by - July 19, 2018 6:37 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) on Thursday (July 19) reluctantly approved a third one-year extension request from Chaffee Crossing Real Estate, Inc., the owners of a 90-acre parcel along…
by - July 18, 2018 6:05 pm
The Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority (WAIA, formerly RITA) will send representatives to Omaha, Neb., for the Short Line Railroad & Port Conference hosted by Union Pacific on Aug. 14 and…
by - July 18, 2018 10:23 am
Fort Smith Finance Director Jennifer Walker presented an accounting anomaly to the city’s Board of Directors at a Tuesday (July 17) study session that will cost the city approximately $320,000…
by - July 17, 2018 6:21 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors at a Tuesday (July 17) study session reviewed an interlocal agreement for its existing participation in the Sebastian County Regional Crisis Stabilization Unit (SCRCSU)….
by - July 17, 2018 3:02 pm
Attorneys for the city of Fort Smith and the McCutchen & Sexton Law Firm made their cases before the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Task Force at a meeting…
by - July 16, 2018 5:22 pm
Skechers has finalized a lease agreement with IRC to open a location at the Chicago-based property owner’s Fort Smith Pavilion this September. The retailer will occupy the 7,980-square foot space…
by - July 15, 2018 4:21 pm
Fort Smith Civil Service Commission Chairman Chip Sexton has responded to “material factual inaccuracies” included in a report from a Fort Smith Board of Directors study session on Thursday (July…
by - July 13, 2018 9:35 am
The Fort Smith Civil Service Commission came under closer scrutiny by the city’s Board of Directors at a study session on Thursday (July 12), with Board members calling for more…
by - July 11, 2018 7:17 pm
Fort Smith Director Tracy Pennartz has endorsed Robyn Dawson for the At-Large Position 5 race for the Fort Smith Board of Directors. In an email to Talk Business & Politics…
by - July 11, 2018 11:04 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (July 10) approved the issuance of up to $160 million in water and sewer refunding and construction revenue bonds expected to save…
by - July 10, 2018 7:32 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenues played catch-up in May with $3.429 million collected from the city’s 2% tax, 1% of which goes to streets, 0.75% to bond issues, and 0.25%…
by - July 10, 2018 4:07 pm
Dr. David McWhorter, professor and chair of anatomy at the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM), has spent more than 20 years in the medical profession. As an anatomist, one…
by - July 10, 2018 7:52 am
Fort Smith School Board members on Monday (July 9) received their first look at bond issue numbers following voter approval of a millage increase on May 22. Estimates from four…
by - July 5, 2018 4:58 pm
Fort Smith Metro home sales broke the $200 million mark in the first half of 2018 with Sebastian and Crawford counties seeing year-to-date gains of 13.7% and 18.15% in sales…
by - July 3, 2018 3:34 pm
Fort Smith Ward 1 Director and real estate developer Keith Lau will return to the city’s planning commission next week to be considered for a second approval after having made…
by - July 3, 2018 10:14 am
Future School of Fort Smith founder Trish Flanagan has launched the Think Future Foundation. The new organization’s stated purpose is to “grow Future School’s early success at bringing new learning…
by - July 2, 2018 4:04 pm
Regional building activity for Fort Smith, Van Buren, and Greenwood enjoyed a modest gain following a breakthrough May that pushed the combined Fort Smith metro region to its first year-to-date…
by - June 28, 2018 5:35 pm
If Reverend Shaw Moore were a real person — and dead — he might soon be turning over in his grave at what one City Director has in mind for…
by - June 28, 2018 4:37 pm
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) and The Degen Foundation announced Thursday (June 28) two grants totaling more than $500,000 to fund a “celebration garden and wellness park.” Foundation…
by - June 27, 2018 5:07 pm
Next Step Dayroom estimates it will need $400,000 to build or renovate a new location to relocate from its 6th Street facility in downtown Fort Smith. The 501(c)(3), which provides…
