Musician-songwriter Ray Wylie Hubbard has been named the final act of Second Street Live’s 2011-12 season.

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The Fort Smith Little Theatre will host auditions for its production of Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful” at 7 p.m. Aug. 8-9 at the theater, 401 N. Sixth St.

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Nashville P. and The Velcro Pygmies will play various styles at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Neumeier’s Rib Room & Beer Garden, 817 Garrison Ave. Admission is $10. Doors open at 6 p.m.

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“The Saints and Sinners Comedy Tour” will begin at 8 p.m. Aug. 20 at the Fort Smith Event Center, 12 N. 11th St.

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The “Good Times Talent Night” competition and show will be held Aug. 27 at the Bob Lee Kidd Civic Center on U.S. 271 North in Poteau.

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Whenever someone asks me a question about a river bridge, I have to be very careful to make sure I understand which structure is in question.

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A sheriff’s deputy visited Wednesday with children participating in a summer program at the Lincoln Youth Service Center in Fort Smith.

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We reported here yesterday that Whirlpool in Ft. Smith would be cutting 25 jobs. The City Wire says it’s much more than that. Around 65 jobs will be gone by the end of August. This is all in addition to 40 jobs which were cut earlier in July. [ Subscribe to the comments on this story [...]

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According to recent polling by a number of different organizations, it looks like a majority of Americans support full marriage rights for same sex couples. A secondary analysis of public polling on marriage shows support has increased over the years and that the rate of increase has accelerated dramatically in the last 2 years. A [...]

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In today’s column, John Brummett eviscerates Rep. Nate Bell, the Mena state legislator who recently compared state Democrats to “Nazis.” Some of these Arkansas Democrats’ proposals — like the one banning texting while driving through a school zone during school hours — are “way easy” to compare to Nazi initiatives, Bell wrote in a Facebook [...]

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