by - June 26, 2023 3:00 pm
The city of Fort Smith is asking to apply for a $20 million grant through the Department of Defense (DOD) to fund water line work along about four miles of…
by - June 16, 2023 1:01 pm
International Brotherhood of Teamsters members who work for ABF Freight are set to vote on a new five-year labor agreement that includes an immediate per hour raise of $3.50, and…
by - June 15, 2023 11:30 am
An Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) review working group created by Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin includes a member who pushed legislation that would have “significantly weakened” public access…
by - June 13, 2023 3:20 pm
The expensive effort to create a foreign military pilot training center in Fort Smith may have $75.5 million – if not more – in the next federal fiscal year to…
by - June 12, 2023 1:26 pm
With interest rates more than double what they were two years ago, Fort Smith metro home sales are trending much lower than the records set in 2021. First quarter home…
by - June 9, 2023 2:30 pm
Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva is speaking this summer at the national convention of Moms for Liberty, a group recently identified as an “extremist” group by the Southern Poverty Law…
by - June 7, 2023 5:22 pm
The estimated 8,600 drivers, dock workers and other unionized employees of ABF Freight may soon vote on new five-year contract if Teamster leaders next week approve sending the tentative agreement…
by - June 6, 2023 5:45 pm
Teamsters and ArcBest negotiators continue to work toward a labor contract agreement for the more than 8,000 union drivers with ArcBest subsidiary ABF Freight. The existing five-year contract expires June…
by - June 2, 2023 10:45 am
Arkansas’ fiscal year-to-date (July 2022-May 2023) tax revenue is up 0.4% compared with the same period in the previous fiscal month, and the revised budget indicates the state will end…
by - May 31, 2023 4:05 pm
Average per day spending on medical marijuana in Arkansas is $787,000, but that tally toked higher to more than $2 million on April 20, a date – 4/20 – associated…
by - May 31, 2023 2:02 pm
Attorney Brian Meadors has filed a federal complaint against book censorship actions by the Crawford County Public Library. The action comes almost 20 years after Meadors won a similar censorship…
by - May 30, 2023 5:44 pm
The Freedom from Religion Foundation (FFRF) is asking the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office to stop promotion of religious programs, events and other activities that violate the Establishment Clause of the…
by - May 24, 2023 3:15 pm
The biggest Sebastian County property sales in March and April were an apartment complex in south Fort Smith and commercial property on U.S. 71 South between Fort Smith and Greenwood….
by - May 19, 2023 10:35 am
An almost 10% decline in the number of unemployed and a 1% gain in jobs year-over-year helped push Arkansas’ April jobless rate to 2.8%, below the 3.1% in April 2022…
by - May 16, 2023 6:40 pm
An effort by the Fort Smith International Film Festival is part of the community outreach to foreign nations that U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, has said will be vital now…
by - May 11, 2023 1:32 pm
The state’s leisure and hospitality (tourism) sector continues in early 2023 with the significant gains posted in 2022. Arkansas’ tourism tax is up 15.7%, with tourism sector jobs up almost…
by - May 9, 2023 7:57 pm
The odds are against adding new commercial air routes in the near future at the Fort Smith Regional Airport, but a consultant on Tuesday (May 9) told airport commissioners and…
by - May 8, 2023 4:54 pm
Jim Walcott, a business and community leader who played a part in the creation of the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education, died Sunday (May 7) after a long battle with…
by - May 8, 2023 8:04 am
Caleb Lebow is a Hillbilly. He’s from Ozark. It’s the school’s mascot. But he’s far from the cliche underachieving mountaineer. He has a master’s degree in engineering, has his finger…
by - May 8, 2023 8:01 am
Fort Smith-based KMW Properties was a “passive” real estate development company primarily supporting the operations of Hanna Oil & Gas. That began to change when Tom Hanna returned to the…
