by - June 9, 2010 3:15 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] After more than a year of delays, negotiations and legal wrangling, Van Buren Mayor Bob Freeman is finally seeing signs that the town’s new $3.4…
by - June 8, 2010 6:10 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors may study further funding options for the Fort Smith Convention Center even after receiving Tuesday (June 8) funding recommendations from an ad hoc committee…
by - June 5, 2010 12:20 pm
Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker has vetoed a resolution of support for a Fort Smith Housing Authority project that seeks to use a federal tax credit program to fund development…
by - May 27, 2010 9:12 am
Gains in regional building permits and a leveling off in the unemployment rate helped boost the economic “grade” of the Fort Smith regional economy during the first quarter of 2010….
by - May 25, 2010 5:41 pm
City, county and Van Buren school officials broke ground Tuesday on a new $13.6 million building for King Elementary School, according to a statement from the district. The new facility…
by - May 21, 2010 4:56 pm
The Arkansas Tech University-Ozark campus is one of three community colleges in the state to be selected as pilot sites in the “Sustainable Communities through Community College Leadership” program. Part…
by - May 14, 2010 9:37 am
Dinner event helps highlight the support program that allows single mothers and fathers to return to college.
by - May 11, 2010 9:17 pm
story and photos by Linda Kaufenberg [email protected] Long-time community benefactor Donnie Pendergraft was named Philanthropist of the Year by the Fort Smith Area Community Foundation, with monetary donation in her…
by - May 11, 2010 3:40 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors is expected to forward with an ordinance establishing the Fort Smith Housing Authority as a Community Development Entity (CDE) to bring the development potential…
by - May 10, 2010 1:29 pm
story and photo by Marla Cantrell [email protected] When The Frog Bayou Boys sing, “Cause nobody answers when I call your name,” a blond woman, thin as a stick, waves one…
by - May 8, 2010 6:26 pm
story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Commencement speaker Neal Pendergraft challenged University of Arkansas at Fort Smith graduates during commencement exercises May 8 to "give back"…
by - May 8, 2010 8:43 am
U.S. Marshals Museum helps provide games, safety activities and lessons for about 250 children.
by - May 4, 2010 12:55 pm
A $1.73 million student center is planned for the Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus to respond to the growing student population. Renovations to the Alvin F. Vest Student Center are expected…
by - May 3, 2010 9:39 pm
Adding a full-time staff person, pursuing a “campus” for homeless and low-income services and creating a homeless identification system were the top priorities set Monday (May 3) during a joint…
by - May 2, 2010 1:15 pm
Gregory Kistler Treatment Center fund raiser draws more than 200 for eating, dancing and an auction.
by - April 30, 2010 1:31 pm
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Meet Joe Hurst. He’s Van Buren’s new city planner. Or he soon will be. He’s made a verbal agreement with Mayor Bob Freeman and is…
by - April 30, 2010 1:10 pm
Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of stories on mental illness issues. Throughout 2010 The City Wire will attempt to post at least one story a month…
by - April 28, 2010 7:11 am
story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] There is a goat without the benefit of hair today, so that the plaster walls inside the historic Drennen-Scott house in Van Buren can truly…
by - April 27, 2010 6:12 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors got a glimpse Tuesday (April 27) of easily more than $50 million in water system improvements likely to be constructed and completed prior to…
by - April 25, 2010 10:37 am
The League and its more than 400 members are focused on promoting area educational opportunities.
