by - January 14, 2021 2:14 pm
A new film festival in Fort Smith will not only highlight talented film makers in the Arkansas River valley but, hopefully, from across the world. The River Valley Film Society…
by - January 13, 2021 6:29 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools will go to online learning Friday (Jan. 15) and Tuesday (Jan. 19) though schools will be open to students. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on…
by - January 13, 2021 5:13 pm
When the Hartford Public Schools consolidated with Hackett Public Schools in 2014, it would have been hard to foresee that the Hartford High School would be sold to the highest…
by - January 12, 2021 6:43 pm
Hospital capacity in Fort Smith is better than it was last week, but with 401 new COVID-19 cases reported in Sebastian County Tuesday (Jan. 12) the virus remains far from…
by - January 11, 2021 5:06 pm
The city of Greenwood will soon power all of its municipal buildings with renewable energy. The city is partnering with Little Rock-based Scenic Hill Solar to build two solar power…
by - January 7, 2021 2:35 pm
The three largest cities in the Fort Smith metro ended the year with $264.757 million in permitted building activity, a 9.52% increase over the 2019’s 241.741 million and a 14.2%…
by - January 6, 2021 5:40 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenue for 2020 continues to be strong as November numbers show taxes generating more than 2019. Fort Smith’s portion of the Sebastian County 1% tax generated…
by - January 5, 2021 12:29 pm
The Fort Smith Convention Center has a new general manager with the new year. Tim Seeberg left his position as the general manager Jan. 4, and Marc Mulherin began as…
by - December 30, 2020 1:21 pm
The Center for Art Education in Van Buren held a Topping Off Ceremony Tuesday morning (Dec. 29) for the new art center to be located on historic Main Street in…
by - December 28, 2020 4:56 pm
Jarred Rego has visionary plans for the city of Fort Smith that he hopes to work toward when he takes up his seat representing Ward 1 on the Fort Smith…
by - December 27, 2020 1:46 pm
With the Peak Innovation Center set to open in August and work moving along on the UAFS facilities at The Bakery District in downtown Fort Smith, University of Arkansas at…
by - December 18, 2020 5:22 pm
John Blue has been named the first executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith. He will begin Jan. 19, and be a…
by - December 17, 2020 11:34 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Dec. 15) approved an alcohol tax increase and a higher fee on commercial solid waste haulers to generate an estimated $700,000 in…
by - December 16, 2020 3:19 pm
A year and a half after the historic flooding of the Arkansas River in May 2019 damaged several Fort Smith pump stations, more than $4 million in much-needed repairs are…
by - December 15, 2020 6:52 pm
With more than 1,600 high school students failing in one or more classes, Fort Smith Public Schools implemented a custom academic improvement plan to get students back on track so…
by - December 14, 2020 7:02 pm
With federal and state leave associated with the COVID-19 pandemic set to expire at the end of the month, the Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) Board of Education on Monday…
by - December 10, 2020 1:55 pm
With the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expected to approve the first of the COVID-19 vaccines perhaps as early as this weekend, Arkansas could receive its first shipment of…
by - December 9, 2020 4:51 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith will not seek an extension of the current ¼-cent county-wide sales tax through a special election in the spring. Sebastian County voters said…
by - December 8, 2020 8:04 pm
Removing truck traffic from downtown Fort Smith has taken another turn. The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDoT) will look into the feasibility of second bridge to bring traffic into Fort…
by - December 8, 2020 6:50 pm
The Fort Smith area continues to rank high in the state in new cases of COVID-19, and the virus is hitting the area’s healthcare community especially hard. At least one…
