Fort Smith

The Lavaca Berry Festival returns

A pageant, historical re-enactments and theatre production were part of the festival.

UA Fort Smith Brass Concert with Legendary Trumpeter Allen Vizzutti

UA Fort Smith Brass Concert to be held on June 15, 2011 7:00 pm in Breedlove Auditorium on the campus of UA Fort Smith. The concert will feature Yamaha Performing…

UA Fort Smith Brass Camp with Trumpeter Allen Vizzutti

Brass Camp —The camp runs daily June 13-17, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Breedlove. Cost is $150 for commuters and $350 for residential students. The camp is…

UA Fort Smith Junior High Band Camp

Junior High Band Camp — Runs daily June 6-10, 2011 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Breedlove. Cost is $150 and includes a daily lunch buffet in the Lions…

Community leaders recognized at LFS event

About 120 attend Leadership Fort Smith graduation and community awards banquet.

Marshals Museum receives $1 million pledge

A $1 million pledge to the U.S. Marshals Museum puts the documented pledges around the $8.3 million mark. The $1 million pledge is from a source in the Fort Smith…

No surprises at Wal-Mart shareholder meeting

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] While Wal-Mart’s profits and international businesses accelerate, investors, shareholders and top…

UAFS students dig in Peru

story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Students enrolled in the Maymester course Inca Civilization at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith visited ancient Inca sites…

Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….

Art Museum features ‘Women to Watch’ exhibition

The Fort Smith Regional Art Museum presents July 1 to Sept. 15 the 2011 Arkansas Women to Watch statewide traveling exhibition. Viewing days and hours are Thursdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m. to…

Jazz gets June moving

Supporters of the Bonneville House Association gather to raise money and celebrate Jazz in June.

‘The City Wire Scene’ launches a new networking event

Assurance Realty and BBR members partnered to host and coordinate the after-hours gathering.

Anger, tension grows in 1% tax issue

story by Michael Tilley [email protected] The animosity between sides in the debate over the 1% prepared food tax in Fort Smith grows with each new wrinkle. It recently hit a…

Adam & Eats: Pat’s Place

This new restaurant brings to the area straightforward, simple, southern food.

Accounting pessimism

Number crunchers are less optimistic about the economy.

Revenue report: Fuel prices slow consumer spending

Arkansas’ May revenue report suggests higher fuel prices are slowing consumer spending, which in turn pushed sales tax collections below the forecast. Overall, state tax collections for the 11 months…

Fracking fluid disclosures on file

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] "What’s in the water?" That was the impetus for a consensus…

With trees removed, UAFS library expansion moves forward

story by Aric Mitchell [email protected] Planning delays are to blame for the brief pause in the Boreham Library expansion, and not concerns over the loblolly pine tree removal project, which…

Big Screen Peter: The Hangover II

It’s an unapologetic continuance of the first bit of “brilliant” nonsense, and it still works in delivering laughs and a good movie.

Flowers to retire as Arkansas highway director

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] After 43 years of roadside service, Arkansas’ highway director is driving…