by - August 18, 2015 10:15 pm
Steve Parke, director of utilities for the city of Fort Smith, had another tough night in front of the city’s Board of Directors at Tuesday’s (Aug. 18) regular meeting. But…
by - April 7, 2015 6:54 pm
Sewer rates for all Fort Smith customers will increase May 1 to help pay for an estimated $480 million in federally mandated sewer system improvements. The rate hike is less…
by - February 24, 2015 8:15 pm
Monthly Fort Smith sewer bills that could rise from an average of $20 per month to $53 a month by 2017 and a lower than expected increase in city staffing…
by - January 6, 2015 10:27 pm
A light agenda gave way to a spirited town hall session at the Jan. 6 meeting of the Fort Smith Board of Directors, and there was one main topic on…
by - January 6, 2015 5:29 pm
Van Buren and other wholesale water customers of the Fort Smith water system will not see their rates change to help pay for the estimated $480 million Fort Smith will…
by - January 5, 2015 9:04 pm
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that the agreement with the city of Fort Smith will over the next 12 years cost $255 million “plus the cost of routine…
by - December 16, 2014 9:26 pm
It was a big dollar, big decision night for the Fort Smith Board of Directors. The Board approved – after a third reading – a roughly $48 million general fund…
by - December 9, 2014 11:19 pm
There were few, if any, smiling faces in the room Tuesday night (Dec. 9) as Fort Smith city staffers and the city’s attorney explained to the Fort Smith Board of…
by - December 3, 2014 8:58 pm
Of the 82 people expected to be hired in coming years to implement various aspects of the programs required under the proposed consent decree between the city of Fort Smith…
by - December 2, 2014 5:30 pm
A section of the proposed consent decree negotiated between the United States Department of Justice and the city of Fort Smith could have a negative impact on plumbing businesses and…
by - December 1, 2014 10:32 pm
A possible agreement between the city of Fort Smith and the Department of Justice related to Clean Water Act violations with the city’s water and sewer system will require at…
by - November 5, 2014 9:09 pm
Officials with the city of Fort Smith and the office of Arkansas Attorney General are expected on Thursday (Nov. 6) to renew talks with federal officials in Dallas about the…
by - October 14, 2014 3:09 pm
A lawsuit expected to be filed earlier this month by the Department of Justice against the city of Fort Smith over Clean Water Act violations has not yet been filed…
by - October 7, 2014 8:15 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a resolution during its regularly scheduled Tuesday (Oct. 7) meeting that expresses a desire to restart negotiations with the United States Department of…
by - October 2, 2014 6:33 pm
Negotiations with between the city of Fort Smith, the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Department of Justice have broken down, with the city expecting a lawsuit to be…
