by - February 23, 2026 3:47 pm
The city of Fort Smith has received a long-awaited consent decree modification from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) which, if approved, provides the city more time and flexibility to…
by - February 23, 2026 9:15 am
Jim Spears, the retired Fort Smith municipal judge who helped lead the effort to place the large Bass Reeves statue in downtown Fort Smith has another idea for an historic…
by - February 18, 2026 5:02 pm
It’s the story that won’t die. The Fort Smith Board of Directors appears to be on a path to rescind a vote that gave Royal Ridge Construction a $1.059 million…
by - February 18, 2026 10:52 am
An ordinance designed to outline the city’s dealings with “third-party intermediaries” was approved Tuesday (Feb. 17) by the Fort Smith Board of Directors. The board also approved funding to restart…
by - February 17, 2026 2:12 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first story in a series addressing identified Fort Smith water system replacement and repair needs with cost estimates that approach $600 million. Attention in recent…
by - February 16, 2026 12:02 pm
Sales tax money dedicated to Fort Smith’s parks and recreation capital projects can be used to install water slides at Parrot Island Waterpark, and the parks and recreation tax revenue…
by - February 13, 2026 1:21 pm
The Fort Smith metro tourism sector not only had the biggest year-over-year job gain in December, but has had the largest percentage job gain since the pandemic year of 2020,…
by - February 12, 2026 12:35 pm
It’s been a wild ride for USA Truck. In less than four years the company was bought and sold three times. That’s people and systems in and out. Three times….
by - February 11, 2026 1:12 pm
With $8.1 million in federal dollars recently approved, Marty Shell is hopeful the port of Fort Smith will have expanded rail capacity in place by early 2027 as part of…
by - February 10, 2026 9:54 pm
Fort Smith Director Christina Catsavis wants the city’s board of directors to approve another ordinance related to what has been a controversial and costly expansion of Parrot Island Waterpark. At…
by - February 10, 2026 9:01 pm
Barring any changes in sentiment, the Fort Smith Board of Directors is on a path to renew funding for a popular spay and neuter voucher program that animal advocates argue…
by - February 9, 2026 5:12 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax revenue between January and October was $23.003 million, down 0.35% compared with the $23.085 million in the same period of 2024. The decline through October was…
by - February 9, 2026 3:07 pm
Another fire station, more street and bridge repairs, and continued expansion and improvement of city parks are a few of the reasons city of Greenwood and Greenwood Chamber of Commerce…
by - February 5, 2026 5:18 pm
Fort Smith Director Christina Catsavis wants to be the city’s next mayor, and believes she will be a “proactive” mayor with priorities that include small business, senior citizens, and helping…
by - February 4, 2026 4:43 pm
The purchase and planned installation of five Parrot Island Waterpark waterslides has taken more twists and turns than, well, a water park waterslide. The latest chapter comes via a lawsuit…
by - February 4, 2026 2:28 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) on Wednesday (Feb. 4) released more details of a $30 million plan to build and operate a Center for Health Innovation that…
by - February 3, 2026 10:14 pm
In a runoff election in which the two candidates spent at least $306,000 combined, Paris businessman Brad Simon defeated Wade Dunn of Greenwood in Tuesday’s (Feb. 3) Republican primary runoff…
by - February 3, 2026 7:28 pm
A discussion Tuesday (Feb. 3) during the Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting about funding Main Street Fort Smith turned into somewhat of a brag fest about the nonprofit’s ongoing…
by - February 3, 2026 10:06 am
The Fort Smith School Board of Education on Monday (Feb. 2) voted to close Carnall and Spradling elementary schools as part of a “rightsizing” effort. Also, the district announced the…
by - February 2, 2026 5:49 pm
A package of U.S. Senate appropriations bills would direct $43 million to the Fort Smith metro for projects that include a mother and infant healthcare program at the University of…
