by - January 26, 2012 6:14 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) approved a 2012 operating budget Thursday afternoon (Jan. 26), and also ended its continuing negotiations with Shire, Inc., by approving a 47.5-acre, $475,000 sale….
by - January 26, 2012 3:04 pm
More details released Thursday (Jan. 26) by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta about “substantial” defense budget cuts did little to provide clarity as to the future of military units in…
by - January 25, 2012 7:41 am
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission accepted bids for drainage improvements in the West Corporate Area of the airport Tuesday night (Jan. 24), and one winner emerged. Securing its first…
by - January 24, 2012 10:21 pm
BENTONVILLE — The city of Bentonville became a destination in 2011 as more than 125,000 people visited the world-class Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in its first 100 days…
by - January 24, 2012 2:55 pm
Homebuilders and commercial construction firms registered a healthier pulse across Benton and Washington counties last year. The cumulative new building permit values in Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, Bentonville and Siloam Springs…
by - January 24, 2012 1:13 pm
Trinity Junior High School of Fort Smith won the Arkansas Middle School Science Bowl on Saturday (Jan. 21). Trinity Junior High School students competed against 16 other teams from across…
by - January 24, 2012 11:44 am
Walmart executive Jack Shewmaker had a storied career with the Bentonville-based retail giant. His untimely death in late 2010 was unexpected, but it didn’t stop his peers from honoring him…
by - January 23, 2012 9:26 pm
The Van Buren City Council approved an additional $102,490.78 in expenses for the repair of a collapsed sanitary sewer main east of Pointer Trail and Highway 59 at Monday night’s…
by - January 23, 2012 6:34 pm
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Recognition Banquet was held Saturday, Jan. 15, 2012, at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center. More than $22,000 in scholarships…
by - January 21, 2012 1:31 pm
The $3 million Hope Campus recommended by Dr. Robert Marbut could move closer to fruition if Old Fort Homeless Coalition (OFHC) Vice-President and Director of the Fort Smith Housing Authority…
by - January 20, 2012 11:33 am
Walmart’s Sam’s Club is breaking new ground appointing its first female chief executive officer in company history. Rosalind Brewer, 49, will replace Brian Cornell, 52, who is returning to the…
by - January 20, 2012 7:20 am
Fort Smith Fire Chief Mike Richards voiced his support of the existing 1% tax, up for renewal March 13, and warned that failure to approve would almost certainly jeopardize the…
by - January 19, 2012 12:34 pm
Fort Smith would move to a centralized human services campus for homeless services if Dr. Robert Marbut had anything to do with it. And with his strategic action plan set…
by - January 19, 2012 11:41 am
The widening of Rena Road, a project 20 years in the making, is finally underway, according to Van Buren Mayor Bob Freeman. “AOG and the water and sewer people are…
by - January 17, 2012 12:43 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences announced today (Jan. 17) plans to construct an 8,000-square-foot Student Clinical Education Center at its Fayetteville facility. The project is made…
by - December 29, 2011 5:06 pm
Jobs, regional progress and civility top the 2012 wish list for several area business and civic leaders. The City Wire recently asked area private and public officials to note their…
by - December 27, 2011 1:50 pm
It indeed was a Merry Christmas for the Fort Smith Public Library. Library officials and the family of Barbara Jones Walker gathered Tuesday to officially a recognize a $50,000 donation…
by - December 23, 2011 8:02 am
What started out as simple job shadowing opportunities for a University of Arkansas at Fort Smith student from China has turned into something much bigger and with more impact. Yao…
by - December 15, 2011 5:19 pm
After several years of trying, a U.S. Marshals Commemorative Coin has been approved by the U.S. House of Representatives. The legislation now heads to the U.S. Senate. Proceeds from sale…
by - December 14, 2011 10:28 am
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to approve legislation on Thursday (Dec. 15) that could raise $5 million to support artifact and document preservation at the U.S. Marshals Museum….
