by - May 25, 2023 10:38 am
Fort Smith Police Chief Danny Baker believes members of the Fort Smith Police Department have made a real difference in the community. He outlined department activities in the past year…
by - May 24, 2023 12:07 pm
Fort Smith’s Director of Parks and Recreation Doug Reinert will leave the city June 9 to take the position of city administrator for Fairfield, Iowa. Reinart started as the director…
by - May 23, 2023 3:20 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education approved salary schedules for classified and certified employees for the 2023-24 contract year, and the superintendent’s contract during its regular meeting Monday…
by - May 22, 2023 10:27 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education Secretary Dalton Person called for the board to hire someone to investigate flooding at Peak Innovation Center to determine once and for all…
by - May 22, 2023 8:43 pm
Riverfront RV Resort on Riverfront Drive in Fort Smith is expected to be open by end of summer. Phil White, who owns the facility with Richard Griffin with Griffin Properties,…
by - May 21, 2023 1:44 pm
Unlike when drafting new personnel policies, members of the Fort Smith Public School’s personnel policy committee (PPC) are not given prior input in determining teacher salaries and benefits before plans…
by - May 18, 2023 5:18 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) Board of Directors discussed that if they were to deed Chaffee Crossing property now operated as Deer Trails Golf Course to the city of…
by - May 17, 2023 9:12 pm
The engineering firm hired by Fort Smith Public Schools for consultation with the district’s Peak Innovation Center believes the FSPS Board of Education (BOE) was blocked by school officials from…
by - May 16, 2023 8:56 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (May 16) unanimously passed a resolution requesting the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) donate the property that has operated as many years…
by - May 15, 2023 4:58 pm
Of the $33.768 million collected from the 1% county-wide sales tax in Sebastian County in 2022, 85.8% went to the towns and cities inside the county. A special election is…
by - May 12, 2023 1:15 pm
The Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Commission voted to “enthusiastically support” the concept of a park in the former Acme Brick Yard during its meeting Wednesday (May 10) and agreed…
by - May 11, 2023 4:03 pm
The question of whether Deer Trails Golf Course in Chaffee Crossing will remain a golf course or be sold to be developed is once again a hot topic and a…
by - May 10, 2023 6:14 pm
Fort Smith City Directors are considering the steps needed to make city properties more energy efficient and for the possibilities of solar to power city facilities. One idea includes a…
by - May 10, 2023 3:11 pm
The Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation in Fayetteville announced a $1 million pledge Wednesday (May 10) to the U.S. Marshals Museum Foundation to help complete the museum’s capital fundraising…
by - May 9, 2023 1:51 pm
There seemed to be confusion Tuesday (May 9) on whether there was a school election in Sebastian County. There was one set and clearly noted on a Notice of Election…
by - May 8, 2023 3:12 pm
April building permit values in the Fort Smith metro were down from March but were well above where they were last year. Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren combined for…
by - May 8, 2023 10:22 am
A special election is set for Aug. 8 to extend the 1-cent countywide sales tax in Sebastian County that provides a big chunk of the budget for the county and…
by - May 3, 2023 11:49 am
Editor’s note: This is the final of three stories about budgeting challenges at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. Link here for the first story, and link here for…
by - May 2, 2023 5:57 pm
ABB announced Tuesday (May 2) it will invest $1 million with the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) to help the university use post-secondary education programs to create a…
by - May 2, 2023 12:54 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Terry Morawski could receive at least a $7,400 pay raise beginning July 1. The school board on Monday (May 1) approved extending his contract…
