by - April 17, 2012 10:41 am
Hamilton House provides a world of escape, support
On the first floor of Mercy Tower in Fort Smith, just past the elevators and a slight turn to the left, there is a simple door cut into the wall….
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by - April 17, 2012 7:21 am
Van Buren council sets special election date
The Van Buren City Council selected July 10, 2012, as the date of the special election, during which the city’s voters will determine whether to move forward on a 1%…
by - April 16, 2012 10:58 pm
Homemade hats to star in the FSLT’s ‘Titanic’
FORT SMITH — Nearly a dozen people worked for several hours creating early 1900s period hats during the Hats of the Titanic workshop held Sunday (April 15) at Clayton House. The…
by - April 16, 2012 7:38 pm
Big, small businesses pursue sustainability efforts
Seven years ago, then-Walmart CEO Lee Scott laid out an ambitious agenda for the world’s largest retailer to improve its sustainability efforts globally. It took nearly two years to formulate…
by - April 16, 2012 7:16 pm
Home sales mixed for Fort Smith metro
Beautiful spring weather and record low interest rates haven’t proven a huge boost to home sales in the Fort Smith metro area during the first quarter of 2012. Home sales…
by - April 16, 2012 7:06 pm
Files, Webb: Keep sports complex at Chaffee
Arkansas Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, and Sebastian County Board of Election Commissioners Chairman Lee Webb are asking the Fort Smith Board of Directors to remove Riverfront Drive from consideration…
by - April 16, 2012 12:42 pm
Day of Caring rounds up volunteers
FORT SMITH — In a society replete with cause-of-the-month events and celebrations, perhaps none makes more of an impact than April as National Volunteer Month. The United Way of Fort…
by - April 16, 2012 12:15 pm
Acumen owners seek Walton, Hunt, Tyson success
It’s been an incredible ride for entrepreneurs John James M.D., and partner Terry Turpin, who started and sold five companies between them before their 35th birthdays. So it should come…
by - April 16, 2012 9:14 am
Medicare Savings
Medicare Savings event with an emphasis on health, wellness and prevention. Everything is free! Come and see if you qualify for a savings plan and enroll or find answers to questions you have about a disease or Medicare itself….
by - April 16, 2012 8:59 am
Medicare Savings
Medicare Savings event with an emphasis on health, wellness and prevention. Everything is free! Come and see if you qualify for a savings plan and enroll or find answers to questions you have about a disease or…
by - April 15, 2012 10:31 pm
History comes alive at the Fort Smith Heritage Festival
FORT SMITH — The Heritage Festival started out with a bang. The festivities began shortly after 10 a.m. (Saturday) with the very popular lawbreakers and peace-maker’s gun fights. These skits…
by - April 15, 2012 10:24 pm
Clinton promotes agri, shares memories
FAYETTEVILLE — It was a homecoming of sorts for former U.S. President Bill Clinton Sunday (April 15) as he returned to Fayetteville paying homage to his longtime friends and mentors…
by - April 15, 2012 6:31 pm
Complex insanity
Ready, shoot, aim. That’s been for the past several years the modus operandi of the Fort Smith Board of Directors — and that’s giving them credit on the “Ready” portion….
by - April 15, 2012 6:14 pm
True colors
As a disclaimer, I promise this column will not provide opinion on whether Bobby Petrino should have held onto his job as the University of Arkansas head football coach. That…
by - April 15, 2012 4:23 pm
Food, performances highlight International Festival
FORT SMITH — It's unfortunate that the world doesn't work like International Festival which was held Saturday (April 14) at the Stubblefield Center on the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith campus. Thirty-six…
by - April 15, 2012 2:15 pm
Born to wear the floppy red shoes
FORT SMITH — Regional McDonald’s owner Michael Hadley has barely cracked his thirties, but he's packed in enough accomplishments for a man twice his age. Business and charity have been…
by - April 14, 2012 10:39 pm
188th Fighter Wing sees command shifts
Col. Thomas Anderson relinquished command of the Arkansas Air National Guard's 188th Fighter Wing to Col. Mark W. Anderson in a formal change-of-command ceremony Saturday (April 14) at Ebbing Air…
by - April 14, 2012 10:32 pm
Fort Smith may host a Congressional field hearing
A request has been made to conduct a Congressional field hearing in Fort Smith related to U.S. defense budget cuts that would change the mission of the 188th Fighter Wing,…
by - April 14, 2012 10:01 pm
Perry: ‘Too damn much money’ goes to D.C.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination was in Fort Smith on Saturday and joked that part of his visit was to do “a bit…
by - April 14, 2012 6:52 pm
John Prine added to Fayetteville Roots Festival
FAYETTEVILLE — At the end of last year’s Fayetteville Roots Festival, co-founders Bryan Hembree and Jerrmy Gawthrop got together and made their “top five” list of “dream scenerios” for the 2012…