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Fort Smith church to host Freedom Truck after history museum cancellation
A Freedom Truck, one of six created by the Freedom 250 group, has found a new site for a Fort Smith stop after being booked and then cancelled by the…
Author: Michael Tilley
by - June 28, 2026 4:25 pm
Concerns with the Sebastian County Sheriff’s office
The recently-surfaced video showing the potential maltreatment of a Sebastian County Jail inmate, and a subsequent statement about the troubling incident from interim Sheriff Mike Conger point to the need…
by - June 27, 2026 7:01 pm
Water system needs, budget priorities part of Fort Smith Board strategy session
Taking advantage of the foreign pilot training center, funding water infrastructure needs, and addressing public perceptions were some of the top topics discussed Friday (June 26) during a Fort Smith…
by - June 25, 2026 1:56 pm
Downtown Fort Smith arts events planned for early November
Several groups are working together on an early November inaugural arts events in downtown Fort Smith that organizers hope will be the beginning of an annual tradition and will better…
by - June 25, 2026 10:39 am
Lockheed Martin to boost job numbers in Fort Smith
Lockheed Martin, the Bethesda, Md.-based defense industry company that manufactures the F-35 fighter jet, said Thursday (June 25) it will boost employment in Fort Smith from an initial plan of…
by - June 24, 2026 12:12 pm
Rep. Richardson says he will push legislation requiring notice of hospital care cuts
Rep. Jay Richardson, D-Fort Smith, told the Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (June 23) that he will work to help craft legislation that would require hospitals to provide…
by - June 24, 2026 10:51 am
Fort Smith Museum of History cancels Freedom Truck visit
The Fort Smith Museum of History has reversed course on a plan to welcome a Freedom 250 truck to Fort Smith. The truck, a mobile museum, was to be in…
by - June 23, 2026 7:38 pm
911 vendor for Fort Smith, county allegedly breaches contract
The Fort Smith Board of Directors was given a heads up on Tuesday (June 23) about a recommended vendor change with a software system critical to operating a unified 911…
by - June 23, 2026 4:27 pm
Sebastian County Judge, Fort Smith Director not broadly supportive of NDAs
Neither Sebastian County or the city of Fort Smith leadership have signed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) for economic development since Jan. 1, 2024. Sebastian County Judge Steve Hotz said it is…
by - June 22, 2026 5:30 pm
‘Freedom Truck’ to arrive in Fort Smith with its mobile history museum
One of the six “Freedom Trucks” with the Freedom 250 organization will be in Fort Smith between July 11 and 13, and will be located near the Fort Smith Museum…
by - June 21, 2026 5:03 pm
Connections: UA engineer receives $550,000 career award
Wan Shou, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Arkansas, recently received a five-year, $550,000 Early Career Award from the National Science Foundation to develop high-resolution, selective…
by - June 21, 2026 4:44 pm
Col. Ihde notes ‘hurdles and challenges’ with foreign pilot training center
The past two years in the life and work of Col. Nicholas “Matrix” Ihde has been a collection of analogies. He’s had to pack 10 pounds of stuff into a…
by - June 20, 2026 1:03 pm
Tonnage up almost 11% on the Arkansas River through May
Commercial tonnage on the Arkansas River was up more than 50% in May, with the gain driven mostly by gains in sand/gravel/rock shipments, and a more than 55% gain in…
by - June 18, 2026 5:03 pm
Officials from Fort Smith and Poland sign Friendship Pact, mark arrival of F-35 jets
Several people from Fort Smith, including Mayor George McGill and Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tim Allen, were recently in Lask, Poland, to participate in events…
by - June 17, 2026 5:49 pm
Change-of-government question returning to Fort Smith board meeting
Here we go again. The Fort Smith Board of Directors is set to vote on placing a change-of-government question on the November 2026 general election ballot. A board considered the…
by - June 16, 2026 1:18 pm
Fort Smith city administrator candidates have wide-ranging backgrounds
Of the 15 people who applied for Fort Smith city administrator as of June 11, 13 have government experience, and three have government management experience in areas as large or…
by - June 15, 2026 11:07 am
Turn Key denies ‘defects and deficiencies’ allegations with Peak work
Fort Smith-based Turn Key Construction Management has denied allegations by the Fort Smith Public School District related to problems with the district’s Peak Innovation Center, saying the district was notified…
by - June 12, 2026 2:38 pm
Change-of-government question fails to make Fort Smith Board agenda
An attempt to have a change-of-government election ordinance on the Fort Smith Board of Directors agenda has failed. City Director Christina Catsavis on Thursday (June 11) engaged the process to…
by - June 11, 2026 4:54 pm
Fort Smith city administrator search has 13 candidates
The second attempt by the Fort Smith Board of Directors in almost 19 months to hire a new Fort Smith city administrator has garnered 13 candidates as of Thursday (June…
by - June 11, 2026 2:20 pm
Fort Smith metro home sales up almost 4% through April
There were 1,010 homes sold in the Fort Smith metro between January and April, up 3.8% compared with the same period in 2025. The gain is up against a 2025…