Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

Natural problems

The weather hits Arkansas hard in 2011.

Greenwood lady wins $5,000 at golf ball drop

The First Tee of Fort Smith fundraiser drew about 125 youth and raised almost $20,000.

Regional bankruptcies and incorporations

Following are recent bankruptcy and incorporation filings from Crawford, Franklin, Logan and Sebastian counties. The information is provided by The Daily Record. a Little Rock-based news and legal information publisher….

Area foreclosure actions up during July

Foreclosures during July in the Fort Smith region were up almost 20% despite an overall foreclosure decline in Arkansas, Oklahoma and the U.S., according to a monthly report from Irvine,…

Friends fund Sam M. Sicard scholarship at UAFS

It didn’t take long for friends of the late Sam M. Sicard to do something to recognize the legacy of the Fort Smith banker who is credited for doing much…

Reception held for next Leadership Fort Smith class

The program, began in 1987, seeks to encourage community-minded citizens to become leaders.

Gooden elected to president-elect of national administrators group

Benny Gooden, superintendent of Fort Smith Public Schools and visiting assistant professor of educational leadership at the University of Arkansas, was chosen as the 2011-12 president-elect of the American Association…

Dillard’s earnings

Second quarter profits were up 158%.

GOP primary shaping up in 4th District race

Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Until Thursday (Aug. 11), 4th District Congressional hopeful Tom Cotton (R-Dardanelle)…

Whirlpool employee: More job cuts coming

Whirlpool employee Fred Denny and an unnamed source say the company will lay off about 300 people by January at its Fort Smith refrigeration plant with plans to close the…

Adam & Eats: Sephy’s

The food is not bad, but the lengthy menu and lengthy wait times are hard to stomach.

Area building permit values up 23.6%

Building permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren totaled $127.564 million during the first seven months of 2011, up 23.65% thanks in large part to gains in commercial…

Second Street Live! begins season with one-two punch

story by Peter Lewis [email protected] Second Street Live!, a non-profit focused on bringing great music to Fort Smith, is set to open its 2011-2012 concert season with a performance on…

Big Screen Peter: Rise of the Planet of the Apes

The movie offers interesting philosophical angles, but the execution falls short of average.

$30,000 donation supports UAFS baseball field renovation

story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith athletic department recently began the first phase of its major renovation of Crowder…

Sicard: ‘A genuinely happy person’

story by Michael Tilley and photos by Joel Rafkin [email protected] An estimated 700 gathered at a funeral service Wednesday morning (Aug. 10) to honor the life of Fort Smith banker…

Taste of Crawford County draws 1,200 to fundraiser

The event raises money for the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program.

Arkansas metros see income gains in 2010

All eight metro areas within or connected to Arkansas saw overall personal income rise in 2010, with the Jonesboro area posting the largest percentage increase and central Arkansas posting the…

Fort Smith to consider water, sewer efficiency review

story by Luke Hobbs [email protected] In Tuesday’s (Aug. 9) study session, Fort Smith city directors moved closer to approving the hiring of an outside firm to study the city’s water…

2011-2012 Leadership Fort Smith class announced

The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has announced the names of the 25 participants who have been selected for the 2011-12 class of Leadership Fort Smith. Individuals chosen…