by - August 22, 2025 3:13 pm
Friday’s (Aug. 22) groundbreaking ceremony for the 3.1-mile stretch of Interstate 49 that will include an Arkansas River bridge was equal parts celebration of the progress and awareness of how…
by - August 21, 2025 2:23 pm
In what began as a discussion about the need for a full-time director, members of the Central Business Improvement District (CBID) Commission agreed during a Thursday (Aug. 21) meeting to…
by - August 20, 2025 3:48 pm
A plan pushed by Fort Smith city staff to analyze and eventually modernize the city’s water meter system failed to get even a motion of support from the Fort Smith…
by - August 19, 2025 10:47 pm
The search is set to begin for the next Fort Smith city administrator. The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Aug. 19) directed the city’s human resources office to…
by - August 19, 2025 8:23 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Aug. 19) tabled action on options to acquire or support four cemeteries in the city that cover around 105 acres. Cemetery managers…
by - August 19, 2025 6:09 pm
Trane Technologies plans to invest almost $6 million to expand manufacturing capacity at its Fort Smith plant. The expansion is expected to add 63 jobs to the 272 jobs now…
by - August 18, 2025 4:07 pm
Shirley Yeager and a few Shamrock Liquor Warehouse employees gathered Monday (Aug. 18) to celebrate a building permit that puts them on a path toward Yeager’s aggressive goal of re-opening…
by - August 16, 2025 1:05 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors has a packed agenda for its Tuesday (Aug. 19) meeting, with voting items to include a job incentive package, a resolution supporting National Historic…
by - August 14, 2025 4:27 pm
With some prep work either finished and underway, state and local officials are set to gather Aug. 22 in Barling to ceremonially break ground on construction of the Interstate 49…
by - August 13, 2025 3:42 pm
The U.S. Air Force plans to lease six more acres from the Fort Smith Regional Airport to support the foreign military pilot training center now active at Ebbing Air National…
by - August 10, 2025 2:41 pm
The ongoing discussion about what to do with certain Fort Smith-owned properties will be discussed further Tuesday (Aug. 12) during a Fort Smith Board of Directors’ study session. The board…
by - August 8, 2025 1:18 pm
The response to a “plague on our community” that is cancer, which is faced by more than 5,000 in the Fort Smith medical service area, will be improved with Mercy…
by - August 7, 2025 7:09 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors and the city’s Audit Advisory Committee took a step closer on Thursday (Aug. 7) in what has been a long and bumpy process to…
by - August 6, 2025 12:16 pm
During a Tuesday (Aug. 5) meeting in Fort Smith with volunteer leaders of the Fort Kids Children’s Museum, U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, committed to helping make the museum a…
by - August 5, 2025 8:17 pm
Say goodbye to the more than 300 parking meters in downtown Fort Smith, and the annual loss to the City of Fort Smith of around $35,000 for meter maintenance and…
by - August 5, 2025 10:08 am
Take a drive around major Fort Smith thoroughfares and there’s a good chance Jimmie Deer had a hand in most of the newer structures along the drive. In just the…
by - August 4, 2025 1:01 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors have made no known public effort to begin a search for a city administrator almost 8 months after the December 2024 firing of former…
by - August 3, 2025 12:36 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Aug. 5) is set to remove parking meters in downtown Fort Smith. The board also is set to vote on a resolution…
by - August 1, 2025 1:11 pm
Six static aircraft once on display at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith are now parked in a holding area during construction of the foreign military pilot training…
by - July 31, 2025 5:29 pm
Tempe, Ariz.-based Academies of Math & Science (AMS) is again seeking to open a K-8-grade public enrollment school in Fort Smith that could open in 2026 or 2027 and have…
