Fort Smith

Homelessness Task Force to issue recommendations

A Homelessness Task Force created in August 2009 by the Fort Smith Board of Directors is expected to report back to the board Tuesday (March 30) on 14 recommendations that…

Event Marketing

Event Marketing – Looking for ways to develop cost-effective exhibits for your next trade show? Join us to hear Chuck Miller with Skyline Exhibits offer great information on successful, objective-driven…

Fort Smith area real estate sales off to rocky start in 2010

If the real estate market is a sign of consumer confidence in the near-term economy, consumers in the Fort Smith area aren’t very confident. New and existing home sales in…

The “Holiday Hiatus”

U.S. workers look for time off before the summer break.

Arkansas improves in per capita income ranking

Figures recently released by the U.S. Department of Commerce show that Arkansas moved up in a national ranking of states based on 2009 per capita income However, Arkansas’ per capita…

Finding Madonna

There he was, Anthony Bourdain, visiting with a French vineyard owner about what makes the grapes in his field taste different compared to the same class of grapes growing just…

Pocket change

Improved cash flow requires a focus on efficient management.

KISR Kite Flight raises money for Fort Smith Dialysis Center

Car show entries and spectators set new records for event held at Ben Geren Regional Park.

Paddock’s Pick: Little Bee

The name protects the African girl in her quest to find safety using information in a man’s billfold.

8th annual A Night in the Caribbean

8th annual "A Night in the Caribbean" to benefit The Gregory Kistler Center, Saturday, May 1, 2010. Held at Golden Living and featuring the amazing "Grupo Salsabor" (formerly called Salsa…

Greenwood Car Show for the Kistler Center

The Classic Truckers and Cruisers Club presents their 23rd annual Car Show on Saturday, April 24, 2010. Proceeds will go to the Gregory Kistler Treatment Center to help children with special…

National trucking sector gains continue

Trucking industry watchers continue to be optimistic about improving conditions in a sector that is considered a bellwether of the national economy. The American Trucking Associations’ For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index…

Arkansas’ jobless rate edges up to 7.7%

Arkansas’ unemployment rate moved slightly higher to 7.7% in February after three consecutive months of being parked at 7.6%. The rate was 6.8% February 2009. The report released Friday (March…

Wine & Roses Tickets Online NOW

TICKETS ON SALE ONLINE NOW! On April 10, 2010 hundreds of friends of the Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House will gather to view spectacular art, sample a variety of…

IEC helps launch Women in Business peer group

story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Fourteen women in business met March 24 at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith to form a peer group…

Second Street gets a taste of Austin

The second “grand opening” of Second Street Live! delivers the crowd-pleasing sounds of Del Castillo.

Tech with Tom: Get your Google on

Tom says Fort Smith needs to get Ga Ga over Google Fiber for Communities.

Adam & Eats: El Celaya

It’s not just good food Adam seeks, he also enjoys the lingering smell of a restaurant.

Exec positions cut at St. Edward in Fort Smith

Job cuts in the St. Louis-based Sisters of Mercy Health System have resulted in 11 lost jobs at St. Edward Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith — with at least…

New hotel near new Phoenix Expo a possibility

Owners of the Phoenix Expo center are pushing a $1 million Phase II project that they say will create a “first class” banquet and exhibition facility and could potentially help…