by - October 2, 2024 5:32 pm
U.S. District Judge P.K. Holmes III ruled against Crawford County in a First Amendment lawsuit regarding the removal and relocation of books largely because of objections from citizens to LGBTQ…
by - October 1, 2024 10:46 am
Almost 30 years after the abduction of Morgan Nick in Alma, a suspect has been named. Alma Police Chief Jeff Pointer said Tuesday (Oct. 1) that DNA testing shows Nick…
by - September 30, 2024 9:08 pm
The City of Fort Smith released a statement Monday (Sept. 30) to refute numerous unfounded social media reports suggesting the city is bringing illegal immigrants into the area. The statement…
by - September 27, 2024 4:42 pm
The Sebastian County Election Commission has voted to change a polling site from Forefront Church to Mercy Clinic Primary Care-Fianna Hills in response to a formal request from Lee Kemp,…
by - September 26, 2024 4:30 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenue continues the flat path it has traveled most of the year. The August report shows the city’s share of the countywide sales tax is 2.6%…
by - September 25, 2024 3:31 pm
A new $5.255 million business park is going in on the former site of Grand Slam Fun Center at 5300 Zero St. in Fort Smith. A building permit was issued…
by - September 24, 2024 8:16 pm
A plan is moving forward for the Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) to buy the building now used for city offices, but Fort Smith City Directors aren’t sure…
by - September 24, 2024 3:42 pm
Hot topics during an Arkansas Municipal League (AML) legislative roundtable held Tuesday (Sept. 24) with representatives of cities in the Fort Smith metro included incentives for economic development, sales tax…
by - September 23, 2024 6:14 pm
The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District Board has called a special meeting to once again discuss the possibility of purchasing the building at 623 Garrison Ave., which is used…
by - September 23, 2024 3:55 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors recently approved a solar energy plan. A $1.452 million investment will generate about $100,000 in annual energy cost savings that will offset 68% of…
by - September 19, 2024 5:31 pm
Candidate for the Fort Smith city director Ward 3 position Lee Kemp on Thursday (Sept. 19) requested Forefront Church on Jenny Lind Road be removed as a polling place for…
by - September 19, 2024 3:20 pm
Fort Smith emergency services officials plan to meet with the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) in October to learn more about suggested medians on Highway 22 (Rogers Avenue) and their…
by - September 18, 2024 7:26 pm
The Sebastian County Election Commission has received a complaint about Forefront Church being both a polling site for the Nov. 5 general election and the home of one of the…
by - September 17, 2024 4:20 pm
Fort Smith dogs have a new place to hang out and sniff and run when they accompany their owners to downtown Fort Smith thanks to a private park now planned…
by - September 16, 2024 4:52 pm
Chris Hoover has had a lead role in helping the City of Fort Smith receive grants for the city’s fire department, climate and pollution control, and infrastructure needed for the…
by - September 12, 2024 11:13 am
The Fort Smith Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) is renovating the new Fort Smith Visitors Center at 524 Garrison Ave., for an opening later this year and needs local photos…
by - September 11, 2024 3:36 pm
City Administrator Carl Geffken presented a number of proposals to take to the Department of Justice for consent decree modification to the Board of Directors Tuesday night (Sept. 10) requesting…
by - September 10, 2024 7:16 pm
Representatives from the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) told the Fort Smith Board of Directors that the raised medians planned for an improvement project on Rogers Avenue will reduce traffic…
by - September 10, 2024 12:42 pm
Enrollment at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) is essentially flat compared with the same period in 2023, according to unofficial enrollment numbers. Freshmen enrollment also was essentially…
by - September 6, 2024 12:10 pm
Baptist Health-Fort Smith is closing its outpatient surgery center in Fort Smith. The action could include the loss of 25 jobs. Jeff Carrier, region president for Baptist Health Fort Smith…
