Tag: Fort Smith area home sales

Chili, sex and silence

Like a good pot of chili on a cool and damp fall day, the following collection of sentences, punctuation and bad grammar contains several ingredients. We hope it satisfies without…

Pay now or later

Potts explains why you should support a federal tax increase.

Let the fall games begin, and continue

Hundreds gather for festivals sponsored by the Downtown Van Buren merchants and the Knights of Columbus.

UAFS Lady Lions sweep conference matches

Editor’s note: Story by Jonathan Gipson, sports information director for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith volleyball team’s Heartland Conference debut couldn’t…

UAFS Lady Lions ready for conference encounters and ‘Dig Pink’

Editor’s note: Story by Jonathan Gipson, sports information director for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith volleyball team is 20 matches into…

Corps issues small craft warning in Fort Smith area

The Army Corps of Engineers issued late Friday the following small craft advisory. The Army Corps of Engineers has issued a small craft advisory for the Arkansas River in Arkansas…

‘Wise’ health records plan could save Arkansas $1.6 billion annually

Dr. Scotty Bolding with Fayetteville-based U.S. Health Record says there are significant savings to be squeezed from the nation’s health care system, especially if the right technologies are used. Bolding,…

Wireless winners

The CTIA-Wireless Association survey shows big gains in wireless company revenue.

‘Plainsong’ delivers rich characters to the high plains

The author pulls experiences from his Colorado youth to pull together a story of people taking care of one another.

‘Cozy’ relationship in state Senate race criticized

The common courtesy of a term-limited incumbent remaining overtly neutral in the party primary may not be as common as once thought. Three current and former Republican politicians have announced…

Health care forum: Market reform best way to fix the system

A panel gathered by the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce expressed little optimism about the federal government’s ability to enact beneficial health care reform. Between 35-40 chamber members attended…

Home sweet shiny new Showcase Home

The Greater Fort Smith Association of Homebuilders gives the VIP treatment to the star of its Fall Parade of Homes.

Purse power used to boost reading power

More than 400 women gathered to help the United Way of Fort Smith raise money for a program that provides books to young children.

Back-to-school sales

NPD reports that back-to-school sales were down but not out.

September home sales up 31% in Crawford & Sebastian counties

Don’t break out the party hats just yet, but September home sales in Crawford and Sebastian counties were up more than 31% over September 2008 activity. Crawford County recorded 61…

Peter gets a taste of Levon love in Austin

More than 100 bands in the Austin City Limits Music Festival provides a buffet of sights and sounds.

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….

Economic success: It’s all about 9th graders

Statistics regarding the estimated college success of the average Arkansas 9th grader must change if Arkansas’ economy is to successfully move into the “ideas economy,” Tim Wooldridge told members of…

UAFS Lions golf team, volleyball score wins

Editor’s note: Information for this story provided by Jonathan Gipson, sports information director for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Lions golf…