by - September 10, 2024 7:16 pm
Representatives from the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) told the Fort Smith Board of Directors that the raised medians planned for an improvement project on Rogers Avenue will reduce traffic…
by - September 10, 2024 12:42 pm
Enrollment at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) is essentially flat compared with the same period in 2023, according to unofficial enrollment numbers. Freshmen enrollment also was essentially…
by - September 6, 2024 12:10 pm
Baptist Health-Fort Smith is closing its outpatient surgery center in Fort Smith. The action could include the loss of 25 jobs. Jeff Carrier, region president for Baptist Health Fort Smith…
by - September 5, 2024 4:38 pm
Van Buren High School will spend more than $8.4 million to expand facilities in ways to benefit two of the school’s award-winning programs, according to Dr. Harold Jeffcoat, superintendent of…
by - September 4, 2024 4:16 pm
The Fort Smith’s Convention and Visitors Bureau is focusing on the details to recruit large groups and their dollars to the city. Just four large groups on the books for…
by - September 4, 2024 1:00 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith metro continues to come in well under that of the record-breaking 2023 with all three of metro’s largest cities falling well below last year’s…
by - September 3, 2024 9:11 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Sept. 3) voted four to three to spend $4.2 million to purchase a five-slide complex for the Parrot Island Waterpark that will…
by - August 30, 2024 5:31 pm
The City of Fort Smith faces a possible $25 million penalty if state and federal officials do not approve a city plan to modify a federal consent decree mandating sewer…
by - August 29, 2024 4:31 pm
Developers included in a lawsuit filed in July by the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) have filed a counterclaim saying FCRA engages in deceptive practices and the original lawsuit was…
by - August 28, 2024 3:57 pm
Main Street Fort Smith is working to bring a unique art activation to connect historic areas in downtown Fort Smith, but it needs the right artist to make it happen….
by - August 28, 2024 12:58 pm
Glass recycling in Fort Smith is not getting off to the fast start city administration hoped. The city’s sanitation department has added only 10 customers since the onset of the…
by - August 27, 2024 3:42 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education during its regular board meeting Monday (Aug. 27) approved the district hiring a Texas law firm to pursue potential lawsuits related to…
by - August 26, 2024 7:25 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education agreed Monday (Aug. 26) to work toward closing Orr Elementary School at the end of the school year. The space, according to…
by - August 26, 2024 11:26 am
Fort Smith Coffee Co. is expanding its footprint yet again, this time opening inside the U.S. Marshals Museum on the Arkansas River in downtown Fort Smith. A grand opening is…
by - August 25, 2024 3:19 pm
Arkansas Tourism Director Dalaney Thomas said the state’s 2% tourism tax collections continue to rise with fiscal year 2024 (June 2023-July 2024) closing out at a record $26.363 million, up…
by - August 22, 2024 6:35 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenue is relatively flat through 2024. The July report shows the city’s share of the countywide tax is 1.3% above the budgeted estimate for the month…
by - August 21, 2024 4:47 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) is using a $500,000 contribution from First National Bank of Fort Smith to support strategic development that will result in better engagement…
by - August 21, 2024 4:30 pm
The Sebastian County Quorum Court voted Tuesday (Aug. 21) for an ordinance that gives the county judge authority to complete a Parrot Island Waterpark lease agreement with the City of…
by - August 20, 2024 8:34 pm
Crawford County has paid approximately $385,300 in legal fees for two lawsuits against the county and its library over attempts to censor certain books. The legal tally does not include…
by - August 20, 2024 12:54 pm
The excitement is growing, along with square footage, at Mercy Hospital Fort Smith as they steadily move toward opening a new emergency room and intensive care unit in the first…
