by - September 23, 2014 12:15 pm
5K Roll or Run River Valley Roller Girls
5K Roll or Run River Valley Roller Girls Event. This event includes a 5K Run/Roll/ or a 1 Mile Walk. Event date: Saturday, October 18, 2014 9:00 a.m. – Check in 8:00…
Fort Smith
by - September 22, 2014 9:41 pm
Economic study lays the groundwork for Crawford County jobs growth plan
It was a night full of data that may seem run of the mill or even ordinary to some. But according to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock economist…
by - September 22, 2014 6:51 pm
Marshals Museum fundraising still important after groundbreaking
The U.S. Marshals Museum will break ground Wednesday (Sept. 24), the 200th anniversary of the Marshals Service's founding. But even with dirt moving at the planned museum's site along the…
by - September 22, 2014 5:27 pm
Tourism, travel figures still trend positive in Fort Smith area
The second half of 2014 is off to a good start for the tourism and travel sector in the Fort Smith region based on hospitality tax collections in Fort Smith…
by - September 22, 2014 4:37 pm
Big River Steel formally breaks ground on $1.3 billion steel mill
The state’s first superproject has turned its first official shovel of dirt. “Welcome to steel mill heaven,” said John Correnti, Chairman and CEO of Big River Steel, which officially broke…
by - September 22, 2014 4:25 pm
A population problem
“Population growth drives about half of all economic growth,” according to Thomas Piketty, the author of the bestselling book Capital in the 21st Century. If population growth accounts for about…
by - September 22, 2014 4:02 pm
Area cities adjust for winter weather prep, forecasts uncertain
With the memory of last winter still fresh on the mind of many and some weather websites and almanacs predicting a repeat or in some cases worse winter this year,…
by - September 22, 2014 12:17 pm
A Night with Bob Margolin
The Fort Smith Riverfront Blues Society, in conjunction with Warren’s Rec Room, will be presenting A Night with Bob Margolin, Friday October 10th at Warren’s Rec Room, 1437 West Newberry…
by - September 21, 2014 10:41 pm
Tusk to Tail 2014: Something about balance and big boy pants
When the 6 p.m. kickoff for Saturday’s game against Northern Illinois was announced, Tusk to Tail knew that our fortunes had changed. Over the course of the past two dreaded…
by - September 21, 2014 5:25 pm
Guess who’s coming to dinner
Some or all members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors often gather at a restaurant following their regularly scheduled voting meetings. The media has not received advanced notice of…
by - September 21, 2014 12:07 pm
Pryor’s foreign affairs dodge
A kink in the format may leave many disappointed that a platform for foreign affairs is not on the program in the first, and at present only televised debate, between…
by - September 20, 2014 10:42 am
Hutchinson, Ross camps claim victory in first televised debate
Democrat Mike Ross and Republican Asa Hutchinson sat face to face across a table during a sometimes testy, occasionally snippy gubernatorial debate Friday night on KARK-TV that featured confrontations over…
by - September 19, 2014 10:55 pm
Bill Nye challenges University of Arkansas audience to ‘change the world’
He had not yet even spoke and already the crowd was on their feet Friday night (Sept. 19) with a sustained applause that lasted so long, Bill Nye "The Science…
by - September 19, 2014 2:34 pm
Arkansas’ workforce, number of employed continues decline in August report
There are an estimated 28,614 fewer Arkansans in the workforce and 8,434 fewer Arkansans employed in August compared to August 2013. The August jobless rate was 6.3%, up from 6.2%…
by - September 19, 2014 1:50 pm
Forsgren picked as contractor for osteopathic college
The proposed Arkansas Colleges of Health Education announced Friday (Sept. 19) that Forsgren Inc. of Fort Smith was selected as the contractor for site preparation for its new college of…
by - September 19, 2014 1:03 pm
Deputy Marshals Fire the Cannon
September 24 at 2:00pm On September 24th the U.S. Marshals Museum will finally be breaking ground! To celebrate this event Fort Smith NHS staff and volunteers will be firing the…
by - September 19, 2014 1:02 pm
Flintlock Muskets of Fort Smith
October 4th at 11:00am and 2:00pm One of the ways to better understand the life of early Fort Smith soldiers is to better understand the weapons they carried, especially their…
by - September 19, 2014 12:59 pm
Big Guns of the Civil War
October 11th at 11:00am and 2:00pm Do you enjoy the thunder and smoke of Civil War cannon? Many people do but there is much more to cannons than just the…
by - September 19, 2014 9:36 am
Wal-Mart, retailers increase their 2014 holiday hirings
The largest retailer and private employer in the world is beefing up its payrolls with the addition of at least 60,000 seasonal workers for the upcoming holiday season, according to…
by - September 18, 2014 8:17 pm
Arkansas severance tax revenue up 50% in FY 2014, poised to hit $100 million
Severance tax collections in Arkansas reached an all-time high of $77.3 million in fiscal 2014, pushed upward by stronger natural gas prices and better drilling techniques and production at the…