by - November 18, 2025 8:55 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Nov. 18) approved an ordinance that forces non-budgeted capital projects of $100,000 or more to first be considered in a study session…
by - November 18, 2025 6:21 pm
A $204,313 contract with Fort Smith-based Mickle Griffin was approved Monday (Nov. 17) by the Fort Smith Public School (FSPS) Board to provide engineering analysis, bid preparation, and other work…
by - November 18, 2025 6:12 pm
Eight nurses working with the Arkansas Center for Women and Infants’ Health at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have started calling postpartum moms in Arkansas to check…
by - November 18, 2025 12:48 pm
There appears to be little interest by the Fort Smith Board of Directors in a plan to cut funding for Miss Laura’s Museum as part of an overall effort to…
by - November 17, 2025 5:02 pm
Working to address a “structurally imbalanced general fund budget” was the focus Monday (Nov. 17) of an around six-hour discussion by the Fort Smith Board of Directors and city staff…
by - November 17, 2025 8:35 am
There is growth in downtown Fort Smith, but more needs to be done to support small business investment, add quality residential space, and create “intentional collaboration” between public and private…
by - November 16, 2025 5:12 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders on Sunday (Nov. 16) begrudgingly relented to two court orders requiring her to set new special election dates for Arkansas Senate District 26 in western Arkansas and…
by - November 16, 2025 12:04 pm
More than 150 gathered Wednesday (Nov. 12) at the Fort Smith office of Mickle Griffin Engineers & Surveyors to mark the company’s 70th anniversary and recognize Pat Mickle and others…
by - November 15, 2025 12:03 pm
Proposed rate changes in some sanitation services and a proposed ordinance to create a process to review large capital projects are two items the Fort Smith Board of Directors will…
by - November 14, 2025 3:25 pm
High water levels, river system maintenance, and tariff uncertainty are key factors in an almost 19% drop in tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River system in the first 10 months…
by - November 13, 2025 6:02 pm
Fort Smith Police Chief Danny Baker recently emailed members of the Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) informing them of his concerns that potential budget cuts jeopardize planned raises, staffing, vehicle…
by - November 13, 2025 11:03 am
All three of the Arkansas Senate districts in the Fort Smith metro will have either a contested primary or general election, and six of the 11 Arkansas House districts in…
by - November 12, 2025 7:09 pm
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Wednesday (Nov. 13) denied an effort by the office of Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin to stay a lower court’s ruling requiring a new special…
by - November 12, 2025 1:17 pm
The city of Fort Smith had planned a 25-day period for people to reserve through an online form a parking meter that once stood in downtown Fort Smith. It only…
by - November 11, 2025 1:12 pm
You can’t organically grow pillars of support for farm-to-school programs, but Leslee Tell believes such pillars are as important as seeds for meaningful and sustained success in efforts to educate…
by - November 11, 2025 11:00 am
In an unusual move by the Trump administration, David Clay Fowlkes, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, has been nominated to be a federal judge in the…
by - November 10, 2025 9:47 pm
It didn’t take the Fort Smith Board of Directors very long Monday night (Nov. 10) to push back again on two almost $27 million sewer system projects that they voted…
by - November 10, 2025 3:38 pm
The special election for Arkansas Senate District 26 will have at least five GOP candidates and one independent candidate. Wade Dunn of Greenwood will run as a Republican, and Franklin…
by - November 8, 2025 11:12 am
Two consent decree projects that the Fort Smith Board of Directors tabled Nov. 4 for a future study session discussion are now on the board’s voting agenda for a special…
by - November 7, 2025 2:59 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders can’t seek a stay from the Arkansas Supreme Court of a ruling requiring a new date in the Senate District 26 special election because the state didn’t…
