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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…

Obama nominates Holmes for federal judgeship (Updated)

President Barack Obama has nominated Fort Smith attorney P.K. Holmes III to be the next U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas. Holmes was recommended in early December…

Another good report for the national trucking industry

March continued a four-month positive trend in the American Trucking Associations’ Index which points to recovery in a bellwether sector for the national economy. The ATA report for March shows…

Census Bureau trying to hire 1,300 area temp workers

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] With an 8.3% the unemployment rate in the Fort Smith metro area, you’d think it would be easy to fill open positions, but that’s not…

King Opera House to premiere ‘Silent Storytellers’

story and photo by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The King Opera House was built on the same Van Buren street where Albert Pike downed mint juleps with city founder John Drennen,…

Happy quarter

Bank of the Ozarks sees big earnings increase.

The Losers is a loser

Peter says the movie is more junk from Hollywood’s special stash of comic-book inspired movies.

‘Numa’ makes official UAFS debut

info for this story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith What began more than a year ago as an idea of University of Arkansas at Fort Smith…

Baldor income down; report beats Wall Street estimates

Baldor Electric Co. reported declines in first quarter revenue and net income, but the report was better than what Wall Street was expecting. The Fort Smith-based global manufacturing and distribution…

Sparks hospital filling out top management staff

Sparks Health System CEO Melody Trimble has now filled all but one of the hospital’s top management positions with the hiring of Sue Conley as the chief operations officer. Conley…

Fort Smith area jobless rate falls to 8.3%

Fort Smith’s metro area unemployment rate declined in March to 8.3%, but remains as one of the highest rates among Arkansas’ metro areas and has topped 8% for four consecutive…

Dance Unlimited Dance Recital

Dance Unlimited Dance Recital May 27 Van Buren Fine Arts Center 2001 Pointer Trail 4 p.m. Dance Unlimited Dance Recital. For more information call the Fine Arts Center…

Butterfield Band Concert

Butterfield Band Concert May 20 Van Buren Fine Arts Center 2001 Pointer Trail 6:30 p.m. Butterfield Band Concert. For more information call the Fine Arts Center at 479-471-4017 or…

Young Christian Music Ensemble

Young Christians Music Ensemble King Opera House -427 Main Street Van Buren May 20th 7 p.m. Young Christians Music Ensemble program at 7 p.m. For more information call…

J.R.’s Country Gospel

J.R’s Country Gospel Singers King Opera House May 15, 2010 7 p.m. J.R.’s Country Gospel Variety Show. 7 p.m. Tickets $5 at the door. For more information call…

Van Buren High School Spring Choir Concert

Van Buren High School Spring Choir Concert May 10 Van Buren Fine Arts Center 2001 Pointer Trail 7 p.m. Van Buren High School Spring Choir Concert. For more…

Malone plans to fix error on campaign contribution report

Rep. Stephanie Malone, R-Fort Smith, has said her contribution report showing $3,000 in contributions from Michael Carter is in error and the mistake is being corrected. The error was brought…

UAFS student captures a Southern Literary Festival award

An essay written by a former University of Arkansas at Fort Smith student took first place in competition conducted at the Southern Literary Festival, held this year April 22-24 at…