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The Bass Reeves Legacy Loop in Fort Smith is, possibly, back in the works, but with a significantly modified plan that meets new criteria following changes by the Trump administration….
by - June 5, 2026 5:59 pm
Improving revenue and tonnage at ArcBest is welcome news considering the past few years of operating in a tough national freight environment. The Fort Smith-based shipping and logistics company on…
by - June 4, 2026 3:43 pm
The April jobs report for the Fort Smith metro shows a more than 7% year-over-year decline in Professional and Business Services sector jobs. The sector includes some of the highest…
by - June 3, 2026 4:14 pm
The Northwest Arkansas metro again led job growth in Arkansas during April, with jobs in the region that is home to Walmart, Tyson Foods, and J.B. Hunt Transport up more…
by - June 2, 2026 5:03 pm
Little Rock-based Baptist Health on Tuesday (June 2) confirmed that it is cutting another 70 jobs at its Fort Smith hospital. The news comes a little more than a month…
by - June 2, 2026 1:24 pm
Five Rivers Distribution, which has made or participated in significant port facility investments in Fort Smith and Van Buren in recent years, is being sold to Seattle-based Carrix through its…
by - June 2, 2026 10:53 am
Thanks to an almost 7% fiscal year-to-date gain in income tax revenue and an almost 4% gain in sales tax revenue, Arkansas’ total tax revenue in the first 11 months…
by - May 28, 2026 10:26 pm
There were recommendations on different reporting methods and potential changes in how financial and other metrics are reported, but an almost two-hour review of a draft report on Parrot Island…
by - May 27, 2026 3:04 pm
There could be 20 or more Fort Smith municipal candidates on the ballot in November. City of Fort Smith Clerk Sherri Gard said the 2026 election cycle may generate the…
by - May 26, 2026 3:09 pm
Editor’s note: This is the sixth story in a series addressing identified Fort Smith water system replacement and repair needs with cost estimates that approach $600 million. Link here for…
by - May 22, 2026 12:46 pm
Amid overall job losses in the Fort Smith metro during March, the Education & Health Services and Leisure & Hospitality (tourism) sectors posted job gains compared with March 2025, according…
by - May 21, 2026 1:40 pm
Phil White said Thursday (May 21) during a Central Business Improvement District (CBID) meeting that what was just an idea a few months ago for a new historic monument in…
by - May 20, 2026 6:30 pm
The push to have the Fort Smith Board of Directors place a change-of-government question on the November 2026 general election ballot may not be dead despite the failure of two…
by - May 20, 2026 2:49 pm
Arkansas’ total tax revenue in fiscal year 2026, which ends in June, is expected to total $8.634 billion, up $278.7 million, or 3.3% from the previous fiscal year, according to…
by - May 19, 2026 9:57 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (May 19) did not approve two measures that would have placed a change-of-government question on the ballot, leaving, for now, such a…
by - May 19, 2026 6:22 pm
A charter school primarily for military families connected to the foreign pilot training center at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith could open its doors as early as…
by - May 19, 2026 10:40 am
A “slowing trend” in Arkansas job growth was evident in Tuesday’s federal report showing that only three of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas posted year-over-year job…
by - May 18, 2026 7:51 pm
In a narrow vote, the Fort Smith Public School Board on Monday (May 18) approved a $15 million bond package to support work that includes an estimated $5.4 million in…
by - May 17, 2026 2:19 pm
History could be made Tuesday (May 19) as the Fort Smith Board of Directors consider ordinances that would place a change-of-government question before city voters. The options are to place…
by - May 15, 2026 4:07 pm
Commercial traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport was up 1.36% in April, and is up less than 1% in the first four months of 2026 compared with the…
