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Fast 15: Rob Trost

Rob Trost couldn’t pass up an opportunity to shine at Wal-Mart.

The Rosey

We’ve received a few more real letters from a real reader with a troubled dog. Or maybe it’s a real dog with a troubled owner. Anyway, as noted in our…

Arkansas hot deals

Boulden wants to make Fort Smith more competitive.

Area residents spend a night in the Caribbean to help children

Gregory Kistler Treatment Center fund raiser draws more than 200 for eating, dancing and an auction.

Chamber issues top award to Van Buren Assistant Superintendent Lonnie Myers

Van Buren Chamber Board Chairman Marty Shell talks of 2009 economic development successes and 2010 potential.

Greenwood’s Old Jail Museum Complex Opens 2010 Season

The Old Jail Museum Complex opens its 2010 season, May 1. Featured exhibits at the Old Jail include The Civil War in Greenwood and South Sebastian County, History of Post Offices…

2009 tougher than expected for Baldor; 2010 looking better

Baldor officials said Saturday (May 1) that 2009 was a tougher year than expected but say they are seeing signs that suggest recovery in 2010. The Fort Smith-based global manufacturing…

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….

ATU-Ozark accredited for physical therapy program

The Physical Therapist Assistant Program (PTA) at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus received full accreditation status from the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education of the American Physical Therapy Association…

Tech with Tom: Get a Web site

If you are in business and don’t have a Web site, your days in business are numbered.

Fayetteville Shale boosting Southwestern Energy earns

Southwestern Energy invested a whopping $319 million in the Fayetteville Shale during the first quarter of 2010, propelling the Houston-based natural gas driller back into the black despite dismal natural…

Hurst returns to Van Buren to help with city planning

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] Meet Joe Hurst. He’s Van Buren’s new city planner. Or he soon will be. He’s made a verbal agreement with Mayor Bob Freeman and is…

The City Wire Special report: The bipolar world

Editor’s note: This is the fifth in a series of stories on mental illness issues. Throughout 2010 The City Wire will attempt to post at least one story a month…

Questions remain with Malone, Altes contribution reports

Questions remain with a campaign finance report filed by Rep. Stephanie Malone, R-Fort Smith, and the campaign reports of Sen. Denny Altes, R-Fort Smith, present a similar question about contribution…

Operation Medicine Cabinet

Operation Medicine Cabinet is sponsored by the Fort Smith Police Department and will be held in the parking lot of Arvest Bank located at 5000 Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith,…

Adam & Eats: Pizza Parlour

The pizza and salad bar score well, but Adam’s science joke is hard to stomach.

Whirlpool hourly job count up to 1,930; shift cuts may be delayed

Maybe the recent gains in the manufacturing sector are courtesy of employment gains at Whirlpool’s Fort Smith plant. Whirlpool spokeswoman Jill Saletta confirmed that the refrigerator production plant has 1,930…

Tax credit program could support Marshals Museum

The Fort Smith Housing Authority is preparing to establish itself as a Community Development Entity to bring the development potential of New Markets Tax Credits to the region. New Markets…

Book Signing with Pauline Triplett Beckman – “In My Mind’s Eye”

Pauline Triplett Beckman will hold a book signing in the lobby of the Fort Smith Museum of History, 320 Rogers Avenue, on Saturday, May 22, 2010, 2:00-4:00 pm. "In My Mind’s…

The Fort in Flight: Bud Mars and the City’s Aviation History

In celebration of the centennial of the Fort Smith Museum of History, the museum’s latest exhibit will open in the Boyd Gallery on May 21, 2010, the one…