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Building activity in the Fort Smith metro in November regained momentum with an almost 120% increase in building permit values, but it’s not enough to catch up with the record-breaking…
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The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) announced award recipients for the 2024 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) and Recreational Trails Program (RTP) and Booneville, Fort Smith, and Van Buren were among…
by - December 8, 2024 11:00 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors indefinitely tabled ordinances pertaining to public camping and vagrancy in the city at their Dec. 3 regular board meeting pending more input from the…
by - December 5, 2024 5:39 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) will start a new tuition waiver program aimed at supporting transfer students in Fall 2025 to make it easier for such students…
by - December 5, 2024 9:29 am
The University of Arkansas Fort Smith (UAFS) and the University of the Ozarks are partnering to bring more nurses to the region. The Carolyn McKelvey Moore School of Nursing formed…
by - December 4, 2024 5:16 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a plan Tuesday (Dec. 3) to pass along credit card fees to citizens. The city uses PayIt as a third party to process…
by - December 3, 2024 8:55 pm
Lee Kemp will be the new director for Ward 3 on the City of Fort Smith’s Board of Directors. He received 66.5% of the votes in Tuesday’s (Dec. 3) runoff…
by - December 3, 2024 8:34 pm
Approved City of Fort Smith utility department capital improvement plans (CIP) drastically reduce capital expenditures for water and sewer for the coming year compared to estimated spending in 2024. The…
by - December 2, 2024 12:44 pm
The Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) has launched the Shield Our Youth initiative, a new community-driven program designed to prevent juvenile crime. The program aims to address community challenges and…
by - December 1, 2024 11:17 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors is hoping a better evaluation of allocations will help take some of the stress off the utility department as well as other city departments….
by - November 21, 2024 12:21 pm
There was hope a Nov. 6 fire at Adelaide Hall in downtown Fort Smith would not be the end of one of the city’s most historic buildings. But it is…
by - November 20, 2024 2:03 pm
Local businesses, the Greater Fort Smith Association of Home Builders (GFSAHB), community organizations and the Fort Smith Public School District are bringing a little magic to Fort Smith this year…
by - November 20, 2024 12:39 pm
Fort Smith has received a $1.241 million federal grant to advance the city’s Comprehensive Safety Action Plan, also known as the Safe Fort Smith Plan. Part of the funds will…
by - November 19, 2024 12:55 pm
The City of Fort Smith budget hearing is set for Friday (Nov. 22) and the city’s Board of Directors are going in with a goal to balance the needs of…
by - November 18, 2024 4:28 pm
Water leaks seem to be a constant headache for the City of Fort Smith with a new leak seeming to spring up with every one repaired. The utilities department has…
by - November 15, 2024 3:10 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith received a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA), in partnership with Arts Midwest to help fund the Big Read…
by - November 14, 2024 3:19 pm
The City of Fort Smith and City Administrator Carl Geffken filed an answer to a lawsuit brought against the city regarding the city’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant program, denying all…
by - November 14, 2024 10:09 am
Carl Nevin has endorsed Russ Bragg for Fort Smith City Director Ward 3. Bragg and Lee Kemp will face each other in a runoff election Dec. 3. They, along with…
by - November 13, 2024 12:58 pm
Over the past nine months, a renovation has transformed the 30,000-square-foot former home office of Beverly Enterprises near Central Mall in Fort Smith into the largest early intervention day treatment…
by - November 12, 2024 4:51 pm
Attorneys for Crawford County have asked the court to understand it is time for a First Amendment lawsuit against the county to finally come to an end. The attorneys also…
