by - May 16, 2026 12:39 pm
Rhett Moss already knew he was heading to the Class 6A state track meet in the 3,200-meter run. On April 30, Moss, a senior at Southside High School in Fort…
by - May 16, 2026 12:28 pm
Following are recent news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. ARCOM Dean Dr. Christopher Loyke has been hired as dean of the Fort Smith-based Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine…
by - May 15, 2026 8:00 pm
Scholar and sociologist Eric Klinenberg stressed the importance of the spaces and places where people meet and interact as a new concept for infrastructure that cities often prioritize less in…
by - May 15, 2026 4:07 pm
Commercial traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport was up 1.36% in April, and is up less than 1% in the first four months of 2026 compared with the…
by - May 15, 2026 1:34 pm
James “Jimmy” Taisler of Bartlett, born August 11, 1949, passed away peacefully on May 10, 2026, at the age of 76. He was the beloved son of John Taisler and…
by - May 14, 2026 8:47 pm
The largest section of the Berlin Wall housed outside of Germany now resides in Northeast Arkansas. The National Cold War Center (NCWC) in Blytheville has acquired 36 original segments of…
by - May 14, 2026 6:20 pm
Among Fort Smith metro cities with a population of more than 5,000, Barling had the highest percentage growth of 13.8% between July 1, 2020, and July 1, 2025, according to…
by - May 14, 2026 5:43 pm
Convenience stores, a Chick-fil-A store, and apartments were the top Sebastian County property transactions in the first quarter of 2026, with the combined sale price of the three deals topping…
by - May 14, 2026 5:39 pm
There was a time when it was uncertain if retailers would continue to build physical locations for consumers to visit. But brick-and-mortar stores are now viewed as assets even as…
by - May 14, 2026 3:26 pm
Kenneth Wayne Quick, age 70, passed away peacefully on May 5, 2026, in Van Buren, Arkansas. Born on July 27, 1955, in Tyler, Texas, he was the son of Donald…
by - May 14, 2026 3:24 pm
Khonesy Inthavong, age 59, of Fort Smith, Arkansas, passed away peacefully at his home on May 6, 2026. He was born on March 10, 1967, in Vientiane, Laos, to Bounmy…
by - May 14, 2026 3:23 pm
H.B. “Buddy” Frye, age 87, of Barling, Arkansas, passed away on May 11, 2026. Buddy was born on December 22, 1937, in Mena, Arkansas, to Herbert Bollinger Frye Sr. and…
by - May 14, 2026 3:23 pm
Dorothy Joann Garrison, age 90, passed away on May 12, 2026 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Born on June 11, 1935 in Commerce, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late Everett…
by - May 14, 2026 3:12 pm
Anthony (Tony) Mathews, 79, of Bonanza Arkansas passed from this life May 7th, 2026. He was born to William Oliver Mathews and Lila Fay Wilson on October 12,1946 in Paris…
by - May 14, 2026 3:11 pm
Della McCarley, 97, of Van Buren, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2026. She was born on April 14, 1929, in Clarksville, AR to the late Wilburn Towe and Mamie…
by - May 14, 2026 3:11 pm
In Loving Memory of Jimmy Don Castleberry Sr. Sunrise: May 1, 1951 Sunset: May 9, 2026 Jimmy Don Castleberry Sr. entered this world on May 1, 1951, born to the…
by - May 14, 2026 3:11 pm
Billie C. Tedder, 89, of Fort Smith, AR, passed away on Friday, May 8, 2026. She was born on January 25, 1937, in Porum, OK to the late Billy Ramsey…
by - May 14, 2026 3:11 pm
Mary Lee Kulin was born in Fort Smith, the daughter of Lee and Hattie (Stallings) Bass, and passed away at Methodist Village Senior Living, Fort Smith, AR, on May 9,…
by - May 14, 2026 3:10 pm
Robert Lee Connor, age 89, passed away on May 11, 2026. He was born on December 8, 1936, and lived a life defined by dedication, service, and love for his…
by - May 14, 2026 3:10 pm
Ralph Compton Haraway passed on May 4, 2026, at the age of 78, having been born on March 29, 1948, in Cameron, TX and residing in Texarkana, Texas. Son of…
