by - January 24, 2012 1:13 pm
Trinity Junior High School of Fort Smith won the Arkansas Middle School Science Bowl on Saturday (Jan. 21). Trinity Junior High School students competed against 16 other teams from across…
by - January 24, 2012 1:05 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — Bill Thomas, the bass player of the popular Springfield, Mo.-based bluegrass band, Big Smith, suffered a stroke Thursday night during the band’s performance at Cherokee Casino in West Siloam…
by - January 24, 2012 11:44 am
Walmart executive Jack Shewmaker had a storied career with the Bentonville-based retail giant. His untimely death in late 2010 was unexpected, but it didn’t stop his peers from honoring him…
by - January 24, 2012 11:17 am
An estimated unemployment decline of 3,200 and an estimated employment increase of almost 6,300 resulted in lowering Arkansas’ December jobless rate to 7.7% compared to 7.9% during November. The December…
by - January 23, 2012 9:26 pm
The Van Buren City Council approved an additional $102,490.78 in expenses for the repair of a collapsed sanitary sewer main east of Pointer Trail and Highway 59 at Monday night’s…
by - January 23, 2012 6:34 pm
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Annual Recognition Banquet was held Saturday, Jan. 15, 2012, at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center. More than $22,000 in scholarships…
by - January 23, 2012 6:29 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) said it would work with statewide collaborators to create the Arkansas Nanomedicine Center (ANC) in the school’s College of Medicine. Nanomedicine, an…
by - January 23, 2012 3:52 pm
Seven banks in Arkansas are still on the hook to the Treasury Department for more than $93 million they took as part of a government initiative in early 2009 known…
by - January 23, 2012 1:43 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas (SoNA) planned an ambitious program for concertgoers Saturday night, and for the most part, those ambitions were realized. Showcased were two highly regarded Russian…
by - January 23, 2012 11:38 am
Northwest Arkansas home values tumbled in 2011 as foreclosures and short sale transactions kept a lid on median sales prices from Fayetteville to Bella Vista, according to MountData’s annual report….
by - January 22, 2012 7:03 pm
Dear Kind Readers: We’re doing this new thing with The City Wire. New look. New people. Not all new people. You’ll continue to have to put up with me. For…
by - January 22, 2012 6:54 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — More than 1,000 well-dressed young professionals — some wearing more than others — gathered at the Fayetteville Town Center Saturday night for Paint the Town Red, a fundraiser for the…
by - January 22, 2012 2:24 pm
FAYETTEVILLE — It is not entirely unheard of for men to wear skirts on the upper end of Dickson Street in Fayetteville. Plenty of men were showing their knees at…
by - January 22, 2012 11:33 am
A first ever Fort Smith Volunteer Fair was held Saturday (Jan. 21) at the Riverfront Pavilion in downtown Fort Smith and included 13 area historic and natural sites. With the…
by - January 22, 2012 10:47 am
Saturday night (Jan. 21) at First Lutheran Church in Fort Smith saw an estimated 350 people enjoy a German dinner prepared by members of the church. It was the seventh…
by - January 21, 2012 1:31 pm
The $3 million Hope Campus recommended by Dr. Robert Marbut could move closer to fruition if Old Fort Homeless Coalition (OFHC) Vice-President and Director of the Fort Smith Housing Authority…
by - January 21, 2012 12:29 pm
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by - January 21, 2012 9:46 am
Take a look at Elizabeth Cook’s photo on the Second Street Live! website. Don’t let the sultry photo of her laying across a paisley bedspread fool you into believing she’s…
by - January 20, 2012 9:44 pm
If you’re looking to catch soulful blues guitarist Keb’ Mo’ in concert, it’s best to catch him at the Walton Arts Center before he ducks back into the studio. The…
by - January 20, 2012 9:42 pm
Stand-up comedian Lewis Black is losing his religion — or he’s getting it back, depending on which part of his show you catch. Black began his current “In God We Rust”…
