by - March 8, 2022 9:05 am
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will hold a public meeting about improvements to U.S. 64 in Fort Smith from 4 to 7 p.m., Thursday (March 10) in the east room…
by - March 7, 2022 5:25 pm
The three largest cities in the Fort Smith metro reported higher than average building permit values in February. Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren had a combined $90.808 million in…
by - March 6, 2022 12:46 pm
The 2022 Steel Horse Rally is set for May 6-7 in downtown Fort Smith and organizers hope it will be as successful as the record-setting 2021 rally which had more…
by - March 4, 2022 12:34 pm
Patrick Weeks, who faces two felony charges of aggravated assault with a firearm, has resigned as president and CEO of the U.S. Marshals Museum. Museum Board Chair Doug Babb said…
by - March 3, 2022 4:26 pm
Thirteen candidates filed for Fort Smith Public School school board positions, ensuring all but one seat will have a contested race in the May 24 election. The FSPS Board voted…
by - March 2, 2022 5:19 pm
A July 5 trial date has been set for Patrick Weeks, president and CEO of the U.S. Marshals Museum. Weeks was arrested Dec. 21 on two felony charges of aggravated…
by - March 1, 2022 8:12 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a resolution Tuesday night (March 1) that commits them to creating a sales tax advisory committee for the city, while not actually creating…
by - March 1, 2022 9:49 am
The Fort Smith Public School’s Board of Education agreed during a Monday (Feb. 28) board meeting to hire architectural and engineering firms to move forward with master plan projects funded…
by - February 28, 2022 8:16 pm
Sales tax revenue for the city of Fort Smith started 2022 on the same upward momentum of 2021.The January sales tax report shows the city’s share of the 1% Sebastian…
by - February 22, 2022 8:28 pm
During a special meeting Tuesday night (Feb. 22) the Fort Smith Board of Directors approved two ordinances that will set a special election May 24 during the state primary election…
by - February 21, 2022 10:01 pm
During a special study session Monday (Feb. 21), the Fort Smith Board of Directors developed a list of modifications to proposed sales taxes ordinances that could adjust terms of the…
by - February 21, 2022 5:02 pm
The launch of the city of Fort Smith’s new website will likely be pushed from May, but city administrators believe added components, such as improved access to video of city…
by - February 15, 2022 8:09 pm
The Next Step Day Room (NSDR) rescinded it’s request for a zoning change that would have allowed it move operations from North Sixth Street to South U Street. That move…
by - February 14, 2022 6:49 pm
The Fort Smith Public School District is on its way to becoming a Purple Star District in a move district officials hope will show commitment to serving military-connected families living in…
by - February 10, 2022 5:21 pm
The city of Fort Smith has spent roughly $18,000 defending the choice to remove a flag display from the city’s Riverfront Park. The city removed seven flags that made up…
by - February 9, 2022 5:41 pm
The Community School of the Arts (CSA) received a $750,000 grant from the Mabee Foundation to support its Inspiring Excellence campaign to build a new Center for the Creative Arts…
by - February 9, 2022 5:25 pm
Grizzly Gear, the school-based enterprise (SBE) at Northside High School, is among 461 school-based enterprises achieving Gold Certification for the 2021-2022 school year. This is the 10th consecutive year that…
by - February 8, 2022 9:19 pm
A proposed new standard operating procedure for leak adjustments through the Fort Smith Utilities Department was shot down during a Fort Smith Board of Directors study session Tuesday night (Feb….
by - February 7, 2022 7:02 pm
With positive confirmed cases of COVID-19 returning to pre-winter break numbers, the Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education repealed a mandatory mask requirement reinstated Jan. 10 during a called…
by - February 7, 2022 4:28 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith provost, one of four vice chancellors at the university, said Monday (Feb. 7) she will retire at the end of the 2022 fiscal…
