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J.R.’s County Gospel Singers

J.R’s Country Gospel Singers King Opera House 427 Main Street Van Buren March 19 7 p.m. J.R.’s Country Gospel Variety Show. 7 p.m. Tickets $5 at the door….

Pirates of Penzance Stage Musical

Pirates of Penzance Stage Musical Van Buren Fine Arts Center March 13 3 p.m. The full production of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance, staged by the New…

Live Elvis Tribute With Miahael Culipher

Live Elvis Tribute With Michael Culipher King Opera House 427 Main Street Van Buren March 12 7 p.m. Live Elvis Tribute with Michael Culipher at the King Opera…

Hunt Family Concert

Hunt Family Concert March 11 7 P.M. Van Buren Fine Arts Center 2001 Pointer Trail Join the ultra-talented Hunt Family for an evening of traditional American Bluegrass and Irish fiddling,…

March Gallery Exhibition

March Gallery Exhibition Center For Art and Education at 104 North 13th Van Buren Opening Reception March 6 1 p.m.- 4 p.m. March gallery exhibition German artist Peter Pohle. Exhibition…

Fort Smith statement on death of former Mayor Baker

Following is the complete statement from the City of Fort Smith on the Mar. 4 passing of former Fort Smith Mayor Ray Baker. With the passing of former mayor Ray…

360 Series: Four ‘generations’ share the workplace

story and photos by Linda Kaufenberg [email protected] Generational differences was the topic for March’s 360 Leadership Series by Judith Tavano during the lunch hour at Phoenix Expo Center. Tavano is…

Adam & Eats: Sisters Gourmet Bistro

Just one word describes Adam’s thoughts about a restaurant that serves Southern comfort food in a fine-dining setting: Fan-frigging-tastic.

The Restorative and Healing Qualities of Being in Nature

U of A Mental Health Clinical Coordinator to Speak at Hobbs on the Restorative and Healing Qualities of Being in Nature A growing number of psychologists believe…

Local truckers react to proposed U.S.-Mexico rules

Thoughts are mixed at the local level about the effect of Thursday’s (Mar. 3) announcement that the U.S. and Mexico would implement long-delayed cross-border trucking provisions of the North American…

Gas crunch

Consumers have already cut spending in response.

Ortega ready to expand art in Fort Smith area

She may have arrived in Fort Smith via New York City and Miami, but Lee Ortega says Fort Smith is not that much different than the community in which she…

Push renewed for Marshals Service coin

Members of Arkansas’ Congressional Delegation are again trying to get legislation approved that would mint coins in commemoration of the 225th anniversary of the United States Marshals Service. Some proceeds…

Internet sales law bill filed in Arkansas Senate

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] A bill to force online retailers to pay sales and use…

Files seeks media-requested change to Shield Law

Television stations and Internet news sites may soon be specifically covered under Arkansas’ shield law. Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, filed SB 772 on Thursday (Mar. 3) that seeks to…

Signatures due March 25 on 1% referendum

The deadline to submit signatures seeking a referendum on a 1% prepared food tax in Fort Smith is 5 p.m., March 25. A group of restaurant owners began the petition…

‘Bridge to War Eagle’ film to include John Bell

Editor’s note: Story info submitted by the University of Arkansas, office of University Relations. Minor changes were made. The Emmy-winning team of Larry Foley and Dale Carpenter have created a…

Support strong for plan to reduce grocery tax

A new Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll of 659 state voters shows that an additional reduction of the grocery tax is supported by nearly three-quarters of the state. The capital gains…

Local pump prices see biggest jump since Katrina

Local pump prices in Arkansas jumped 20 cents in the past week, the second highest one week increase since Hurricane Katrina and a penny higher than the national average, according…