by - September 5, 2012 10:33 am
Fab Five National Hunting and Fishing Day Event
Compete in our 6th Annual National Hunting and Fishing Day events. All ages are invited to join, or play just for fun.
Fort Smith
by - September 5, 2012 10:31 am
Tree Stand Workshop
Join the Nature Center Staff in a beginning Tree Stand Safety workshop. The workshop will cover habitat and deer biology, tree stand placement, safety equipment and animal tracking. We will…
by - September 5, 2012 10:29 am
Wild Edible Plants
Join us to learn about which plants are edible and where to find them in Arkansas. Charles Griffith, M.S. has been teaching WILD EDIBLES since the early 1980’s, including plant…
by - September 5, 2012 10:27 am
Venomous Snakes of Arkansas
Local reptile enthusiasts Jeremy Sloan and Brad Birchfield will present a common sense based presentation about snakes and their importance to our environment. Participants will learn how to identify Arkansas’…
by - September 5, 2012 10:23 am
Winter Night Hike & Owl Prowl
Join a member of the education staff for an easy stroll along Wells Lake, but be sure to bundle up and bring your flashlight. We’ll look for a variety of…
by - September 5, 2012 10:20 am
Primitive Hunting Techniques
U of A Archeological Survey will have tools on display. Learn how early hunters used them to hunt and try them yourself.
by - September 5, 2012 10:19 am
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renovation
Bring a dark colored cotton T-shirt and a clean plastic bottle. We will renovate these old items into something new and fun.
by - September 5, 2012 10:17 am
Star Party
The north side of Wells Lake on the nature center grounds will be transformed into an outdoor observatory. The Arkansas Oklahoma Astronomical Society will host an evening devoted to the…
by - September 4, 2012 10:41 pm
Fort Smith Board nixes apartment plan, tables animal rules
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved the Vote for Automated ballot initiative Tuesday night (Sept. 4) at its regularly scheduled meeting, and showed solidarity in opposing a multi-family development…
by - September 4, 2012 8:41 pm
Wal-Mart investor bribe-claim suits to be led by pensions
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. investors’ lawsuits over the retailer’s handling of allegations that it paid bribes in Mexico will be led by three pension funds, Delaware court filings show. Pension funds…
by - September 4, 2012 6:04 pm
National Medicare Education Week: Online Health Care Resources Free Educational Event in Fort Smith
Care Improvement Plus is hosting a hands-on educational event in Fort Smith, AR as part of National Medicare Education Week (Sept. 15 – 22, 2012). The event is designed to…
by - September 4, 2012 1:13 pm
Unglamorous ways to grow jobs
We keep hearing that the U.S. presidential election is all about jobs. So why aren’t we getting more concrete ideas from the candidates about how to create more of them?…
by - September 4, 2012 1:03 pm
Manufacturing in U.S. shrinks for third straight month
U.S. manufacturing shrank for a third month in August in the longest decline since the recession ended in 2009, threatening to deprive the world’s largest economy of a driver of…
by - September 4, 2012 12:54 pm
AEDC chief opines on tax cut debate
The state’s economic chief says if there are further cuts beyond Gov. Mike Beebe’s grocery tax reduction, they should be focused on targeted pro-business efforts and not undermine current economic…
by - September 4, 2012 11:26 am
The Compass Report: Fort Smith regional economy down
Second quarter 2012 economic conditions dipped slightly compared to the 2011 period, with continued declines in overall employment weighing negatively on the regional economy. Unfortunately, it’s a pattern similar to…
by - September 4, 2012 11:10 am
Talk About UFO’s
Arkansas MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) West Central Section meets the first Saturday of each month to discuss and share insights and experiences with the mysterious UFO phenomenon happening around the…
by - September 3, 2012 7:14 pm
Ice cream social is end-of-summer treat for young and old
FORT SMITH — The weekend’s hot and steamy weather made it all the more appropriate for hundreds of who attended the Fort Smith Museum of History’s fifth annual ice cream social,…
by - September 3, 2012 4:12 pm
Wal-Mart woos online shoppers
Online shopping is a left-brained activity that expects quick and concise search results and perhaps no one understands that better than San Bruno,Calif.-based @WalmartLabs. Late last week Walmart.com announced it…
by - September 3, 2012 4:01 pm
Gallup Polls show no sign of GOP bounce after convention
A series of Gallup polls finds no sign yet that the Republican National Convention provided a bounce in support for presidential nominee Mitt Romney. The contest between President Barack Obama…
by - September 3, 2012 3:08 pm
Quilts…Adventures in Color
The Belle Point Quilters Guild will be presenting a quilt show entitled "Quilts…Adventures in Color", Friday, Oct. 12, from 9am to 6pm, and Saturday, Oct. 13, from 9am to 3pm….