Fort Smith

Gov. Beebe seeks energy reduction

The plan is to reduce the state’s $110 million annual utility bill by 20%.

UAFS parking lot money, lottery rules part of busy political week

A bill filed Friday seeks to provide the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith with $10 million to buy property, build a library parking lot and support new facility design…

Mortgage broker unsure of bailout plan; foreclosure numbers show potential impact

Rose Catalano admits to being uncomfortable with the philosophy behind the recently announced federal mortgage bailout program, but she believes many people in the area could qualify for assistance. “I…

State agency shows layoffs continuing

The figures show that job loss announcements in the first few weeks of 2009 have unfortunately picked up where 2008 ended. The Governor’s Dislocated Worker Task Force has recorded seven…

Interpreting your way to successful communications tactics

RSVP to Leigh Allison at [email protected] by Monday, February 23, 2009. Seating is limited! Where: Fort Smith Museum of History, 320 Rogers Avenue, Fort Smith, AR 72901 Speaker: Tom Wing,…

Launch imminent for Art Center campaign

The effort by the Fort Smith Art Center to raise $200,000 to secure a building donation from Arvest Bank is ready to kick into high gear, according to Art Center…

Big league recession to hit big league sports

Expect a squeeze on the profit margins and credit ratings of your favorite team.

UAFS team captures computer science trophy

Two teams of students from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith placed first and fifth in a statewide computer science competition held in Conway, beating out several other colleges…

Fort Smith reviewing new development districts

Fort Smith City Administrator Dennis Kelly said Thursday he is considering creating development districts that could promote revitalization of areas along Midland Boulevard and the area around the Phoenix Village…

Readers’ Dinner Theater “Driving Miss Daisy” by Albert Uhry.

Readers’ Dinner Theater presenting “Driving Miss Daisy” by Albert Uhry, directed by Ray Coleman. Two performances – Friday, February 27, and Saturday, February 28, 2009. Dinner 6:00 – 7:00 pm…

B.G. Hendrix briefly back with Clinton

B.G. Hendrix continues to find himself in the middle of big happenings. Hendrix, who served Fort Smith for 34 years as a representative in the Arkansas House of Representatives, was…

Regional intermodal task force seeks update to 1999 study

Regional government and industry officials agreed Wednesday that a 1999 market study for a proposed intermodal facility needs an update before determining what type of quasi-governmental structure — if any…

Springdale company unveils advanced manufacturing product

An advanced manufacturing company once interested in moving to Fort Smith announced its first major commercial product resulting from research at the University of Arkansas. Springdale-based Duralor said Wednesday (Feb….

Job losses rise around Arkansas

This third week of February 2009 brought a rash of plant closings and layoffs around Arkansas that will result in the loss of more than 600 jobs. ConwaySan Antonio-based SAS…

Bryan and Darrow live on in Evolution vs. Creation debate

Harris Poll suggests no solid majority of believers in Origin of the Species or Divine Creation.

Stockman not seeking return to Fort Smith IEC post

Michelle Stockman is not seeking a return to her former job as the director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at Fort Smith. Fort Smith City Administrator Dennis Kelly said…

Life is not worth housing terrorist detainees in Fort Smith, Arkansas

Don’t send enemy combatants, aka terrorists, held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to Fort Chaffee, was the gist of a resolution approved Tuesday night (Feb. 17) by the Fort Smith…

COBRA changes could help recently unemployed with health care costs

While much has been made of how the newly signed federal stimulus bill will help big businesses and help build roads, the bill does have a provision that could provide…

Arkansas highway projects undecided for $357 million in stimulus funds

“The two questions everyone wants to know are ‘How much?,’ and ‘Where are you going to spend it?,’” Randy Ort, spokesman for the Arkansas Highway & Transportation Department, said Tuesday…

Regional sales tax collections continue growth; Booneville sees decline

November county sales tax collections in Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties totaled $3.42 million, up 9% over collections in the same period in 2007, according to figures from the…