by - September 27, 2023 11:50 am
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…
by - September 26, 2023 3:48 pm
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%…
by - September 26, 2023 3:44 pm
The Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus began classes for its cardiac sonography program in its new location in the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) Research Institute Health and Wellness Center…
by - September 25, 2023 8:16 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education agreed at its regular meeting Monday (Sept. 25) to enter into negotiations with a company to investigate flooding at the district’s Peak…
by - September 24, 2023 3:14 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) Board of Trustees tabled discussion of the sale of property to Sebastian County that could determine the future of a Planters Road extension in…
by - September 21, 2023 8:04 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) will not donate Deer Trails Golf Course to the City of Fort Smith because they fear the golf course will be sold and used…
by - September 19, 2023 4:53 pm
The Arkansas Attorney General’s office has committed to a $250,000 grant to the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith, the USMM Foundation announced Tuesday (Sept. 19). The money brings the…
by - September 19, 2023 8:52 am
The Crawford County Quorum Court approved another $112,000 to pay legal fees to defend against lawsuits alleging unconstitutional library censorship, bringing the total appropriated for the matter to almost $245,000….
by - September 18, 2023 10:42 am
Though the U.S. Department of Defense denied Fort Smith’s pre-application for a $20 million grant to fund water line work along four miles of Towson Avenue, the city will continue…
by - September 14, 2023 3:42 pm
The Crawford County Library System Board has hired former Arkansas senator Bob Ballinger, the director of law and policy for the National Association of Christian Lawmakers (NACL), as its new…
by - September 13, 2023 5:39 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) is working to get the university’s Family Enterprise Center (FEC) named for the late Jim Walcott. Walcott, a business and community leader…
by - September 13, 2023 3:47 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors effectively shut down discussion of the possibility of a roundabout at the intersection of Albert Pike Avenue and Free Ferry Road during its study…
by - September 11, 2023 8:12 pm
The Arkansas Real Estate Commission is investigating Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) real estate transactions following a complaint filed against FCRA Executive Director Daniel Mann and FCRA. In a letter…
by - September 6, 2023 6:39 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Sept. 5) approved the appeal of a conditional use application to build a more than 15-story commercial communication (cell) tower near the…
by - September 6, 2023 2:49 pm
Making certain to avoid the risk of the state not collecting sales tax revenues in future months, Sebastian County Judge Steve Hotz has double checked to make certain all necessary…
by - September 5, 2023 8:40 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Sept. 5) approved a resolution accepting consent decree stipulated penalties settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Environmental Protection Agency…
by - September 5, 2023 12:00 pm
As temperatures soared in August, construction stayed steady in the Fort Smith metro area. Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren combined for $34.442 million in August permit values, up 20.8%…
by - August 31, 2023 5:19 pm
A three-month gap in sales tax revenues is likely to cost Van Buren close to $1 million, but Mayor Joe Hurst said the lost revenue won’t impact capital improvement projects…
by - August 30, 2023 4:57 pm
A reporting error on the part of Crawford County officials could cost the county more than $3.5 million in sales tax revenue during the last quarter of the year. The…
by - August 30, 2023 4:09 pm
Ashleigh Bachert of Tulsa was named the new executive director of Fort Smith Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB), according to the Fort Smith Advertising & Promotion Commission, which oversees CVB…
