Fort Smith

Looking for a new Peter

It’s only fitting that the first meeting with Peter Lewis was at a restaurant. This young man was full of confidence, handsome, had just recently spent months traveling Europe, and…

Saving history

Fort Smith’s new historic preservation plan is a first in Arkansas.

Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am?

Join the Alzheimer’s Association for the special viewing of the Emmy Award winning documentary “Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am?”, hosted by Maria Shriver. This presentation is geared toward…

Girls Inc. of Fort Smith presents: “Ghouls Grove Haunted House”

Girls Inc. of Fort Smith presents Ghouls Grove Haunted House 622 North Seventh Street Fort Smith, AR Open every Friday & Saturday October 9 – October 31 8:00 p.m. –…

Sparks reports detailed patient numbers, quality gains

Sparks Health System CEO Ted Woodrell said Friday (Sept. 18) that the “unbelievable increase in services” at the hospital is just the first of more “dramatic” improvements to come. Woodrell…

Trivial Pursuit VII

Interesting but potentially useless info about American pride and battery life.

Michigan, Benton Harbor also pursuing Whirlpool jobs

State and local officials in Michigan have confirmed that they are lobbying for some of the jobs that may move as a result of Whirlpool Corp. closing its refrigerator plant…

Arkansas’ jobless rate falls to 7.1%

Let’s hope this is the start of a trend. Arkansas’ unemployment rate in August fell to 7.1%, down from 7.4% in July, marking the first monthly decline since January 2008….

Baldor named to 2009 InformationWeek 500

Fort Smith-based Baldor Electric Co. ranked 144 in the InformationWeek 500, besting Dell, Southwest Airlines, Motorola, Ford Motor Co., and Microsoft. To be ranked in the InformationWeek 500, companies with…

Go Make Something Happen

Members of the Young Emerging Leaders celebrated the start of the group’s fourth year and challenged each other to make something happen in their communities.

Boozman: Intermodal authority now needs plan of action

Many months ago, U.S. Rep. John Boozman, R-Rogers, was asked to support — help find federal funds — the effort to create an intermodal authority in the Fort Smith metro…

Brummett laments the loss of media context, ills of ‘cheap speech’

story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Syndicated columnist John Brummett lamented the loss of "institutional memory" among news media outlets today as reporters are urged to…

Regional bankruptcy and incorporation filings

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…

Lions to play St. Louis University in exhibition; Season schedule released

Editor’s note: Story by Jonathan Gipson, sports information director for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. The season schedules for the Lions and Lady Lions basketball teams are at…

ABF named to 2009 InformationWeek 500

Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System, Inc., has been cited as an innovator in information technology by InformationWeek magazine, which lists ABF® on the 2009 InformationWeek 500. ABF, a less-than-truckload carrier…

State officials to report on fall color season changes

Editor’s note: The following story was submitted by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Only minor changes were made for use on The City Wire. story by Kerry Kraus,…

Cox gives $30,000 to Fort Smith Police Department

Cox Communications has given $30,000 to the Fort Smith Police Department to create a mobile computer classroom for use by the department. The new tool will allow many enhancements which…

UAFS vice chancellor receives alumni award

Dr. Ray Wallace of Fort Smith, provost and senior vice chancellor at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, will receive the 2009 Global Ambassador Award from his alma mater,…

Fall Into Bonneville with Rick Steves of Europe through the Back Door

Rick Steves of Europe Through the Back Door will be in Fort Smith on November 6th, as the featured speaker at the bi-annual Fall Into Bonneville event. As host, writer…

National study ranks St. Edward tops in care value among area hospitals

A national study of care provided by U.S. hospitals ranks St. Edward Mercy Medical as providing the best health care value in the Fort Smith area. St. Edward and Sparks…