by - October 16, 2012 9:42 am
Bell Park Gold Rush Fall Festival
Free Community Festival from 1-5 at Bell Park in Greenwood.
Fort Smith
by - October 15, 2012 11:23 pm
Education questions
Money, balance and priorities may be the three key take-aways from a series on Arkansas' higher education system. With a recently concluded series of stories, The City Wire reviewed the…
by - October 15, 2012 11:09 pm
Fort Smith officials cap $36.5 million water project
The Fort Smith regional water supply is solvent through the year 2020, according to Fort Smith Mayor Sandy Sanders. Sanders was joined in Mountainburg on Monday (Oct. 15) for an…
by - October 15, 2012 11:04 pm
Arkansas pharmacists oppose medical marijuana initiative
The Arkansas Pharmacists Association (APA) said it will oppose the “Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act” because the proposal does not incorporate pharmacists and due to conflicts with federal law. The group…
by - October 15, 2012 10:57 pm
Green endorses Pennartz in Senate race against Holland
Sen. Bruce Holland, R-Greenwood, seemed altogether unfazed by news that his former Republican primary opponent had endorsed Rep. Tracy Pennartz of Fort Smith, Holland’s Democratic opponent in the upcoming general…
by - October 15, 2012 9:51 pm
Wal-Mart suppliers create momentum for NWA economy
KSC Kreate is the newest of hundreds of companies to cozy up next to Bentonville-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and the intimate company it keeps – some 1,280 or so suppliers…
by - October 15, 2012 9:37 pm
McDaniel campaign raises more than $1 million
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel, an already declared candidate for the Democratic nomination for Governor, raised more than $1 million for his 2014 bid during his first three months of…
by - October 15, 2012 8:15 pm
Retail sales beating forecasts support U.S. growth
Americans snapped up goods from cars to iPhones in September at a faster pace than forecast by economists, showing consumer demand was heading into the year- end holidays on a…
by - October 15, 2012 7:56 pm
Wal-Mart wins dismissal of Texas women’s bias class action
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. won dismissal of class-action bias claims in a gender-discrimination lawsuit in federal court in Dallas. The lawsuit claimed Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, discriminated against women in…
by - October 15, 2012 4:38 pm
Fall Festival
It's a Fall Festival right in your neighborhood to benefit our local Community Services Clearinghouse. Join us for FREE hotdogs, hamburgers, cotton candy, popcorn, inflatable games, music, giveaways and safe…
by - October 15, 2012 4:09 pm
Computer access improves at Van Buren library
Lines for the children’s computer area at Van Buren Public Library just grew a little shorter thanks to a concerned parent and some area children intent on improving their learning…
by - October 15, 2012 3:52 pm
American monthly traffic down at XNA, Fort Smith
Ongoing and sometimes bitter negotiations between American Airlines and union officials have not yet had a major impact on traffic figures at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) or the…
by - October 15, 2012 1:31 pm
Student turns hobby into film career
Filmmaking has been a part of John Erwin’s life for nearly as far back as he can remember. What began as a childhood fascination and hobby has evolved into a…
by - October 14, 2012 9:25 pm
Tusk to Tail: Zombie tailgaters
This week marks the return of The Walking Dead, the television series set in a desolate landscape, virtually uninhabited by the living. Tailgating this weekend in Fayetteville almost felt like…
by - October 14, 2012 6:05 pm
Chrysler opens dealer orders for natural gas pickup sales
Chrysler Group LLC, the automaker controlled by Fiat SpA, is making its natural gas-powered Ram pickup available for sale to retail buyers, according to the head of the company’s dealership…
by - October 14, 2012 11:57 am
Honor every threat
Last Friday night I was walking into the kitchen to get a Triple Double Oreo Neapolitan cookie. The kitchen TV was on CNN. Anderson Cooper was interviewing Paul Begala about…
by - October 14, 2012 11:48 am
Downtown Merchants host annual Van Buren Fall Festival
Cloudy skies didn’t keep the crowds away on Saturday (Oct. 13) as hundreds gathered in downtown Van Buren for the city’s annual Fall Festival. More than 200 exhibitors took part…
by - October 14, 2012 12:37 am
The No. 49 Wiederkehr Weinfest gathers a crowd
The 49th Annual Wiederkehr Wine festival in Wiederkehr Village, just outside of Altus, was delivered by Dennis and Al Wiederkehr who used microphones to announce exactly what was going on,…
by - October 13, 2012 11:41 pm
Judge Parker celebrates his 174th birthday
Despite the threat of stormy weather in the afternoon, hundreds of guests came out to help celebrate the 174th birthday of Judge Isaac Parker at the Fort Smith Museum of…
by - October 12, 2012 4:59 pm
U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor announces divorce
U.S. Senator Mark Pryor (D) and his wife, Jill, are divorcing after 20 years of marriage. Pryor, 49, who will stand for re-election in 2014, has been a U.S. Senator…