by - July 25, 2024 10:09 am
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) has sued three property owners claiming breach of contract and fraud in hopes of getting the land back. One of the defendants is Steve…
by - July 24, 2024 10:29 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed during its regular meeting Tuesday (July 23) to set aside $250,000 to fund incentives to encourage those working remotely to relocate to Fort…
by - July 23, 2024 6:16 pm
The City of Fort Smith is once again looking for a city prosecuting attorney. Rita Watkins began as the city prosecutor for the city on Oct. 31, 2022. On July…
by - July 23, 2024 4:37 pm
Sebastian County finds itself with an understaffed, and possibly unstaffed, election coordinator office less than 95 days before the start of early voting in Arkansas for the Nov. 5 general…
by - July 22, 2024 2:17 pm
Commissioners with the Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) are rethinking projects to fund to improve downtown. Part of the plan shift could include lighting under the Garrison Avenue…
by - July 20, 2024 1:12 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Trustees on Thursday (July 18) agreed to put $25,000 toward trails connecting Chaffee Crossing to Greenwood. The money would support an effort by…
by - July 18, 2024 2:23 pm
The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) Commission is adjusting downtown Fort Smith improvement programs created with the help of revenue from an assessment on property in the district….
by - July 18, 2024 1:36 pm
There are changes coming to 64.6 Downtown with new leadership set to take over in the coming months. 64.6 Executive Director Talicia Richardson plans to step down to open a…
by - July 17, 2024 6:16 pm
Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken plans to meet with Sebastian County Judge Steve Hotz after the county’s Quorum Court rejected spending $2.1 million to support expansion of the Parrot…
by - July 17, 2024 6:06 pm
Lawmakers, school administrators and parents have cell phones, their use by students, and possible restrictions on their mind as the tie for back-to-school draws near. But area schools are saying…
by - July 16, 2024 5:22 pm
Work on the $1.18 million Carol Ann Cross Park boardwalk in Fort Smith is on track for completion in the late fall. Crawford Construction has completed most of the framing…
by - July 16, 2024 1:16 pm
With an attendance of around 65,000, the U.S. Marshals Museum has had a good inaugural year, according to Ben Johnson, museum president and CEO. He said attendance for the first…
by - July 15, 2024 6:31 pm
Van Buren’s historic Main Street is back to normal after transforming over the weekend into an 1875 Old West town for filming of a new Western from director Johnny Remo…
by - July 15, 2024 3:18 pm
Fort Smith City Director Lavon Morton said Monday (July 15) will not seek reelection to the Ward 2 Board of Directors seat he holds. Morton was first appointed to the…
by - July 11, 2024 8:21 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Thursday (July 11) at a special meeting approved a water rate increase that will start Aug. 1 but put off a second increase…
by - July 11, 2024 8:12 pm
Future patrons and supporters of the Fort Kids Museum can get a taste of what the future children’s museum will have to offer at the Fort Kids concourse at The…
by - July 11, 2024 6:39 pm
Jerry Canfield, attorney for the City of Fort Smith, disagrees with the interpretation of how an ex-officio member’s designee can be appointed to the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority board of…
by - July 10, 2024 5:07 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) has said it will not recognize the Barling Board of Directors’ appointment of Steve Beam as its ex-officio member on the FCRA Board of…
by - July 9, 2024 7:27 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved $2.1 million for a five-slide expansion to Parrot Island Waterpark. The slides, destined for a Florida park, are available at an “aggressive discount,”…
by - July 9, 2024 4:43 pm
Proposed broad water rate increases are once again on the Fort Smith Board of Directors agenda – this time at a special meeting called for Thursday (July 11). The increase…
