by - September 23, 2018 4:47 pm
Gus’s Bar and Grill will be the new tenant at 823 Garrison Ave., the former site of Saké Martini & Sushi Bar. The new owners are Karen and Mike Stephenson…
by - September 20, 2018 10:06 pm
For Dr. Tony Flippin, now is a great time to be a young physician, particularly when it comes to treating cancer patients. Flippin received the 2018 Healthcare Award presented by…
by - September 19, 2018 5:29 pm
Officials with the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) shed more light on the university’s new fixed tuition program for first-year entering students. UAFS Director of Government and Community…
by - September 19, 2018 5:01 pm
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) will receive its first national grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH). The three-year award totals $323,628, and it will be under…
by - September 18, 2018 3:39 pm
Commercial open houses and future plans for The Bakery event center were the focus of a Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) meeting on Tuesday (Sept. 18). Leading off,…
by - September 17, 2018 5:34 pm
Arkansas Rep. Justin Boyd, R-Fort Smith, met Stephen Edwards, a libertarian, and Luke Pruitt, a Democrat — his two challengers for the District 77 House seat — at a public…
by - September 14, 2018 9:29 am
Fort Smith’s planned Kelley Highway extension tentatively scheduled for construction in 2021 commanded the most attention from members of the capital improvement plan (CIP) advisory committee for streets, bridges, and…
by - September 13, 2018 5:49 pm
The Arkansas Air National Guard 188th Wing based in Fort Smith has been activated starting Thursday (Sept. 13) along with other remote support units nationwide to provide support for federal,…
by - September 12, 2018 6:35 pm
The Riverfront Drive Skate and Bike Park slated to open by Memorial Day will have to wait another two weeks, according to Bobby Aldridge of Frontier Engineering, Inc. Aldridge, the…
by - September 12, 2018 6:12 pm
64.6 Downtown has partnered with the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce to host Invest Fort Smith, a one-day summit designed to build awareness of downtown economic development opportunities. The…
by - September 12, 2018 7:45 am
Eleven of 12 jurors ruled against the city of Fort Smith on Tuesday night (Sept. 11) in a lawsuit involving the River Valley Sports Complex (RVSC) and adjudicated before Sebastian…
by - September 11, 2018 3:40 pm
The United States Marshals Museum (USMM) continues to make progress on fundraising targets ahead of its Sept. 24, 2019 opening day. At a quarterly meeting on Tuesday (Sept. 11), USMM…
by - September 11, 2018 12:01 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) launched a pilot program over the summer to target reading deficiencies in students from grades 5-7. The district extended 40 invitations and received 34 enrollees….
by - September 10, 2018 3:28 pm
The Fort Smith region — Sebastian and Crawford counties — experienced an uptick in month-to-month and year-to-date home sales through values and unit sales, but it’s showing signs of weakness…
by - September 9, 2018 2:57 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenues continued to improve in July but not by much, with $3.729 million collected from the city’s 2% tax, 1% of which goes to streets, 0.75%…
by - September 7, 2018 12:29 pm
Issue 1, the contentious tort reform constitutional amendment on the November ballot, may be down after a Thursday ruling by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Mackie Pierce, but it’s definitely not…
by - September 5, 2018 5:04 pm
Regional building activity for Fort Smith, Van Buren, and Greenwood rose in August, but not for the reason one might think. Fort Smith, the region’s largest city, is normally the…
by - September 4, 2018 9:35 pm
The five-year dormant issue of mandatory spay-and-neuter in the city of Fort Smith came back around Tuesday night (Sept. 4) at a town hall meeting following the city’s Board of…
by - September 4, 2018 2:24 pm
Fort Smith Ward 1 Director and real estate developer Keith Lau is moving forward on his plans to build four-bedroom duplexes at the property he owns on 1001, 1011, and…
by - August 31, 2018 1:51 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, touched on his youngest son James’s battle with drug addiction in comments to students at the Future School of Fort Smith as he shared “five…
