared to a year earlier. Fort Smith’s metro jobless rate…

Rex Terry appointed to judicial commission

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark A. Darr announced on Wednesday (June 29) the appointment of Fort Smith attorney Rex Terry to serve a six-year term as an Alternate Member on the…

Fort Smith airport continues expansion, refinances debt

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Fort Smith Regional Airport commissioners moved forward on the west corporate taxiway project phase II Tuesday night at their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. On June…

Gov. Beebe opposed to same-sex marriage

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Gov. Mike Beebe told a crowd of nearly 200 Stonewall Democrats…

Directors discuss animal rules, board security

story by Luke Hobbs [email protected] During Tuesday’s (June 28) study session, two Fort Smith city directors asked for an animal control task force. The board can approve in its next…

Sparks Health System CEO headlines Women of Vision Luncheon

The luncheon helps raise money and awareness for programs provide by Girls Inc. of Fort Smith.

July 8 new deadline for 1% petitions

Fort Smith City Clerk Sherri Gard quickly complied Tuesday with a court order requiring the city to give petitioners seeking a vote on a 1% prepared food tax another 10…

Donations support UAFS library expansion

story info submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith announced five gifts toward the Boreham Library expansion during a pre-groundbreaking luncheon…