by - December 1, 2023 11:14 am
Having just completed a $17 million runway extension, Fort Smith Regional Airport officials are now working on adding an almost $18 million “arresting system” on the main runway. Both projects…
by - November 29, 2023 12:25 pm
Fort Smith metro home sales are down more than 16% through October compared with the same period in 2022, and are well below the record pace in 2021. The average…
by - November 26, 2023 8:09 am
Rachel Hobert is in casual attire, wearing a “Make Arkansas Great” ball cap. Levi, her Golden Retriever, laps at the water bowl kindly provided by a waiter at downtown Bentonville…
by - November 20, 2023 3:06 pm
Tourism continues to be good business. Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax revenue between January and August was $17.482 million, up 7.2% compared with the same period of 2022. The sector posted…
by - November 10, 2023 10:20 am
Downtown Fort Smith has “incredible bones,” and a corporate headquarters building in the area would build on recent momentum. But business and civic leaders need to do all they can…
by - November 9, 2023 12:56 pm
The newly formed Mid America League has selected Fort Smith as one of six team locations expected to play ball in May 2024. A Fort Smith team owner or owner…
by - November 7, 2023 5:24 pm
Family and friends of the late Jim Walcott gathered Tuesday (Nov. 7) to rename the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Family Enterprise Center (FEC) after Walcott. Renaming was supported…
by - November 2, 2023 11:09 am
A 2.6% decline in Arkansas tax revenue in the first four months of the fiscal year has less to do with economic conditions and more to do with lower tax…
by - October 30, 2023 4:46 pm
Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB) looks to have an advantage in what will be a new process to grant a casino license in Pope County thanks to an endorsement letter from…
by - October 27, 2023 10:32 am
Quarterly and year-to-date income and revenue is down for Fort Smith-based ArcBest, primarily a result of an environment in which the shipping and logistics company is handling less freight and…
by - October 26, 2023 11:57 am
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday (Oct. 26) affirmed a lower court ruling that said Cherokee Nation Businesses was not a qualified applicant when granted a casino license in Pope…
by - October 23, 2023 4:29 pm
The $1.17 million sale of an auto service center on Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith was the top Sebastian County property deal during August and September, according to information provided…
by - October 21, 2023 10:21 am
An almost 7% month-to-month increase in the number of jobless pushed Arkansas’ unemployment rate from 2.7% in August to 2.9% in September. However, the number of jobless in September is…
by - October 17, 2023 11:03 am
Even with an 8.4% decline and 12.2% decline in August and September, respectively, tonnage on the Arkansas River totaled 9.282 million tons through September, up 12%, according to the U.S….
by - October 12, 2023 7:14 pm
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., said the inability of Congress to agree on a federal budget could delay some funds for the foreign pilot training center in Fort Smith, but…
by - October 11, 2023 3:07 pm
Arkansas Citizens for Transparency on Wednesday (Oct. 11) unveiled an amendment draft that would ensconce the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) into the state constitution. The move follows Gov….
by - October 10, 2023 5:58 pm
The 2% merit pay received by Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) CEO Daniel Mann is legal because it’s for his work with a “political subdivision” in Arkansas, according to an…
by - October 3, 2023 10:33 am
Total Arkansas tax revenue in the first fiscal quarter (July-September 2023) was $2.057 billion, down 1.1% compared with the same period of 2022, but 6.9% above the forecast. The state’s…
by - October 2, 2023 5:38 pm
Infrastructure is, mostly, good. Roads, utilities, runways, bridges, drainage, water systems. All that and more. Most officials of any city want smart, robust infrastructure at all levels. As do most…
by - September 30, 2023 7:19 pm
Ashleigh Bachert likes the Arkansas River. It’s a “phenomenal” tourism asset to build on, she says. The new executive director of Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) also is…
