by - April 29, 2013 3:09 pm
KFSM could go dark in NWA, Fort Smith area
KFSM could go dark at midnight on April 30 for Cox Communications subscribers unless officials with Cox and Local TV LLC come to an agreement over how much Cox will…
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by The City Wire staff - April 25, 2013 8:35 pm
GRIT Award winners named by Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau
The Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau announced on Thursday (April 25) the GRIT Award recipients. The GRIT Awards were presented at the MovieLounge, dinner-cinema-event space in Fort Smith, and…
by The City Wire staff - April 25, 2013 5:32 pm
Dining Dialogue: Blondin looks to Ohio
Of the many things she will miss, Jo Blondin is not happy about leaving her home in Van Buren – an historic home built sometime between 1900 and 1910. Blondin,…
by The City Wire staff - April 25, 2013 3:53 pm
New system to alert, inform Fort Smith residents
Communication between the city of Fort Smith and its residents has gotten easier with the launch of a new system the city has dubbed iFortSmithConnect. Through the new system, all…
by The City Wire staff - April 22, 2013 4:31 pm
ATU-Ozark team has good showing in electric vehicle rally
Three students from Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus competed in the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas’ 10th Annual Electric Vehicle Rally, taking home first place honors in the troubleshooting category. Held Friday,…
by The City Wire staff - April 19, 2013 5:44 pm
UAFS students to conduct memorial run for Boston
A student group at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is spearheading a Boston Marathon memorial run on April 29 that has a two-fold purpose – to raise funds…
by The City Wire staff - April 18, 2013 9:42 am
NWA Dining Dialogue: A Maine Diamond
For someone who has a management style that includes the “Treaty of No Surprises,” John Diamond has a few surprises. Long before his current gig as vice chancellor for university…
by The City Wire staff - April 17, 2013 4:57 pm
Severe weather headed to Fort Smith, NWA areas
The Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas areas are likely to experience severe weather and heavy rainfall between Wednesday (April 18) and Friday. AccuWeather reports there is a risk of severe…
by The City Wire staff - April 15, 2013 12:24 pm
ATU-Ozark announces RecycleMania results
Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus recycled 4,400 pounds of materials during RecycleMania, a friendly eight-week competition in which college campuses across the country see who can reduce, reuse and recycle the…
by The City Wire staff - April 3, 2013 5:51 pm
Expanded library formally opened at UAFS
Administrators at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith officially re-opened Boreham Library Wednesday afternoon (April 3). Dr. Ray Wallace, provost and senior vice chancellor at UAFS, marked the occasion…
by The City Wire staff - April 3, 2013 11:28 am
Orick named first director of Doug and Kathy Babb center at UAFS
Officials at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith have announced a new student development program and have named a long-time employee, Ron Orick of Fort Smith, as its founding…
by The City Wire staff - March 29, 2013 8:55 pm
Spring 2013 could bring more severe weather
AccuWeather long-range forecasters are predicting an active severe storm season during the mid-spring and early summer of 2013, despite a slow March this year, compared to last year. In short,…
by The City Wire staff - March 28, 2013 5:57 pm
Major cancer study seeks participant
Residents in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma are being invited to take part in research that could impact cancer treatment for generations to come. According to Rhonda Brammell, health initiatives…
by The City Wire staff - March 28, 2013 1:49 pm
Jones Center makes website available in Spanish
The Jones Center has unveiled a new element to its website. Any page of the website can now be converted to Spanish with the click of a button. “The Jones…
by The City Wire staff - March 28, 2013 11:44 am
UA opens Hillside Auditorium
Hillside Auditorium, the newest academic building on the University of Arkansas campus, was officially opened on Wednesday (March 27). The $14.6 million building is more than 35,000 square feet and…
by The City Wire staff - March 28, 2013 11:40 am
Joanna and Richard Hudson bequest $100,000 to University of Arkansas
Richard Hudson, vice chancellor for government and community relations, and his wife, Joanna, have made a $100,000 bequest to the University of Arkansas. The gift, which will provide unrestricted funding…
by The City Wire staff - March 27, 2013 8:15 pm
ATU-Ozark boss to leave for job in Ohio
Dr. Jo Alice Blondin, who has overseen significant expansion of programs, facilities and enrollment during her tenure as chancellor of the Ozark campus of Arkansas Tech University, has been named…
by The City Wire staff - March 26, 2013 11:51 pm
Complexity abounds in U.S.-Marshallese compact
It’s been 57 years since the U.S. military performed nuclear missile testing within the Marshall Islands located in far South Pacific and situated roughly halfway between Australia and Hawaii. The…
by The City Wire staff - March 26, 2013 10:57 pm
Brockovich: We will investigate Whirlpool pollution
Bob Bowcock suggested that research identifying pollution near Whirlpool’s Fort Smith manufacturing plant used “creative math” to downplay the extent of the pollution. More than 350 residents and former Whirlpool…
by The City Wire staff - March 21, 2013 9:26 am
UA chemistry professor dies during ski vacation
University of Arkansas professor, Robert E. “Bob” Gawley, 64, of Fayetteville, passed away on March 18, while skiing with friends near Steamboat Springs, Colo, according to a release from university…