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Regional bankruptcies

Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….

UAFS, WATC students show skills

Eight students from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and the Western Arkansas Technical Center at UAFS won awards at the national SkillsUSA Championships, with the awards including one…

Rex Terry appointed to judicial commission

Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mark A. Darr announced on Wednesday (June 29) the appointment of Fort Smith attorney Rex Terry to serve a six-year term as an Alternate Member on the…

Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Bailey joins Kistler Center

Emily Bailey, who interned at the Kistler Center in the fall of 2010, has been hired by the center. Bailey graduated in May from the University of Oklahoma-Tulsa with a…

Sparks notes physicians on ‘Best Doctors’ list

Sparks Health System announced that seven Sparks Clinic physicians have been named among The Best Doctors in America 2010-2011. This list of physicians is determined by a survey of 46,000…

Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Pilot Club provides money to Fountain of Youth

The Pilot Club of Fort Smith will match a grant of $2,368 from the Pilot International Foundation to support the Fountain of Youth Adult Day Center. A check in the…

Kistler Center adds two speech-language pathologists

Ashley Bishop and Emily Robertson have been hired at the Kistler Center in Fort Smith. Bishop, a speech-language pathologist, interned at the Kistler Center from August to December 2010. She…

Arvest donation support Community Services Clearinghouse

On April 1, Arvest Bank launched its first-ever initiative to fight hunger in the 90 communities it serves through a two month, bank-wide effort to provide one million meals or…

Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Art Museum features ‘Women to Watch’ exhibition

The Fort Smith Regional Art Museum presents July 1 to Sept. 15 the 2011 Arkansas Women to Watch statewide traveling exhibition. Viewing days and hours are Thursdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m. to…

The City Wire launches new events, products

A student video program, unique advertising formats and the test run of a new networking event are just a few of the new products and events coordinated or managed by…

Fort Smith CVB garners ‘Gritapalooza’ recognition

Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau won the most awards during the 2011 Apex awards program conducted by the Northwest Arkansas chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. For…

Dr. Alderson joins Sparks Health System

Sparks Health System announced Thursday (May 26) the addition of Dr. Roger Alderson to the clinic. Alderson, who will begin June 1, specializes in plastic surgery and offers full-service cosmetic,…

Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Krafft named director of Fort Smith Area Community Foundation

Susan Krafft recently accepted the position of executive director of Fort Smith Area Community Foundation (FSACF), a local affiliate office of Arkansas Community Foundation (ARCF). Arkansas Community Foundation makes grants…

St. Edward Mercy hosts Joplin tornado donation drive

St. Edward Mercy in Fort Smith is preparing to accept donations for victims of the tornado in Joplin, Mo. The tornado severely damaged St. John’s Regional Health Center. Like St….

Cooper Clinic hires CFO

Curtis Ralston, CPA, has been named the chief financial officer at Cooper Clinic. A native of Oklahoma, Ralston earned his master’s of accounting from Oklahoma State University. He has 16…

Cooper Clinic now using 4D Cardiac Echo

Cooper Clinic, P.A., a 90-year-old physician-owned group based in Fort Smith, has installed the ACUSON SC2000. Developed by Siemens Healthcare, this is the first diagnostic instantaneous full-volume imaging system for…