Fort Smith

St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl brings big crowd to downtown Fort Smith

The crowds and lines began forming early, with 30-minute waits common to enter several bars and music scenes.

Arkansas House, Senate committees to meet in Fort Smith (Updated)

Discussions about and the promotion of Interstate 49 and the Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority are likely to be the top focus of a Mar. 17-18 gathering in Fort Smith of…

Rogers-native walks away with the Miss UAFS title, cash and jewelry

15 ladies competed for the 2010 Miss University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Scholarship Pageant.

Paddock’s Pick: ‘Where the God of Love Hangs Out’

This intense and complex book may test the bounds of your moral convictions.

I-49 Petition

Please sign the I-49 Completiion Petition at www.interstate49.org

UAFS air rifle team ranked sixth in nation

Lion Rifles, the college club air rifle team at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, has qualified for the inaugural NRA Intercollegiate Rifle Club national championship. The championship matches…

Tech with Tom: Get your iPad while you can

Tom covers it all with this report — from the iPad, to Google in your town to geeks drawing on a spreadsheet.

The week in state and local politics

Following are some of the key political stories posted in the past week on The City Wire and Talk Business. • Millage rejection More than 58% of those who voted…

Government jobs now 19% of Arkansas workforce

A new report at TalkBusiness.net sheds light on the fact that government jobs are now more than 19% of total nonfarm employment in Arkansas. The January report also shows a…

Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

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….

Archaeologists seek to research, restore the ‘Cavanaugh Mound’

Jessica Crawford traveled from Marks, Miss., to Fort Smith to look at a BIG pile of dirt. It’s an historic piece of ground, in fact, located behind the New Liberty…

UAFS seeks more than $15 million in federal funding

story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has five appropriation requests before federal agencies — seeking funds to expand the…

Native American Realism: Images From Oklahoma, the Territorial Period

FORT SMITH MUSEUM OF HISTORY HISTORIC NATIVE AMERICAN PHOTOS TO BE ON DISPLAY Toward the late 1800s, Indian Territory was the center of a dramatic convergence of…

Area hospitality sector slow in January

There is some hope that the national and local hospitality industry will see improving conditions in 2010. Don’t base that hope on January results. January tax receipts in Van Buren…

Adam & Eats: Cara’s at Brunwick Place

The creative sandwiches are so good they almost move Adam to profanity. Almost.

HMA to invest $20 million in Sparks Health System

When executives with Health Management Associates said they planned to invest in facility and service improvements at Sparks Health System, they meant it. Sparks CEO Melody Trimble has confirmed that…

UAFS student media growing; new degree program sought

The renewed media program at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has produced its second Web publication, and UAFS officials are proposing a new degree program that could result…

Spending returns

New reports shows strong growth in eCommerce sales.

UAFS student alumni board created

The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Student Alumni Association board of directors has been created with its first 10 members. Katie Schluterman, student and young alumni coordinator, said part…

Leadership Fort Smith award winners announced

Seven individuals have been named recipients of the Leadership Fort Smith Alumni Association’s 2010 community leadership awards and will receive their awards at a June 3 banquet. Awards include the…