Author: Tina Alvey Dale

Tina Alvey Dale

Fort Smith hires former Sen. Cotton staffer as grants writer

With a new employee tasked full-time with finding available grants, the City of Fort Smith is hoping to make every city – and taxpayer – dollar stretch as far as…

Northside, Southside students quiz Mayor McGill about city services, needs

Fort Smith Mayor George McGill touted the many merits of Fort Smith during a “Focus on the Future: A Heart-to-Heart Conversation” with high school and college students at the University…

FCRA sells Planters Road property, says no again to golf course donation

The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Trustees dealt two blows to the City of Fort Smith in the span of 90 minutes at its board meeting Thursday (Oct. 19)….

Fort Smith Board to consider expansion and extension of new housing moratorium

An expansion and extension of a temporary moratorium on new residential construction near the Fort Smith Regional Airport is on the agenda for the Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting…

Fort Smith trails, dog park delays requested to fund Creekmore Pool upgrades

The Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Department wants to delay work on a dog park and more trails at Chaffee Crossing in 2024 to fund upgrades at Creekmore Park swimming…

UAFS receives EDA grant for economic development efforts

The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has received a five-year grant worth $650,000 to establish and operate an Economic Development Administration (EDA) designated University Center. The announcement came as…

Maintenance facility approved for Fort Smith Fire Department

The Fort Smith Board of Directors has approved the $1.6 million purchase of property on Wheeler Avenue for a maintenance center for the Fort Smith Fire Department. Prior to the…

ArcBest, FCRA, ACHE partner on Chaffee Crossing trail extension

In celebration of ArcBest’s 100th anniversary this year, the Fort Smith-based shipping and logistics company is partnering with Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) and Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE)…

Good Samaritan Clinic planning to move out of downtown Fort Smith

The Good Samaritan Clinic in Fort Smith is working to raise $500,000 to fund a move to a bigger clinic and service more patients. The move out of downtown Fort…

Fort Smith to buy former ACME Brick property for $2.88 million

The Fort Smith Board of Directors has approved an ordinance appropriating funds that will allow the city to purchase property owned by ACME Brick Co. for a city park. It’s…

Taliano’s partners with others to bring pizza, craft beer to downtown Fort Smith

Three establishments are joining forces to present a new bar and restaurant to downtown Fort Smith. Taliano’s, Bike Rack Brewing Co. and Vinnie’s Pies have agreed to collaborate to offer…

FCRA boss has significantly higher pay in salary comparison

With the average monthly merit pay combined with his salary, Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) CEO Daniel Mann is making significantly more per employee managed than other top government leaders…

City of Fort Smith may buy ACME Brick land for $2.8 million

Fort Smith may soon be the new owner of the ACME Brick property. The city and the ACME owners have come to an agreement on the sale of the old…

Art and Design program to be part of Peak Innovation Center

While it is still in the design stage, Fort Smith Public School officials hope to have plans for the stage two of Peak Innovation Center to the construction company for…

Building permit values up 20.5% in the Fort Smith metro through September

The Fort Smith metro area dropped a bit in new construction in September, but year-to-date construction is up more than 20% thanks in large part to an almost 49% increase…

Fort Smith Board reviews city strengths, weaknesses, strategies

After analyzing the city’s strength and weakness ,the Fort Smith Board of Directors set goals that included dealing with neighborhood blight, focusing on homelessness, supporting the Foreign Military Sales (FMS)…

Crawford County Library Board does not interview applicants; begins new search process

With two applicants never contacted or interviewed waiting on the sidelines, the Crawford County Library System Board of Directors chose Monday to rewrite the job description for the system director,…

Arkansas Department of Education posts grades for Fort Smith area school districts

Accountability reports released by the Arkansas Department of Education Wednesday (Sept. 28) showed a majority of the schools in the Fort Smith metro area, like the rest of the state,…

Facility to soon reopen for Ballman Elementary students and staff

Ballman Elementary School students and staff should return to their own school by the end of October, Fort Smith Public School board of education members were told during Monday’s board…

Fort Smith sales tax revenue up more than 6% through August

Fort Smith sales tax revenues continue to show growth over 2022, and a strong year for the region. The city’s share of the Sebastian County tax was up almost 4.5%…