by - August 12, 2025 9:06 pm
The City of Fort Smith is on track to once again have an internal auditor. The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted during a special meeting Tuesday (Aug. 12) to…
by - August 4, 2025 5:29 pm
Fort Smith metro building activity dropped in July from June, but continues to top 2024 comparisons. Building permits issued in Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren totaled $26.643 million, up…
by - July 31, 2025 1:36 pm
Hospitality tax revenues are down somewhat in the Fort Smith metro area from last year, but the region is seeing a steady, if slow, upward trend and a bit of…
by - July 29, 2025 5:55 pm
The city of Fort Smith reported a rebound in sales tax revenue in June, marking only the second time this year collections surpassed the same month in 2024. The increase…
by - July 23, 2025 10:42 am
Cpl. Julio Solis with the Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) is making his presence known in downtown Fort Smith, and his focus is to help downtown visitors and merchants stay…
by - July 17, 2025 7:49 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) Board of Trustees on Thursday (July 17) passed a resolution to allow more time for property owners to complete building projects on land purchased…
by - July 10, 2025 10:44 am
Fort Smith metro building activity in June rose along with the temperatures. Building permits issued in Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren totaled $58.484 million in June, up 236% from…
by - June 26, 2025 6:52 pm
Fort Smith city administration is a bit worried and confused by lower than anticipated sales tax revenue in the May report, and plans to seek more information from state officials…
by - June 19, 2025 6:08 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) Peak Innovation Center is taking advantage of good ole summertime as a chance to introduce children and teenagers to a wide-variety of career paths. Hundreds…
by - June 12, 2025 5:39 pm
The first phase of a multi-year major renovation project at the Fort Smith Museum of History in downtown Fort Smith began Monday (June 9) with work on the building’s exterior….
by - June 11, 2025 9:19 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission is putting experience in working with the military and building relationships at the top of their list of qualifications for a new airport director….
by - June 9, 2025 1:19 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith metro had an upward swing in May. Building permits issued in Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren totaled $29.03 million, up 76.4% from the…
by - June 4, 2025 2:17 pm
Hospitality tax revenues are down somewhat in the Fort Smith metro area from last year thanks in part to uncertainty about national economic conditions, but area tourism officials say they…
by - May 27, 2025 9:34 am
Fort Smith sales tax revenue was a little stronger in April than it had been through the first quarter of 2025, but numbers are still under those budgeted for the…
by - May 22, 2025 10:42 am
It’s been almost a year since Amanda Hager was named executive director of Main Street Fort Smith, formerly 64.6 Downtown. As the new director, she ushered in new branding and…
by - May 19, 2025 2:00 pm
Fort Smith is getting a new Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Store. A building permit for construction of a new store for the Oklahoma City-based company was issued by the…
by - May 16, 2025 2:00 pm
Sasha Rayevskiy, better known in the art world as TigerSasha, is making bubbles in downtown Fort Smith. Rayevskiy, a Russian-born American artist from the Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk…
by - May 9, 2025 11:59 am
Building activity in the Fort Smith metro declined in April but continues to stay ahead of the same time last year. Building permits in Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren…
by - May 6, 2025 10:09 am
Martin Mahan has a plan for Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) — a 100-day plan in fact. He was named the new superintendent of schools for FSPS on April 8….
by - April 26, 2025 10:38 am
Fort Smith sales tax revenue was down once again in March, making city revenues generated from sales and use taxes down around 2% from last year for the first quarter….
