by - April 8, 2025 10:43 am
Two eastern Oklahoma municipal airports — located in the Fort Smith area — have or will receive more than $12.5 million to rehab and extend runways, build hangars, and build…
by - April 7, 2025 3:52 pm
Taliano’s General Manager Tara Way was busier than normal Monday (April 7) taking reservations. Her boss, Joe Caldarera, surprised many area residents Sunday with a social media post announcing that…
by - April 4, 2025 10:19 am
The Fort Smith metro home sales market is off to a slow start, with total sales down 1.5% in the first two months of 2025 compared with the same period…
by - April 2, 2025 10:38 am
Lower Arkansas income and corporate tax rates approved in 2024 are the primary reason for a tax revenue decline of more than 3% in the first nine months (July 2024-March…
by - April 1, 2025 4:42 pm
The Arkansas Cinema Society has launched the “Film in Arkansas” campaign with the goal of encouraging decision makers – especially legislators and those in the governor’s office – to boost…
by - March 31, 2025 7:27 pm
Added amenities and enhanced police and fire protection help support Greenwood’s economic growth that added 106,254 square feet of new residential and commercial space in 2024, according to Doug Kinslow,…
by - March 30, 2025 1:17 pm
Some members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors are not letting go of the hope that new leadership in Washington, D.C., will provide the city some flexibility and relief…
by - March 28, 2025 4:17 pm
The preliminary gross domestic product (GDP) and personal income report for the 50 states has Arkansas ranked first for GDP growth in the fourth quarter of 2024, and ranked 47th…
by - March 21, 2025 1:00 pm
Five of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas had year-over-year job gains in January, and five had jobless rates at or below 4%. Only the Jonesboro and…
by - March 20, 2025 10:42 am
Arkansas River tonnage totaled 1.81 million tons in the first two months of 2025, down 1.3% compared with 2.07 million tons in the same period of 2024, according to a…
by - March 19, 2025 12:55 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport traffic in the first two months of 2025 is down 3.1%, driven lower by a more than 11% drop in February numbers. The early trend follows…
by - March 18, 2025 8:45 pm
Despite global rumblings about NATO allies and other foreign nations being concerned about using the F-35 fighter, retired Air Force Col. Rob Ator said Tuesday (March 18) the F-35 pilot…
by - March 17, 2025 8:15 pm
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has removed LeFlore County in Oklahoma from the Fort Smith Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), which technically reduces the region’s workforce size by almost…
by - March 13, 2025 7:18 pm
Tempe, Ariz.-based Academies of Math & Science (AMS) has applied to open public enrollment charter schools in Fort Smith and Jonesboro. The Fort Smith campus for kindergarten through eighth grade…
by - March 11, 2025 5:46 pm
The Arkansas National Guard will on Thursday (March 13) ceremonially mark the start of construction on a new headquarters at Fort Chaffee for the 142nd Field Artillery Brigade, which is…
by - March 5, 2025 4:03 pm
Two members of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation are not concerned about the future of a foreign pilot training center in Fort Smith, even with U.S.-NATO relations in new and uncertain territory,…
by - March 5, 2025 3:15 pm
More than 50 people gathered Wednesday (March 5) in cold and windy conditions to ceremonially break ground on the 2025 showcase home that is part of a promotion effort of…
by - March 3, 2025 6:30 pm
The cost of the proposed 3,000-bed state prison in Franklin County is now estimated at $825 million, more than double the approximate $405 million state officials said it would cost…
by - February 26, 2025 12:58 pm
There will be no tax increase on the shot of whiskey you may consume in a Fort Smith sports bar and restaurant to celebrate a Razorback victory or, more likely,…
by - February 24, 2025 11:07 am
Fort Smith metro apartment property, commercial property, and land sales in 2024 are significantly below post pandemic levels, but apartment and land sales recovered slightly from 2023 lows. The region…
