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Fort Smith Classic unveils entertainment lineup

Country musician Darryl Worley, the new country duet team of Caitlin & Will and cast members of “Trick my Truck” are the entertainment for the June 18 Cox Community Concert…

Whirlpool reports fall in shipments, earnings

Whirlpool reported early Monday (April 27) that it expects unit shipments in its North American region to drop as much as 12% in 2009, up from a previous top estimate…

Nationwide auto sales improve (barely); Auto-related jobs down in Arkansas

Nationwide sales of autos in April is expected to be 859,000 units, a 30.8% decrease compared to April 2008, but a 0.5% increase over March 2009, according to Edmunds.com. A…

KFSM 5News, The City Wire to partner

KFSM 5News and The City Wire will begin May 1 to collaborate and partner in the gathering and dissemination of important business and political news. As the longest serving and…

Observations, again

With apologies to Janis. Lord won’t you buy me a new quarterbackmy friends all have Bradys’ leading their pack we work hard in the off-season, but can’t get on trackOh…

Pushing the Marshals Museum

If you think little is happening to move the project forward, think again.

Crowd gathers for Taste of the Ozarks

More than 500 gathered at Franklin County Fair Building to sample the wine, BBQ and cooking demos. Yuuummmm.

Building design photos provided by Marshals Museum architects

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…

UAFS announces faculty award winners

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;…

Fort Smith sanitation revenues, tonnage up in 2008

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…

Wakarusa impact potentially more than $10 million

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…

Town Club presents Tuncay from Turkey

The 25-year veteran of managing golf and country clubs is eager to be a part of a growing downtown Fort Smith.

Hanna Oil makes big donation to Art Center

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. —…

Preliminary Marshals Museum design unveiled (Updated)

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…

Tourism agency markets Arkansas events

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…

State NFIB chief bemoans Arkansas’ tax code

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…

Gooder writers needed

A recent survey finds that 50% of high school writing instructors are unprepared.

Peter punches his first “10”

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.

Fort Smith High School graduate talks about U.S. foreign relations

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…