Fort Smith

Home sweet shiny new Showcase Home

The Greater Fort Smith Association of Homebuilders gives the VIP treatment to the star of its Fall Parade of Homes.

Purse power used to boost reading power

More than 400 women gathered to help the United Way of Fort Smith raise money for a program that provides books to young children.

Back-to-school sales

NPD reports that back-to-school sales were down but not out.

September home sales up 31% in Crawford & Sebastian counties

Don’t break out the party hats just yet, but September home sales in Crawford and Sebastian counties were up more than 31% over September 2008 activity. Crawford County recorded 61…

Volunteer Social/Open House

The Western Arkansas Service Center of the American Red Cross in Fort Smith would like to reach out to our old, new, and potential volunteers and interested citizens. If you…

FREE – Confidential Memory Screenings

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Free, confidential memory screenings as part of National Memory Screening Day, a national initiative of the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA). Fountain of Youth Adult Day…

Peter gets a taste of Levon love in Austin

More than 100 bands in the Austin City Limits Music Festival provides a buffet of sights and sounds.

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….

Economic success: It’s all about 9th graders

Statistics regarding the estimated college success of the average Arkansas 9th grader must change if Arkansas’ economy is to successfully move into the “ideas economy,” Tim Wooldridge told members of…

UAFS Lions golf team, volleyball score wins

Editor’s note: Information for this story provided by Jonathan Gipson, sports information director for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Lions golf…

Manufacturers are optimists

A new survey suggests that industry is using ingenuity to pull out of recession.

Fewer people using Fort Smith airport; but trend improving

If things must quit getting worse before they get better, then things are getting better at the Fort Smith Regional Airport. Traffic out of the airport continues to reflect the…

New York Fed chief predicts moderate recovery; downplays inflation threat

Editor’s note: The City Wire does not typically push as a local story the comments from a Federal Reserve official from New York. However, the recent comments provide, in our…

ATU-Ozark faculty member earns national certification

Sherry Brown, adult education coordinator at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus has successfully completed a two-year training program and is now a certified manager in program improvement (CMPI). Brown is one…

Arkansas Research Alliance pushes for private, federal research funds

Launching two programs designed to increase access to private and government research dollars are key 2009 actions promised by the Arkansas Research Alliance in its 2009 annual report released Tuesday…

UAFS names Kyle Parker to new technology advancement post

A founder of Loislaw.com, member of a prominent area family and recent member of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is now an employee of the university. UAFS officials…

Arkansas Best, Baldor see quarterly gains in share price

Two of three publicly held companies based in the Fort Smith region saw impressive share price gains during the third quarter, with Van Buren-based USA Truck surviving the quarter with…

Improve the bottom line by reducing energy costs

Stockman says it’s the small things that can add up to big savings.

Mac Computer Club Meeting

At this months meeting we’ll have Part 2 in our series on Apple’s latest edition of OS/X, version 10.6 Snow Leopard. Be sure to come visit us to get the…