by - April 24, 2009 4:06 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum released Friday four official architect photos and an interior layout map. Cambridge 7 Associates unveiled the museum design Thursday at the museum board meeting. A vote…
by - April 24, 2009 11:27 am
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith announced Friday that Don Bailey of Fort Smith received the Master Teacher Award; Nancy Stockall of Fayetteville received a Lucille Speakman Excellence Award;…
by - April 24, 2009 11:09 am
The Fort Smith Department of Sanitation posed a 12.2% gain in revenue in 2008 despite a decline in industrial revenue collections and the customer base for commercial collections. Revenue for…
by - April 24, 2009 8:01 am
story by Peter Lewis It’s possible the economic impact of the Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival will be greater than $10 million. The sixth annual Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival…
by - April 23, 2009 8:10 pm
The 25-year veteran of managing golf and country clubs is eager to be a part of a growing downtown Fort Smith.
by - April 23, 2009 4:45 pm
The Fort Smith Art Center received a $25,000 donation from Fort Smith-based Hanna Oil & Gas for a capital campaign to renovate a donated building at 1601 Rogers Ave. —…
by - April 23, 2009 3:11 pm
The Marshals Museum Board of Directors and the public were given a glimpse Thursday (April 23) of the proposed design for the museum building. Thursday’s meeting represented a major step…
by - April 23, 2009 10:22 am
Just in time to start planning for May, the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism recently issued several press releases about events around the state. State tourism officials have said…
by - April 23, 2009 9:40 am
Sylvester Smith, state director of the National Federation of Independent Business, said he supports a concept to review of Arkansas’ tax policy every two years. He believes Arkansans are “clearly…
by - April 23, 2009 9:36 am
A recent survey finds that 50% of high school writing instructors are unprepared.
by - April 22, 2009 7:14 pm
The xenophobic should stop here. This Feast is all over the world and back to a guy wearing elastic pants and knee-high furry boots. Weird. But damn good.
by - April 22, 2009 4:06 pm
Grant Green, a graduate of Fort Smith High School and now a commissioner with the Commission on Wartime Contracting, spoke April 20 about the efforts to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan…
by - April 22, 2009 3:04 pm
Two reports suggest it’s a dangerous electronic world, with Internet scams up more than 30%.
by - April 22, 2009 2:20 pm
Regional sales tax collections remained strong throughout 2008, with countywide collections in Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties totaling $43.45 million, up 12.5% over 2007 collections. Of the top 10…
by - April 22, 2009 1:39 pm
More than $1 million in a demolition and redevelopment phase of the old Phoenix Village Mall is to begin April 23, according to Lance Beaty, a co-owner of the mall…
by - April 22, 2009 7:17 am
Arkansas Best Corp.’s first-quarter net income loss of $18.2 million is a clear reminder that the national trucking sector is in the midst of a tough freight recession. The Fort…
by - April 21, 2009 8:54 pm
A water rate structure change designed to reduce the cost of water for five golf courses on the city of Fort Smith water system failed to gain a motion for…
by - April 21, 2009 4:55 pm
Fort Smith-based Arkansas Best Corp. announced Tuesday (April 21) a quarterly cash dividend of 15 cents payable May 19 to shareholders of record on May 5. The company is set…
by - April 21, 2009 1:21 pm
It’s no secret newspapers are cutting back, but news editor group puts numbers to the issue.
by - April 21, 2009 10:14 am
The City Wire asked the seven members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors four questions relating to the hiring of Paul Harvel as the new president of the Fort…
