by - December 19, 2014 2:07 pm
Graduation honors and rates with nursing and computer programs at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus have been announced, with Patricia LaRue of Alma named “Student of the Year” by her classmates…
by - December 18, 2014 7:07 pm
There is a free lunch. The Samaritan Café operations in Rogers and Springdale serve up 10,000 free lunches each year as a mission made possible by the Samaritan Community Center,…
by - December 18, 2014 5:48 pm
Christmas came a little early for the Jones Center this year as CEO Ed Clifford and Chief Operations Officer Mike Gilbert accepted a $78,155 energy rebate check from Source Gas,…
by - December 17, 2014 3:07 pm
More road construction is on tap for Springdale. The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department agreed Wednesday (Dec. 17) to pay nearly $101 million for the construction of the first section…
by - December 16, 2014 10:41 pm
The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism provided on Tuesday (Dec. 16) its list of Henry Award finalists, with Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith area connected to several of…
by - December 15, 2014 9:22 pm
A report presented Monday night (Dec. 15) to the Fort Smith Board of Education appears to throw a wet blanket on previous talk among school officials to soon build a…
by - December 10, 2014 11:42 am
The Griffin Family of Fort Smith have donated $100,000 to the Old Fort Homeless Coalition to be used for the Riverview Hope Campus. The effort behind the campus is to…
by - December 9, 2014 11:19 pm
There were few, if any, smiling faces in the room Tuesday night (Dec. 9) as Fort Smith city staffers and the city’s attorney explained to the Fort Smith Board of…
by - December 9, 2014 9:24 pm
U.S. Marshals Museum President and CEO Jim Dunn told museum board members Tuesday (Dec. 9) that the staff is in an “intense period of fundraising” and that eight volunteers also…
by - December 8, 2014 2:59 pm
Crawford County residents could have their daily commute detoured for the next year, but the end result will make for an easier commute and could ultimately save lives. According to…
by - December 7, 2014 4:06 pm
Col. Mark Anderson, the officer who oversaw the historic transition of the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith to a unit without a manned flying mission, will soon step down…
by - December 5, 2014 5:24 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum, a planned $53 million museum to be located along the shores of the Arkansas River near downtown Fort Smith, will host its first ever U.S. Marshals…
by - December 3, 2014 8:58 pm
Of the 82 people expected to be hired in coming years to implement various aspects of the programs required under the proposed consent decree between the city of Fort Smith…
by - December 3, 2014 8:29 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith will graduate nearly 350 bachelor degreed students next weekend, but Associate Vice Chancellor for Workforce Development at UAFS Dr. Ken Warden said the…
by - December 2, 2014 2:17 pm
Dr. Jami Forrester, a professor of history at NorthWest Arkansas Community College, recently received the Arkansas Council for the Social Studies University Educator of the Year Award. The honor…
by - November 20, 2014 6:32 pm
In just two and a half years there has been tremendous change taking place at the Jones Center for Families in Springdale. The sprawling, cavernous facility has taken on a…
by - November 19, 2014 5:54 pm
The city of Van Buren has continued a long tradition of providing $100 annual bonuses to its employees, even as the city's budget could be impacted by a rise in…
by - November 18, 2014 8:15 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors Tuesday (Nov. 18) voted unanimously to approve a resolution regarding the issuance of $55 million in bonds for Dixie Consumer Products that will add…
by - November 18, 2014 6:36 pm
What initially appeared to be a setback for the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith could turn out to only be a bump in the road after the U.S. Army…
by - November 18, 2014 6:24 pm
Plans for the new River West Trail near downtown Fort Smith have been scaled back after bids for the project, jointly funded through a grant from the Walton Family Foundation…
