Fort Smith

back to school bash

Are you ready to go back to school? Youth of all ages are invited to join the education staff for an evening of scavenger hunts, and special back to school…

star party

The north side of Wells Lake on the nature center grounds will be transformed into an outdoor observatory. The Arkansas Oklahoma Astronomical Society will host an evening devoted to the…

owl prowl on the arkansas river

Take part in this unique opportunity, as the staff takes the large AGFC Education Barge out on the Arkansas River for an evening owl prowl. Space is limited. Registration is…

gps for hikers and hunters

This free family oriented class will start with the basics on GPS navigation and uses. Borrow one of our GPS units and we will navigate Wells Lake and search for…

crayfish class

join a fisheries expert for a seminar on crayfish diversity and biology.

wild game cooking class

the co-host of Arkansas Outdoors (and AGFC Regional Education Coordinator) Phyllis Spear will present a free wild game cooking class.

Case honored at ATU-Ozark induction ceremony

Yvonne Case was selected as an honorary member of the National Technical Honor Society during the 2010 Induction Ceremony at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus. Case is the Franklin County administrator…

City of Fort Smith to launch new Web site in June

Russell Gibson is hoping to go live with a new and non-clunky city of Fort Smith Web site no later than June. Gibson, head of information technology for the city,…

Airport traffic down 2.3% in first quarter

Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport for the first three months of 2010 total 17,503, down 2.3% from the same period in 2009. Unfortunately, the total enplanements in 2009…

Deffenbaugh, Holmes campaign fundraising tops $10,000 each

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] There is less than $200 difference in the amount of money the two Republican candidates have raised in their run for the Arkansas District 66…

UAFS Lion Rifles rank 4th in national championship

story and photos submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith finished as the fourth-ranked air rifle team in the country at…

Arkansas’ summer gas prices likely to top $3 a gallon

Arkansas pump prices will likely top $3 gallon during the upcoming summer traveling season. Regular-grade gasoline retail prices, which averaged $2.44 per gallon last summer, are projected to average $2.92…

From the heart

Most U.S. cardiologists opposed new health care law.

Effective leadership is a key ingredient in business success

Stockman suggests that even the best business model will fail without effective leadership.

U.S. Senate forum draws Democrat opposed to new health care law

Some of the most conservative, anti-Washington D.C. comments from a panel of six candidates in the race for U.S. Senate came from the lone Democrat — whose name, ironically, is…

UAFS to see 6.91% hike in tuition and student fees

Proposed tuition and fee increases within the University of Arkansas system could mean University of Arkansas at Fort Smith students see their total semester bill go from $4,600 a semester…

State, local candidates push for votes at Fort Smith forum

Donnie Copeland believes half of the $50 million quick action closing fund Gov. Mike Beebe has used to recruit new companies like Mitsubishi Power Systems and Mars Petcare should be…

‘Opportunity Fair’ geared to help the thousands of area unemployed

Rosemarie Davis is working hard to ensure enough employers attend an “Opportunity Fair” for the large crowd of unemployed the event may draw. The Opportunity Fair will be held 10…

April earnings reports may offer signs of recovery

The financial community will get a better gauge of the current economic recovery when Arkansas’ publicly traded companies began issuing first quarter financial reports this week. Besides Wal-Mart and Dillard’s…