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Subiaco art and music find friends in downtown Fort Smith

The benefit for Subiaco’s talented Jazz Ensemble also included a public showing of John Bell’s latest artwork.

Songwriting legend Radney Foster at Second Street Live!

Editor’s note: Radney Foster will perform at 7:30 p.m., Friday (Oct. 1) at Second Street Live! in downtown Fort Smith. Tickets are $35. Link here for more information about the…

Bost to Provide Parent/Caregiver Stress Information

On Friday, October 8, 2010, at 6:00 pm, Bost, Inc. will sponsor an informational program on how to handle parent/caregiver stress at the Bost Frick Community Center. Steve Nelson will…

OG&E after $17.7 million Arkansas rate increase

OG&E seeks a $17.7 million rate increase for its Arkansas customers to help pay for more than $475 million invested in wind energy and other recent and planned expenses for…

Ultimutt’s Bark for the Cure

The two mile Fun Dog Run/Walk is set for Thursday, September 30 at Fort Chaffee. The event is for the entire family so grab the kids and dogs and come…

National trucking industry barometer dips in August

Someone forgot to tell shippers that the recession is over. The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted (SA) truck tonnage Index fell 2.7% in August, the largest month-to-month decrease since…

August home sales in area down 20.3%

August marked another decline in home sales in the Fort Smith region and statewide, with about the only bright spot being a year-over-year increase in the combined value of homes…

Friday Night Movie

Friday Night Movie King Opera House 427 Main Street Van Buren October 29 7 p.m. Friday Night Movie, Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Birds”. Admission is $5. For more information…

Happily Ever After…. A Cindrella Tale

Happily Ever After….A Cinderella Tale October 23 Van Buren Fine Arts Center 2001 Pointer Trail 4 p.m. Happily Ever After…A Cinderella Tale at the Fine Arts Center. Tickets…

Riverboat Rendezvous

Riverboat Rendezvous Lee Creek Park at the End of Main Street in Van Buren October 22-24 Music, Shows and gunpowder. Mountain man rendezvous, Native American village, civil war…

J.R.’s Country Gospel Singers

J.R’s Country Gospel Singers King Opera House 427 Main Street Van Buren October 16, 2010 7 p.m. J.R.’s Country Gospel Variety Show. 7 p.m. Tickets $5 at the door….

Clayton Scott Poetry Slam

Clayton Scott Poetry Slam October 12 Van Buren Fine Arts Center 2001 Pointer Trail 6 p.m. Clayton Scott Poetry Slam with Free admission. For more information visit their…

Van Buren School District Combined Choir Concert

Van Buren School District Combined Choir Concert October 5 Van Buren Fine Arts Center 2001 Pointer Trail 7 p.m. Van Buren School District’s Combined Choir Concert. 7 p.m….

Mark Nizer in 3D

Mark Nizer in 3d October 2 Van Buren Fine Arts Center 2001 Pointer Trail 7:00 p.m. Mark Nizer in 3D at the Van Buren Fine Arts Center. Tickets…

Learning from Uli and other success stories

There are stories of entrepreneurial inspiration even in the midst of what may or may not be a recession.

Woody Stewart wants to be Alma’s next mayor; new voice

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Woodrow “Woody Stewart, 71, wants to be Alma’s mayor. He has a truckload of ideas, the time to do the job, and a plan he…

Arkansas gets $7.79 million for broadband; total more than $111 million

Arkansas will receive $7.79 million to improve broadband connectivity and use in the state, adding to the more than $104 million in broadband expansion funding announced for the state since…

UAFS police officer completes training academy

Jeremy Smith of Lavaca, a member of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Police Department, recently completed a 12-week basic police training course at the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training…

Three area people make list of gubernatorial appointments

Three area people were among the 54 appointments and reappointments to state boards and commissions announced Monday (Sept. 27) by Gov. Mike Beebe. Ginger Fenter, of Fort Smith, was appointed…

3rd District candidates agree on much, differ on health care

David Whitaker and Rogers Mayor Steve Womack agreed on several issues raised during a forum held Monday in Fort Smith. And then the new health care law was mentioned. The…