Local News

by The City Wire staff -

Area median income down in 2009

Estimated 2009 median income fell in all but one of the seven counties in the Fort Smith metro area, according to the American Community Survey (ACS) released recently by the…

by The City Wire staff -

Womack asks UAFS grads to be leaders

story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and Chancellor Paul Beran received high praise Dec. 15 from commencement speaker Steve…

by Michael Tilley -

Homeschool teams dominate BEST robotics

Editor’s note: At the end of this report are posted several photos of the Saturday robotics competition. The 2010 Frontier Trails BEST Regional Robotics Competition was dominated by homeschoolers, with…

by The City Wire staff -

ATU-Ozark, ACTC affiliation approved

The Arkansas Career Education Board approved on Thursday (Dec. 9) a merger between Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus and the Russellville Area Career and Technical Center (ACTC). ATU-Ozark and the ACTC…

by The City Wire staff -

UAFS police chief reassigned

The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith police chief who was recently the center of controversy has been moved to another position at the university. Kevin Thiele was reassigned Nov….