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The truth about ‘The Ugly Truth’ is that it’s ugly

The movie combines the typical Hollywood mix of a predictable and uninspired plot with cheap vulgarity. It’s 96 minutes of your life you can’t get back.

The City Wire Person of the Month: Blondin pursues the mission

Dr. Jo Blondin brings her ‘Boilermaker’ energy to the push to improve educational attainment in the region.

Wilkinson joins St. Edward physician staff

Arkansas native Dr. Joshua Wilkinson joined St. Edward Mercy Clinic-Primary Care Associates on July 1 where he specializes in internal medicine and pediatrics. Wilkinson completed his residency at the University…

Fort Smith metro jobless rate up to 7.8%

Nine consecutive months of manufacturing employment decline helped push the Fort Smith metro unemployment rate to 7.8% in June — almost three percentage points higher than the June 2008 rate….

TEA Party rallies draw mixed opinions in new survey

Most Arkansans have a favorable opinion of the TEA Party rallies, but there is a large group of Arkansans who don’t care about the rallies or don’t know enough about…

Municipal bond crunch

Fitch Ratings expects pace of municipal bond downgrades to continue.

Slower commerce reflected in sales tax collections

Commerce continues to slow in Fort Smith, with May transactions showing a more than 8% decline compared to May 2008. Fort Smith Director of Finance Kara Bushkuhl reported Tuesday (July…

Sleeping Beauty Wakes By Groovelilly

Groovelilly: Sleeping Beauty Wakes Tickets: $20.00 and $15.00 For more information call the Fine Arts Center in Van Buren at 479-471-4017 or visit them online at http://www.centerforfinearts.org/

Old Town Car Cruisers Car Show

Pre 1973’s antique cars, trucks and specialty vehicles lining historic Main Street in Van Buren. 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. For more information call David at 479-471-8350.

Music In The Park

Music In The Park featuring Page One. Blanche Moore Park 700 Block of Main Street in Van Buren

Corvette Caravan

The 2009 Corvette Caravan will make a pit stop in Van Buren at Rhodes Value Center at Highway 59 and Interstate 40. There will be around 500 Corvettes. The group…

Rapid recovery not expected for national, local housing markets

When it comes to hoping the national and local housing sector makes a strong recovery, well, don’t get your hopes up — and that’s the opinion of a self-appointed “raging…

Hire/fire authority request appears politically dead

It will take a miraculous change of opinions if Fort Smith City Administrator Dennis Kelly is to achieve his goal of obtaining the hire/fire authority with city department heads. Presently,…

No clear improvement in nationwide trucking index

The American Trucking Associations’ advance seasonally adjusted index fell 2.4% in June, which presents a mixed picture for the trucking sector when compared to the May index increase of 3.2%….

FREE Christian Music Concert (4 bands)

G.O.E. (Good Over Evil) 7208 Mahogany (old Ft. Chaffee) 360-901-5503 myspace.com/goefortsmith

Southwest Service Dogs Open House and Demonstration

Southwest Service Dogs will hold an Open House and demonstration Saturday August 1 from 1-3 p.m. at 4500 South 16th Street in Fort Smith. 479/646-0886 southwestservicedogs.org SWSD “Summer Camp for…

Edmunds critical of federal Cash for Clunkers program

Edmunds.com reported Monday (July 27) that the “Inconvenient Truth” about the federal Cash for Clunkers program is that each transaction could cost taxpayers $20,000. With Edmunds considered the premier non-automaker…