by - May 12, 2025 12:25 pm
Tariffs implemented and proposed by the Trump Administration are a big part of why Arkansas River tonnage is down more than 15% in the first four months of 2025, according…
by - May 8, 2025 6:42 pm
The Crawford County Public Library System saga continues to be expensive for the county. A lawsuit may soon be filed that alleges the violation of a separation agreement with former…
by - May 6, 2025 8:37 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (May 6) voted unanimously to direct the city hold a sales tax election in 2030 to give voters a chance to reauthorize…
by - May 5, 2025 5:02 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission hopes to have a director hired within six months, but a focus on finding “character and integrity” in a person to help lead the…
by - May 2, 2025 5:02 pm
Fort Smith may arguably be the third-largest city in Arkansas and center of the state’s third-largest metro area, but the Mercy Fort Smith hospital emergency room is the busiest in…
by - May 2, 2025 10:37 am
An income tax extension for those in storm-damaged areas and income tax payments made prior to April were primarily responsible for a 15.5% decline in Arkansas tax revenue in April….
by - May 2, 2025 10:04 am
“There’s no chance they’ll bring that mission to Fort Smith.” That was the first thought Col. Jay “Evil” Spohn had when asked to review sites for a planned new foreign…
by - May 1, 2025 11:08 am
An almost completed “solar garden” adjacent to the First National Bank of Fort Smith Phoenix bank branch in Fort Smith is also a pause point with just under $1 million…
by - April 30, 2025 2:47 pm
March traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport was up slightly compared with March 2024, but traffic numbers for the first quarter of the year are down almost 2%…
by - April 29, 2025 10:11 pm
Despite a proposed resolution from the Fort Smith Board of Directors to revisit sales tax allocations for police funding and the street tax program, a group opposing the tax may…
by - April 29, 2025 9:02 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (April 29) did not fire Rick Lolley, the city’s human resources director. Lolley was on the hot seat following a failed attempt…
by - April 29, 2025 2:10 pm
Six of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas had jobless rate increases in March compared with March 2024, with five of the seven posting year-over-year job gains….
by - April 29, 2025 11:23 am
Fort Smith-based Burton Pools & Spas has acquired Mid South Pools and Spas in Hot Springs, and company co-owner Caleb Burton said they may not be finished acquiring other operators…
by - April 29, 2025 10:10 am
ArcBest first-quarter net income and revenue fell below expectations thanks in part to ongoing manufacturing sector “weakness” and higher labor and other input costs. The report also included insight into…
by - April 28, 2025 8:18 pm
Voters in Fort Smith will on May 13 have the chance for the first time to adequately fund federally-mandated sewer system work and allow city leaders to “move on” to…
by - April 28, 2025 11:18 am
The first class of Polish Air Force pilots who are set to graduate from the foreign pilot training center at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith are the…
by - April 26, 2025 3:31 pm
In the aftermath of a botched effort to hire an internal auditor, the Fort Smith Board of Directors is looking for answers as to why they claim to not have…
by - April 24, 2025 11:34 am
Only 29% of Arkansans – as of April 23 – have obtained a Real ID as the May 7 deadline nears for all Americans to get the new form of…
by - April 22, 2025 9:09 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport Director Michael Griffin resigned Tuesday (April 22). His resignation was announced following a more than 90 minute Airport Commission executive session. Griffin, director since 2017, was…
by - April 15, 2025 3:02 pm
While it has had a decline in employment from the days when it was Baldor’s corporate headquarters, the ABB operation in Fort Smith remains the global base of the company’s…
