Regions

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…

Ava’s Village Pub Presents Dorrian Cross and Matt “Guitar” Wilson

Ava’s Village Pub Presents Dorrian Cross and Matt "Guitar" Wilson on Wednesday Sept. 29th at 9:00pm No Cover Charge

New Alma steak restaurant cooks up jobs

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] For three years the residents of Alma have been watching while a building, made of old wood and new metal, inched its way toward completion….

Ava’s Village Pub and Grill — Terri and the Executives

Terri and the Executives perform Friday Oct 1, 2010 from 9:00pm – 1:00am No Cover Charge

Christ the King Catholic School PTO Spaghetti Supper

Christ the King Catholic School PTO will be hosting a Spaghetti Supper on October 16th at 5:00p.m. in the Parish Center. Student art will be for sale during the supper. Please…

Christ the King Catholic School PTO Garage Sale

Christ the King Catholic School PTO is holding a Garage Sale on October 2nd at 8:00a.m. in the Parish Center. Please come out and support the CTK PTO!

ATU-Ozark, Charleston partner on adult education center

Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus and the Charleston Public School District have partnered to open an adult education office in Charleston. It will be the first adult education office south Franklin…