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Broadaway takes Classic lead; Daly falls back

story submitted by the PGA Tour Josh Broadaway fired a 5-under 65 Saturday to take the 54-hole lead at the Nationwide Tour’s Fort Smith Classic, with John Daly falling back…

Pink on the Links draws more than 100 to fashion shows, health and wellness shows

The Fort Smith Classic event helps raise funds for Susan G. Komen and the Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House.

Convention events boost area hospitality sector in May

The overall decline continues in the Fort Smith area hospitality sector, but May brought the first gain in Fort Smith collections in more than a year. According to figures from…

Tech with Tom: Get a website, part 4

Tom gets more specific about costs and items to consider about technologies to use and/or avoid in the process.

Program, facility growth part of strategic plans at ATU-Ozark

The administration, staff, faculty and student leadership at the Ozark campus of Arkansas Tech University are focused on continuing a strategic plan began in fall 2008 that has helped push…

Arkansas’ personal income growth falls behind rest of the nation

Personal income growth in Arkansas totaled $92.958 billion in the first quarter of 2010, up 0.6% from the same quarter of 2009 and up 0.4% from the previous quarter. Unfortunately,…

State jobless rate falls to 7.7%; manufacturing job numbers gain

Arkansas’ unemployment rate fell to 7.7% in May, with the number of unemployed dropping to its lowest point for the first five months of 2010 and manufacturing employment posting five…

Cox Communications brings CDB to the Fort

Charlie Daniels’ concert was part of the Fort Smith Classic — a PGA Tour event at Hardscrabble Country Club.

National Public Radio fans gather to sample wine and art

The fundraiser for KUAF 91.3 FM was held at Second Street Live! in downtown Fort Smith.

Adam & Eats: Joe’s Pizza and Pasta

The prices are a little high but the quality and amount of food more than covers the cost.

Fort Smith area awarded $1.24 million in housing grants

Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) under its Capital Fund program will go to 106 housing authorities in Arkansas to develop, modernize and better manage…

Chaffee Authority approves Mitsubishi incentives, bow-hunting permits

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] At the June 17 meeting of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority, trustees approved a resolution regarding the definitive agreement for the development of the 200,000…

BMB Merry of Arkansas sold to large global broker

Bowen, Miclette, Britt & Merry of Arkansas has been sold to Itasca, Ill.-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., a global insurance brokerage and risk management with operations in 15 countries….

Big incentives necessary says Fort Smith chamber president

Paul Harvel says the leadership of Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce is not concerned about any precedents — future expectations — the $585,000 incentive package to Mitsubishi may set…

Mitsubishi exec focused on hiring (and eating) local

Other than the region as a whole, there is at least one specific winner in the decision by Mitsubishi Power Systems to build a $100 million wind turbine assembly plant…

AOG chief optimistic despite stalled NATGAS bill

Mike Callan remains optimistic about proposed federal legislation that encourages the use of natural gas as a fuel in fleet and personal vehicles. Callan, the president of Fort Smith-based Arkansas…

The City Wire special report: A ‘slimy’ vacation at Orange Beach, Ala.

Editor’s note: Roy Hill, a faculty member at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith and freelance writer for The City Wire, provides this first-person account of a family vacation…

Daly ready for Fort Smith Classic; calls on title sponsor to step up

story and photos by Ruby Dean [email protected] John Daly hit the course Wednesday (June 16) at Hardscrabble Country Club playing in the Pro-Am game with Coach Frank Broyles, Rooster McConaughey…

O.K. Foods exec named Industry Person of the Year

Kevin McDaniel, vice president of live production for Fort Smith-based O.K. Foods Inc., was voted Industry Person of the Year during the Arkansas, Oklahoma & Missouri Poultry Federation festival held…