by - June 27, 2026 7:01 pm
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
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, 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. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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…
by - June 10, 2026 11:05 am
Dr. Jo Alice Blondin, who has a history of academic leadership in the Fort Smith metro, has been named interim president of the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE). She…
by - June 9, 2026 8:45 pm
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….
