by - December 8, 2015 9:18 pm
Members of the U.S. Marshals Museum Board heard Tuesday (Dec. 8) several key changes and plans, including a new site layout for the planned museum, next steps in the fundraising…
by - December 2, 2015 6:46 pm
The port of Fort Smith will receive a $125,644 grant from the Arkansas Waterways Commission to build a bulk storage warehouse. Port operator Marty Shell said the money will help…
by - December 1, 2015 9:37 pm
Fort Smith Police Chief Kevin Lindsey readily admits that the city’s police force does not have enough minorities, especially African American officers. He says the department actively works to diversify…
by - December 1, 2015 7:51 pm
Look away now for those of you hoping top personnel changes underway at the city of Fort Smith and recent actions by the Fort Smith Board are leading to more…
by - December 1, 2015 5:13 pm
Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp. is spending about 10% of its more than $260 million in cash to beef up its logistics business by acquiring Bear Transportation Services, a Plano, Texas-based…
by - November 20, 2015 1:12 pm
While it may sound counterintuitive, the president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis said Friday (Nov. 20) that the pace of job growth is likely to…
by - November 19, 2015 5:06 pm
Members of Arkansas’ State Parks, Recreation and Travel Commission received a brief presentation Thursday (Nov. 19) about the Festival of Murals project held in downtown Fort Smith that festival organizers…
by - November 19, 2015 3:56 pm
“And for the final time, Richard Davies,” Mike Mills said Thursday (Nov. 19) morning, turning over the November meeting of the State Parks, Recreation and Travel Commission. That simple line…
by - November 18, 2015 9:23 pm
A controversial electric transmission line project pushed by Houston-based Plains & Eastern Clean Line with the regulatory process challenged by members of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation would create a $660 million…
by - November 17, 2015 6:29 pm
In addition to a $3 million interest free loan from First National Bank of Fort Smith, business leaders in Fort Smith seeking to improve the city’s trail system have raised…
by - November 15, 2015 8:06 pm
U.S. and Arkansas job and tourism growth related to microbreweries is on the rise. Church membership is on the decline. Wanna guess which has the ear of the Fort Smith…
by - November 13, 2015 11:00 am
Voters in the Fort Smith metro area hoping for choices in the 2016 state legislative races are out of luck. Of the nine House races, only two are competitive, and…
by - November 12, 2015 10:30 pm
A public process that began July 9 with several public hearings ended Thursday (Nov. 12) with the Arkansas Board of Education approving a charter for the Future School of Fort…
by - November 8, 2015 11:38 am
Editor’s note: This essay about my grandfather, Raymond Evans, was first published November 2002. Raymond Evans died Dec. 6, 2008. There is no expiration on the need to remember Veterans…
by - November 5, 2015 5:57 pm
Two of Arkansas’ largest metro areas continued to see economic improvements during the second quarter of 2015, with the Fort Smith metro economy falling back slightly because of poor job…
by - November 5, 2015 9:08 am
Small festivals across the state have the opportunity to get some help promoting their events to the public through a grant program established in the last legislative session and run…
by - November 3, 2015 7:57 pm
What could have been an embarrassing legal blunder over the selection of a new Southside High School mascot logo has resulted in gaining design support from a man involved in…
by - October 22, 2015 5:50 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Thursday spoke to The City Wire/Talk Business and Politics about trade with Cuba, the future of the state’s tourism agency, and a recent published report…
by - October 20, 2015 3:02 pm
Some in the upper levels of Fort Smith city leadership have said the city has cut expenses as much as possible and the best/only way to fix budget holes is…
by - October 19, 2015 5:16 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is one of hundreds of institutions around the country trying to help address a growing truck driver shortage, and the slowdown in the U.S. energy industry has helped a regional Arkansas carrier fill some of its open driver positions.
