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1st Lutheran School MUMS Sale

First Lutheran School is selling 12" mums in a variety of colors for $15 each or 3 for $40. Pre-orders are being taken through October 8. The flowers will be…

Harmon joins UAFS as marketing and communications director

The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has hired Jeff Harmon as director of marketing and communications. He will begin in the job Oct. 18. Harmon will direct the efforts…

Adam & Eats: El Lorito

The new post-fire look in Van Buren delivers the same consistent, quality food.

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….

Halloween Crafty Camp

All girls, grades 1 – 6 are invited to reserve your spot for this year’s Halloween Crafty Camp. Diva masks with feathers and maribou, painting pumpkins, candy containers, stiffy ghosts…

Human Resources Seminar – The Basics – 4 Hours

Health Care Reform in Your Workplace, Best Practices of Benefits Communication, DOs and DON’Ts of Hiring and Firing, Federal and Arkansas Employment Law, and Much More Wed., Nov. 3, 2010…

Awesome Products to bring 240 jobs to Northeast Arkansas

A California company that makes chemicals used in laundry and household cleaners announced Friday (Oct. 1) it will invest more than $44 million and add more than 240 jobs in…

Texas and Oklahoma bring questions into Red River Game

story by Gary Brown, president of College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] The aroma of fried food is wafting through the air at…

Van Buren ‘shines’ for second consecutive year

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] One year and two weeks ago, Robert Phelps, director of Keep Arkansas Beautiful, came to Van Buren to present the city with the 2009 Arkansas…

Spending concerns

Many Americans may believe government spending is too high.

Hatch Act issue unclear in Sebastian County Sheriff race

As it often is in politics, opinions about a possible federal Hatch Act violation at the Sebastian County Sheriff’s Office are divided along party lines. Tommy Young, chief deputy at…

FSPD to receive federal funds for two police officers

The Fort Smith Police Department will receive $351,984 from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to support the employment of two police officers. …

Arvest reaches $1 billion new mortgage loan mark

Lowell-based Arvest Bank announced Thursday (Sept. 30) that for the eighth consecutive year, Arvest Mortgage Company has originated more than $1 billion in new mortgage loans. “This year’s activity has…

Justpeace Film Series: “Gasland”

The Justpeace Film Series will be presenting "Gasland" at St. Scholastica Monastery, 1301 S. Albert Pike, Fort Smith. This documentary, a 2010 Sundance Film Festival winner, exposes the environmental damage…

Scene by Carson: Colors and other October joys

Rock digging, classical and jazz concerts and a 79-mile garage sale are just a few things to do in October.

SEC Preview, Week 5: The SEC is in the primetime again

story by Chris Rushing, College Sports Matchups (CSM is a content partner with The City Wire) [email protected] So this is the game that everyone has supposedly spent all year waiting…

Beebe lead over Keet widens

Arkansas Democratic Gov. Mike Beebe holds a 13-point advantage over his GOP rival, Jim Keet, according to the latest Talk Business Poll. The survey, conducted Monday and Tuesday night (Sept….

The City Wire special report: Jesus on the 6th floor

Editor’s note: This is another story in a series of stories on mental illness issues. Throughout 2010 The City Wire will attempt to post at least one story a month…

Weekly energy report: Texas firm completes natgas supply to Tyson plants

Little known Gateway Energy Corp. announced recently it has reached an agreement to purchase four natural gas pipelines that deliver natural gas into poultry processing and rendering plants owned by…