Fort Smith

Crystal Bridges Excursion

Crystal Bridges Excursion November 14, 2015 – 10 am Travel with CAE on this year's third trip to Crystal Bridges to experience the exhibit "Picturing the Americas: Landscape Painting From…

Rockline returns facial wipe production to the U.S. as part of Wal-Mart initiative

Rockline Industries and Wal-Mart Stores announced a re-shoring effort that creates 50 jobs and brings production of facial wipes from Germany and Italy to Rockline’s Springdale manufacturing facility. The celebration…

Meet The Artists – Center for Art & Education

Meet The Artists October 4, 2015 – 1 to 4 pm Come enjoy an afternoon with this month's artists. Greg Thomas, Nancy Farrell, and Kay Aclin. Center for Art &…

Halloween on Main Street Van Buren

October 31, 2015 The Old Town Merchants Association is hosting Halloween on Main Street. The 400-700 blocks will be closed during the event. From 5:00pm until the candy is gone!…

Tales of The Crypt: Fairview Cemetery

Annual Tales of the Crypt at beautiful & historic Fairview Cemetery . Historical portrayals will give people a walking, talking depiction of Van Buren’s rich past. The "Twilight edition" is…

Van Buren Fall Festival Arts and Crafts Fair

Autumn is welcomed in old-fashioned style as Van Buren opens Historic Main Street for the Fall Festival, come rain or shine. Friday evening will feature a concert starting at 7:00pm….

Old Time Country Music

Walmart gears up for baby-related sales in effort to win Millennial dollars

In recent months Walmart Stores has made a big effort toward introducing expanded baby departments in select supercenter and neighborhood market stores. After listening to parents across the country, the…

UAFS student presented bronze star for service in Afghanistan

A ceremony was held Wednesday (Sept. 30) to present University of Arkansas at Fort Smith student Robert Lopez a bronze star for actions he took while a U.S. Marine in…

Talk Business & Politics, The City Wire to merge in new statewide company

FORT SMITH – The owners of Talk Business & Politics and The City Wire have agreed to merge their two media companies into a new entity that will become a…

The Video Wire: Squirrels, wrestling and tube socks

Dawson Meadows predicts that a recent story on The City Wire about the mascot controversy at Southside High School will be the last story on the issue. “The word is…

Nation’s medical coding system makes big switch on Thursday

If you’re attacked by a turkey today, Arkansas medical providers will submit claims under one set of codes. If it happens tomorrow, they’ll use a different set – if they’re…

Fort Smith area jobless rate drops to 5.4% in August, jobs up year-over-year

The number of employed in the Fort Smith metro during August took a slight dip compared to July, but was up almost 2% compared to August 2014. Also, the number…

Trend still positive for Fort Smith sales tax revenue through August

After posting wide variations for the past three reporting months, city of Fort Smith sales tax revenue moderated in the August report to a 2.29% gain for city sales taxes…

The Supply Side: Core Brewery & Distillery gets its beer inside Walmart

Jesse Core has been on the fast track with his Springdale-based Core Brewery & Distillery. He took the beer-making hobby seriously and has turned it into a thriving business over…

30th Annual Oktoberfest

Knights of Columbus, Council 996, presents 30th Annual Oktoberfest to benefit The Gregory Kistler Treatment Center, Inc. Friday, October 9 & Saturday, October 10, 2015 Columbus Acres, Fort Smith, Arkansas…

FOUR BY TENN

Having solved the Murder-Mystery that was just onstage at Fort Smith Little Theatre, we are now ready for the words of Tennessee Williams to echo through the walls of our…