by - April 25, 2018 3:25 pm
Service Line Warranties of America (SLWA), the optional insurance coverage for exterior water and sewer service lines from meter to home, has increased enrollment to 1,099 signups in Fort Smith…
by - October 10, 2017 4:23 pm
Approximately one in four water customers in the city of Fort Smith could soon see an average increase of 21.3% on their water bills. Fort Smith Utilities Director Jerry Walters…
by - May 18, 2016 4:57 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors grilled the city’s Utilities Department over a $3.2 million appropriation request at Tuesday’s (May 17) regular meeting. Additionally, City Directors allocated $94,376 for a…
by - January 4, 2016 1:35 pm
Economic stability following years of uncertainty, a controversial mascot change, and the unexpected success of new events in downtown Fort Smith were among the top regional stories in 2015. Before…
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 - March 17, 2015 8:52 pm
Efforts by Fort Smith city staff to move quickly on a plan to raise sewer rates to pay for federally-mandated system improvements hit a snag when City Director Tracy Pennartz…
by - March 3, 2015 9:08 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors has set a public hearing date on the change in sewer rates for 6 p.m., March 17, at the Fort Smith Schools Service Center….
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 - November 13, 2014 3:00 pm
Fort Smith is not the only city facing sewer overflow issues. It’s proving a problem in Van Buren, also. According to Director of Van Buren Municipal Utilities Steve Dufresne, Fort…
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…
by - August 7, 2014 5:25 pm
The city of Fort Smith has invested $201.2 million since 1993 on wet weather sewer improvements and another $150 million or more could be poured into improvements before the city…
by - January 10, 2014 6:11 pm
It was just 2011 when the city of Van Buren was refusing to pay a contested 2009 water charge of $253,000 to the city of Fort Smith. Since that time,…
by - December 17, 2013 3:52 pm
A dispute over payment for land that erupted at a Dec. 3 Board of Directors meeting brought to light a continuing nuisance for the city of Fort Smith and according…
