Branch News

The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday will prioritize an updated list of infrastructure projects to promote in Washington as Congress considers an economic stimulus package in early 2009.

The Witt Stephens Jr. Central Arkansas Nature Center in Little Rock opened Wednesday.

OZARK SCENE: Don Nelms of Jasper took this shot of a cyote in the snow. The Observer recently attended a talk at the Clinton School of Public Service, lured there by the appearance of a NASA astronaut.

Broadway diva, Natalie Toro , will appear as the Special Guest Star in GLIMPSES ON THE MOON Monday, December 8th and Monday, December 15th as the Off-Broadway-sold-out-musical-hit continues to delight audiences ...

TIMES RECORD * ASHERRILL@SWTIMES.COM A second in a series of town-hall style meetings to discuss the state of funding for school-based mental health will be held Tuesday in Branch.

'Marketing 2008 Calves in Today's Corn Environment' by Dr. Harlan Hughes, a nationally recognized beef cattle economist, will be 2 p.m. Oct.

All events are open to the public. To submit a listing, send to FFW, 203 N. College Ave., Fayetteville, AR 72701, or fax to 444-7289, at least two weeks prior to event.

Tessa Weatherly and Andrew Miner, both of Fayetteville, plan to marry at 5 p.m. Oct.

' The next chapter has begun for the beleaguered BIOTA water bottling plant in north Ouray.

' The next chapter has begun for the beleaguered BIOTA water bottling plant in north Ouray.

FIRST FRIDAY at 6 p.m. Friday at Fusion Fine Arts in Bentonville. fusionartcenter.com or 273-9ART. OMNI PEACE GARDENS TOUR at 10 a.m. Saturday at six private homes.

TIMES RECORD * HRAACHE@SWTIMES.COM A power line worker was killed and his two co-workers seriously injured while repairing downed power lines in Paris on Monday.