Regions

Fort Smith city, chamber officials push for sales tax extension

Fort Smith officials are pushing hard for extension of a 1-cent tax approved in 2006 that would keep the tax on the books to early 2014 — about 18 months…

Fort Smith man wins EMMY

Kevin Croxton, music composer, sound designer and music instructor from Fort Smith has won an EMMY Award from the National Academy of the Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Northwest Chapter….

4th Annual Optimist Club/First Tee Scramble August 3, 2009

4th Annual Optimist Club/First tee Scramble August 3, 2009 Eagle Crest Golf Course Alma, Arkansas 4-Person Scramble $300/team or $75/person 7:00 AM Registration 8:00 AM Tee Off Lunch provided by…

Year-to-date Van Buren hospitality taxes down 3.4%

Van Buren hospitality tax collections reported for April came in at $32,593, 7.4% lower than April 2008. For the first four months of 2009, visitors to the city’s hotels and…

Movie in the Garden

Movie in the Garden Mother Earth’s Community Garden Corner North 9th & D Street “Night at the Museum” Bring blanket, lawn chair, picnic basket Movie starts at dusk Come at…

Movie in the Garden

Movie in the Garden Mother Earth’s Community Garden North 9th & D Street “The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep” Bring a blanket, lawn chair, picnic basket Show starts at…

New Orleans brought to you by Trombone Shorty

Wakarusa Festival to get a healthy dose of Shorty’s SupaFunkRock. Bring your own gumbo.

Digging the noodles and sprouts of Southeast Asia

When it comes to the saucy Vietnamese menu, Peter love you long time.

Van Buren-based physician alliance has big plans

About five months ago, David Gooch and Drs. Rebecca Floyd and Stephanie Frisbee wondered about the wisdom of creating an organization in Arkansas to provide business management solutions to independent…

Economic leaders, laggards

Kiplinger editor says no guarantees on the usual post-recessionary economic trends.

Fort Smith metro unemployment rate improving

The unemployment rate for the Fort Smith metro area is still high, but it is moving in the right direction, according to figures released Wednesday (June 3) by the federal…

Border Town Auctions — Gun Auction

Border Town Auctions will conducting a Gun Auction at 2700 Cavanaugh Road (Corner of 28th St. & Cavanaugh Rd.)in Fort Smith, Ark. Saturday June 6th. at 10:00 A.M. All of…

State Police: No checkpoints planned at Wakarusa Festival

A newspaper story saying four police checkpoints with drug dogs will be placed on roads near the Wakarusa Music Festival had festival organizers concerned about an early end to an…

Hoots & Hellmouth bring ‘local’ Philadelphia sound to Wakarusa

The old-timey tunes of H&H feature acoustic guitar, mandolin, & the upright bass.

Restaurant conditions improve

The National Restaurant Association performance index hits 11-month high.

Housing numbers improve in Fort Smith region

Home sales in the Fort Smith region continue to post double-digit declines compared to 2008, but the level of decline is moving in the right direction, according to information from…

Pine Mountain Dam project gathers more opposition

Add the Corps Reform Network to the list of organizations ready to oppose the construction of a Pine Mountain Dam on Lee Creek in northern Crawford County. The River Valley…

Get your SWOT together

The successful entrepreneurs are often the ones who see opportunities in the threats.

Thousands headed to Ozark area for Wakarusa

The sixth annual Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival is set to be held on Mulberry Mountain near Ozark, June 4-7. From its inception in 2004 until 2008, the June festival…