by - June 9, 2025 4:19 pm
Sebastian County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Shue has turned over a “criminal liability” investigation into the City of Fort Smith and Acting City Administrator Jeff Dingman to a special prosecutor assigned…
by - June 7, 2025 6:30 pm
Rick Lolley, the City of Fort Smith human resources director involved in an ongoing controversy over a failed attempt to hire an internal auditor, has retired effective immediately, the city…
by - June 6, 2025 12:50 pm
Average weekly wages in the fourth quarter of 2024 were up 5.36% in Crawford County and up 3% in Sebastian County compared with the same quarter in 2023. The number…
by - June 5, 2025 6:39 pm
Reuse plans for the former Fianna Hills Country Club and parts of the golf course are similar to what developer Sam Seeger outlined in early 2024, with “slight physical adjustments”…
by - June 4, 2025 2:30 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (June 3) voted to pursue three concurrent paths to fill the key role of internal auditor — a position vacant since April…
by - June 4, 2025 12:20 pm
John Miller, Sebastian County chief deputy sheriff, announced Wednesday (June 4) he will seek the open sheriff seat in the 2026 election cycle. Sebastian County Sheriff Hobe Runion, who is…
by - June 4, 2025 11:17 am
Benton and Washington counties in Northwest Arkansas were in the top 5 among the nation’s largest 369 counties for average weekly wage percentage gains in the fourth quarter of 2024….
by - June 3, 2025 9:58 pm
Sebastian County Circuit Court Judge Dianna Hewitt Ladd on Tuesday (June 3) ruled that the City of Fort Smith and Acting City Administrator Jeff Dingman violated the Arkansas Freedom of…
by - June 3, 2025 1:08 pm
Most of the Fort Smith city directors who responded to questions about the search for a city administrator are open to using an executive search firm, and most also hope…
by - June 3, 2025 10:09 am
Arkansas tax revenue is down $372.7 million in the first 11 months of the fiscal year, but the almost 5% decline is 0.3% above the budget forecast. The state’s sales…
by - June 2, 2025 5:45 pm
In response to a question about the process to hire a city administrator, Fort Smith Director and Vice Mayor Jarred Rego suggested the better question for city residents is about…
by - June 2, 2025 5:10 pm
In a 6-page order and opinion dated June 2, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Brooks dismissed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Fort Smith Public School (FSPS) District and Board…
by - June 2, 2025 1:56 pm
Former Crawford County Library Director Deidre Gryzmala is suing Crawford County and Quorum Court member Tammy Hamby alleging defamation of character and breach of contract. The filing seeks a jury…
by - June 2, 2025 10:11 am
Fort Smith metro home sales through April were down 3.8%, but the value of the homes sold was up 5.5%. Sebastian County, the largest in the metro, posted an almost…
by - June 1, 2025 1:59 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors has a busy June 3 regular meeting, with an Arkoma sewer service agreement delay, $2.5 million in entrance work to Ebbing Air National Guard…
by - May 29, 2025 3:00 pm
Commercial traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport continues to move in the wrong direction, with April enplanements down more than 11% compared with April 2024. April enplanements totaled…
by - May 28, 2025 5:51 pm
Developer Sam Seeger is again hoping to develop the former Fianna Hills Country Club into a “retirement housing” facility and also seeks to build on adjacent property a residential subdivision…
by - May 28, 2025 2:28 pm
All seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas posted job gains in April, with the estimated number of jobs in the Northwest Arkansas metro setting a new record at…
by - May 27, 2025 6:58 pm
The Fort Smith Police Department recorded a 14.07% decline in “Part 1” crime – serious offenses tracked by the Federal Bureau of Investigation – in 2024, and more than 65%…
by - May 22, 2025 6:48 pm
One can’t replace lost history, but it’s possible to build something that will become history. So believes Rick Griffin, who is working with Oklahoma City-based Bricktown Brewery to rebuild a…
