by - February 8, 2024 3:54 pm
The Institute for the Creative Arts in Fort Smith announced Thursday (Feb. 8) it has received a $1.25 million Charter Schools Program Subgrant (CSP) from the Arkansas Public School Resource…
by - February 7, 2024 5:22 pm
The City of Fort Smith may have to spend more than $25 million to fix a wastewater problem that has placed the city under an administrative consent order with the…
by - February 7, 2024 9:49 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Feb. 6) approved a resolution endorsing Umarex USA/Walther to receive state tax incentives, and approved a zoning change that will allow Mercy…
by - February 6, 2024 10:24 am
Fort Smith municipal elections will be different from in years past thanks to a law – Act 328 – passed in the 2023 Arkansas General Assembly. The new process pushes…
by - February 5, 2024 4:56 pm
A medical student at the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM) will intern with NASA at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas, before graduating later this…
by - February 1, 2024 6:17 pm
Building activity slowed in the Fort Smith metro area in January, a month that saw extreme cold and snow and ice that closed schools and government offices. Building permit values…
by - January 30, 2024 7:07 pm
For its fourth year, the Fort Smith International Film Festival will make the move from merely showcasing and exhibiting films from around the world to being a marketplace where filmmakers…
by - January 29, 2024 6:01 pm
Business licenses fees brought the City of Fort Smith about $360,000 in revenue in 2023, somewhat less than anticipated when the fees were reinstated in 2018, but up more than…
by - January 25, 2024 6:06 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenue dropped in December even below budget estimates, but the city still managed to end 2023 with tax revenues above those in 2022. According to the…
by - January 24, 2024 3:31 pm
The City of Fort Smith is seeking a substantial allocation from a $4.3 billion grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and in the course of the planning is…
by - January 23, 2024 6:46 pm
Now that the City of Fort Smith owns the property that once housed the ACME Brick Yard, the city can begin the process of developing designs to turn the property…
by - January 23, 2024 9:29 am
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education on Monday (Jan. 22) approved an alternative calendar for the 2024-25 school year that is based on instructional minutes rather than the…
by - January 22, 2024 2:16 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors passed an ordinance Jan. 19 amending the city’s animal regulations as well as resolutions that will help residents spay and neuter pets and to…
by - January 18, 2024 5:12 pm
Connectivity in downtown Fort Smith with attractions along the Arkansas River is the main focus of a study by MAHG Architecture for the Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District. The…
by - January 17, 2024 5:10 pm
The River Valley Slackwater Harbor project, which received notification in November that it would receive a $15.096 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration (MARAD), is now…
by - January 11, 2024 5:46 pm
Attorney Brian Meadors said that in light of the new Crawford County Library leadership on the board there “may be” room for negotiation on the lawsuit he filed against the…
by - January 10, 2024 5:57 pm
Fort Smith city residents who pay a monthly sewer availability fee have the opportunity to have much of that fee reimbursed to them if they ever opt to change from…
by - January 10, 2024 11:24 am
The Crawford County Library System may soon have a new director, and the system’s controversial board chair has been replaced by a board member who wants to move the board…
by - January 9, 2024 4:29 pm
The Sebastian County Democratic candidates for the Arkansas House of Representatives recently expressed concern about the LEARNS Act, healthcare in Arkansas, voting access and political disinformation. Rep. Jay Richardson, D-Fort…
by - January 8, 2024 1:01 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors has approved a zoning change for property on North Fourth Street allowing for the second development of tiny homes in Fort Smith by the…
