Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

Adam & Eats: Emmy’s German Restaurant

In addition to quality food and service, Emmy’s offers a little something extra: Water-pouring Ninjas.

UAFS spring enrollment sets new record

story submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith University of Arkansas at Fort Smith officials have released official enrollment figures for the spring 2010 semester, and the university…

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….

ATU-Ozark nursing students achieve 100% pass rate

Students in the practical nursing class ending May 2009 at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus’ achieved a pass rate of 100% on the National Council Licensure Examination-Practical Nursing. In order to…

The City Wire special report: Robert’s colors and Asperger’s Syndrome

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories on mental illness issues. Throughout 2010 The City Wire will attempt to post at least one story a month…

Jim Lindsey could enter Arkansas’ political shuffle

Jim Lindsey, a Northwest Arkansas businessman and former University of Arkansas football player, could complicate what is already a convoluted political picture resulting from the potential shuffling between the race…

Credit cuts

New report says consumers limit credit card spending.

USA Truck reports 2009 loss of $7.1 million

The ongoing national freight recession continues to pummel Van Buren-based USA Truck Inc., which reported a 2009 net income loss of $7.177 million compared to a gain of $3.14 million…

Arkansas Best reports $63.5 million income loss in 2009

It’s a certainty that the national trucking sector is in bad economic shape when one of the most financially stable trucking companies reduces employee benefit contributions and cuts its quarterly…

Legion is a loser

Peter says the movie is a piece of “cinematic inanity,” which means its badness required packing eight syllables into two words.

Rep. Green talks about possible 3rd District run

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] U.S. Rep. John Boozman, R-Rogers, is still on the fence about his U.S. Senate bid. He announced Friday (Jan. 22) he might join an already…

Tech with Tom Kirkham: Apple unveils the iPad

Kirkham says its a game changer, going so far as to say it may be lights out for the Kindle.

YEL officers plan to re-energize in 2010

The Young Emerging Leaders (YEL) are hoping to regain some of the energy the group had more than three years ago when it was founded as an offshoot of the…

UAFS students score well on national test

Graduating seniors from the College of Business at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith have scored in the top 25% in the nation on a standardized test given to…

Miller seeks another term as Sebastian County Treasurer

Judith Miller, a Republican, recently announced she is seeking re-election as Sebastian County Treasurer/Collector. The Greenwood resident has more than 25 years of experience in county government. She has worked…

Art scene growing in Arkansas

story submitted by Zoie Clift, a travel writer for the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism Though often underplayed, the art scene is alive and well in Arkansas. Blues and…

We like Oprah, again

Glenn Beck and Jay Leno also on our list of favorites.

Scene by Carson: Civic Matters

This inaugural post, focusing on the Downtown Optimist Club, begins a once-a-month look at the work of civic clubs in the Fort Smith region.

Fort Smith board to seek 1% prepared food tax option

With a 5-2 vote, the Fort Smith Board of Directors decided Tuesday night (Jan. 26) to first seek voter approval of a 1% prepared food tax to shore up the…

Light issues dominate Fort Smith airport meeting

story by Marla Cantrell [email protected] The bulk of January’s meeting of the Fort Smith Airport Commission on Tuesday (Jan. 26) consisted of a show-and-tell presentation by airport director John Parker….