by - December 20, 2010 2:56 pm
Helping Mitsubishi break ground on a $100 million wind turbine assembly plant to Fort Smith being named an Arkansas Volunteer Community of 2010 were cited by Acting City Administrator Ray…
by - December 20, 2010 9:54 am
Editor’s note: The City Wire highlights each month a person in the Fort Smith region. Special recognitions, accomplishments, philanthropic support and input from The City Wire readers are considered when…
by - December 17, 2010 10:45 am
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 - December 16, 2010 9:08 pm
story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Real Estate Review Committee members on the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) were unable to reach an agreement following a second meeting with Rob Coleman…
by - December 16, 2010 1:20 pm
Candyce Hinkle is not sure what the movie remake of “True Grit” will do to boost Fort Smith’s tourism industry, but the Fort Smith native and cast member of the…
by - December 16, 2010 7:27 am
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 - December 16, 2010 7:21 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The Van Buren Advertising and Promotions Commission approved its 2011 budget of $454,000 at Wednesday’s (Dec. 15) regular meeting, a $31,000 increase over the 2010…
by - December 15, 2010 9:18 am
The more than 400 University of Arkansas at Fort Smith students set to graduate today (Dec. 15) are among a growing segment of the area population with a four-year degree,…
by - December 14, 2010 8:37 pm
About $6.75 million has been pledged or raised for the $50 million (give or take a few million dollars) U.S. Marshals Museum, but don’t ask executive director Jim Dunn when…
by - December 13, 2010 2:46 pm
The first ever Holiday Open House intended to raise funds and public awareness.
by - December 11, 2010 10:07 pm
The project, now in its second year, places a wreath at each grave at the Fort Smith National Cemetery.
by - December 11, 2010 9:41 pm
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 - December 11, 2010 11:13 am
Judge Isaac Parker and Marshal Bass Reeves make an appearance at an event that included a gunfight.
by - December 10, 2010 2:14 pm
Hundreds of volunteers from area companies, schools and other groups worked Friday at the Phoenix Expo and Trade Center and the Fort Smith National Cemetery to prepare more than 12,000…
by - December 9, 2010 5:14 pm
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 - December 9, 2010 4:54 pm
story and photos by Linda Kaufenberg [email protected] Approximately 100 United Way supporters attended the annual Wrap-Up at Holiday Inn City Center Thursday at noon. “This is more of a thank-you…
by - December 8, 2010 1:04 pm
The Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau is having fun with the opening of the “True Grit” remake, and is hoping the fun will result in the hype from the…
by - December 8, 2010 10:39 am
If completed, the ABB-Baldor deal will leave only two publicly held companies based in the Fort Smith area — Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp., and Van Buren-based USA Truck. Zurich,…
by - December 8, 2010 8:10 am
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….
by - December 7, 2010 3:26 pm
story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Those attending the Dec. 7 meeting of the Board of Visitors at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith received…
