by - October 4, 2017 11:40 am
Filing deadlines for the Van Buren mayoral race are not until July 2018, but there is already one candidate and one endorsement. Van Buren City Planner Joe Hurst has announced…
by - October 3, 2017 11:45 pm
A planned Dollar General store that stirred controversy at a recent Fort Smith planning commission meeting has won approval to move forward from the city’s Board of Directors. The Board…
by - October 2, 2017 5:13 pm
August giveth, September taketh away. After a big upswing from Van Buren and Greenwood that placed the Fort Smith metro region’s building activity 3% ahead for the year, a poor…
by - September 28, 2017 4:10 pm
The Fort Smith capital improvement plan (CIP) advisory committee for streets, bridges, and associated drainage approved a $133 million 5-year CIP starting in 2018 with a $29.9 million spend. The…
by - September 27, 2017 7:54 pm
The Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) has asked the city’s Board of Directors to consider approval of approximately $790,000 in unplanned expenditures that may help bridge the equipment gap in…
by - September 26, 2017 6:01 pm
The Riverview Hope Campus opens on Friday (Sept. 29) after approximately eight years of planning and development. The effort behind the $3.9 million campus — bringing together various agencies in…
by - September 26, 2017 5:50 pm
Fort Smith residential customers should not see any rate increases for at least another four years, if findings from third-party consulting firm Arcadis have any influence over the city’s Board…
by - September 26, 2017 5:39 am
Fort Smith School Board President Dr. Deanie Mehl stepped away from her post for the first time in 12 years on Monday night (Sept. 25) during the Board’s regular meeting….
by - September 21, 2017 11:24 pm
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) President and CEO Kyle Parker hinted the newly opened medical colleges were on the verge of announcing new developments on the Barling side of…
by - September 20, 2017 4:02 pm
Brenda Yelvington never told herself she wanted to make a movie. Yet on Saturday night (Sept. 16) she received a message on Facebook informing her she had won Best Documentary…
by - September 20, 2017 10:21 am
The Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority (formerly known as the Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority, or RITA) has just turned eight years old and is facing increasing pressure to produce a result…
by - September 20, 2017 9:59 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Sept. 19) approved a request from the city’s utilities department to proceed with the acquisition of properties related to a federal consent…
by - September 16, 2017 2:44 pm
The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 39 and Fort Smith Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 33 have united to recall members of the city’s Board of Directors. The local police…
by - September 13, 2017 6:52 pm
A new Dollar General location at the southwest corner of the intersection of Arkansas Highway 253 and Durham Avenue will not move forward, at least not without an appeal to…
by - September 12, 2017 6:05 pm
Fort Smith city attorney Jerry Canfield advised the Board of Directors to not accept a settlement offer from attorney Joey McCutchen that would acknowledge a violation of the Arkansas Freedom…
by - September 12, 2017 3:40 pm
The Fort Smith metro home sales market is up 10% through the first eight months of the year despite soft August numbers. While the region which consists of Sebastian and…
by - September 11, 2017 4:16 pm
Fort Smith metro building activity was up big in its smallest sectors for August, pushing what were negative year-to-date numbers into the black. Normally what happens in Fort Smith has…
by - September 11, 2017 2:51 pm
Downtown Van Buren will welcome the third Pasta Grill restaurant in Arkansas joining previous locations at Conway and Russellville. The Italian eatery, which also serves steaks and seafood, will open…
by - September 9, 2017 11:52 am
Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) Health Policy Director J. Craig Wilson said despite the state’s role as a leader in implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), “something is…
by - September 6, 2017 2:21 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors will move forward adding two civil service commissioners after a contentious Tuesday night (Sept. 5) vote. Directors George Catsavis, Don Hutchings, and Kevin Settle…
