Author: Michael Tilley

Michael Tilley

Search committee named to help hire next UAFS chancellor

Included on a 16-member search committee named to help hire a University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) chancellor are ArcBest Chairman, President and CEO Judy McReynolds, and Fort Smith…

Fort Smith, Sebastian County officials hear pitch for $1.5 million water park expansion

Rising wear and tear is boosting expenses at the Parrot Island Water Park, and boredom with the same amenities is cutting into income and attendance, members of the Fort Smith…

USA Truck acquires Davis Transfer Company, expands southeast U.S. reach

USA Truck has expanded its business primarily in the southeast U.S. with the acquisition of Carnesville, Ga-based Davis Transfer Co., a regional carrier with $50 million in annual revenue and…

Fort Smith Board votes to appeal RVSC verdict

The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted Tuesday (Oct. 16) to spend an estimated $20,000 more in legal fees to appeal a jury verdict against the city related to paying…

CBID approves money for Gateway Park, gets update on The Unexpected festival

The planned Gateway Park in downtown Fort Smith will receive $15,000 in support from the Central Business Improvement District (CBID). The park, estimated to cost $579,770, will be built with…

Group develops list of ideas for new Fort Smith animal control ordinance

The Fort Smith Animal Services Advisory Board (ASAB) has developed a list of animal control recommendations for creation of an ordinance they hope will be approved by the Fort Smith…

Students use tax increases, spending cuts, tough ‘trade offs’ to reduce national debt

More than 220 University of Arkansas at Fort Smith students gathered Friday (Oct. 12) to devour 64 large pizzas and consider ideas on how to trim the national debt by…

Futurist Frey to bring his predictions, insights to Fort Smith

Thomas Frey is coming to Fort Smith and he’s bringing the future with him. That future, he says, is coming fast, with humanity to “change more in the next 20…

Fort Smith Board of Directors discusses possible appeal of RVSC verdict

Members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Oct. 9) discussed a possible appeal of a recent jury verdict against the city related to the abandoned River Valley…

Zero Mountain to invest $12.5 million in North Little Rock expansion

Fort Smith-based Zero Mountain Inc. is holding a ground breaking ceremony Tuesday (Oct. 9) for a $12.5 million expansion of its North Little Rock operation that will result in at…

The ‘great beer drought of 2018’ ends, distributor now watching consumer trends

The “great beer drought of 2018” in Oklahoma – or at least in eastern Oklahoma – is over, and only time will tell how Oklahoma’s new alcohol law will change…

Walton Family Foundation grant to aid workforce training in Fort Smith, Northwest Arkansas

Another result of Fort Smith voter approval of a school millage increase has emerged. The Walton Family Foundation has awarded a grant to the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce…

U.S. Reps. Hill and Womack seek info on ‘long-term health’ of the Buffalo River

With a rise in reports of algae growth on the Buffalo River, U.S. Reps. French Hill, R-Little Rock, and Steve Womack, R-Rogers, have asked the National Park Service (NPS) for…

The Unexpected to add ‘Outlier Series,’ bring music to downtown Fort Smith

The Unexpected has added a, well, unexpected level to this year’s art festival. The Unexpected Outlier Series will bring several musical acts to downtown Fort Smith, including Backroad Anthem and…

Director: Fort Smith spay-neuter law will require ‘real solutions and real costs’

Fort Smith City Director George Catsavis is open to ideas about a spay-neuter law, and Director Keith Lau believes there are more important issues the board should consider, but is…

HOPE Humane Society to fly 200-plus animals to Idaho, Oregon

Beau and around 200 of his friends will on Friday and Saturday catch flights out of Fort Smith to the Northwest U.S., where they will eventually find new homes and…

64.6 director seeks more public-private deals, cites ‘more potential’ for downtown Fort Smith

The city of Fort Smith is doing more to improve the image of downtown Fort Smith, but more can be accomplished with strategic public-private partnerships, according to Talicia Richardson, executive…

Sheriff Hollenbeck to be first Fort Smith Public Schools security director

Sebastian County Sheriff Bill Hollenbeck is going back to school. He will soon be in charge of security for the around 15,000 Fort Smith Public School students in 19 elementary…

UAFS students to use ‘Debt Fixer’ to consider federal deficit reduction solutions

The basic premise behind “The Debt Fixer” is that solutions exist to address the growing federal deficit, but the solutions are tough and full of political landmines. That premise will…

Fort Smith student one of four UA Sturgis Fellows

Southside High School graduate Beck Williams is one of four University of Arkansas students in the 2018-19 school year to receive the prestigious Sturgis Fellowship through the J. William Fulbright…