by - June 25, 2020 5:15 pm
In a special called meeting Thursday (June 25), the Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education voted to approve Northside and Southside High School graduations on the field of the…
by - June 25, 2020 5:06 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors is set to begin a mid-year review of the $42.5 million general fund budget and the $125.147 million in operating budget expenditures in the…
by - June 25, 2020 2:36 pm
Claude Legris has retired as the executive director of the Fort Smith Advertising and Promotion Commission, effective July 10. Legris presented his resignation letter to the A&P Commission at its…
by - June 24, 2020 4:15 pm
Fort Smith achieved an Insurance Service Office (ISO) rating of Class 1, the most elite classification in the country, at the end of 2016, and everything is on track to…
by - June 23, 2020 9:14 pm
When Fort Smith Police Chief Danny Baker took over the Fort Smith Police Department in 2019, one of his top priorities was to bring stability to the department. The department…
by - June 23, 2020 6:02 pm
Arkansas College for Health Education (ACHE) will begin accepting applications for its school of physical therapy July 1. The three-year program will focus on hands-on, clinical experience with students graduating…
by - June 22, 2020 9:10 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education went against the recommendation of the project manager for the district’s millage-related construction projects to hire a Fort Smith company as the…
by - June 18, 2020 6:28 pm
Since the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority began tracking activity in 2000, there has been $1.751 billion capital investments turning the former Army base into Chaffee Crossing, according to Daniel Mann,…
by - June 18, 2020 5:40 pm
A hold up on insurance funds through the Arkansas Municipal League could set back the reopening of the Port of Fort Smith even longer than expected. The Fort Smith Port…
by - June 17, 2020 5:25 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools has made the decision to not have traditional graduation ceremonies for either of its high schools this year, a decision that is leaving some graduates disappointed….
by - June 17, 2020 4:04 pm
As Arkansas’ COVID-19 numbers continue to rise, the Fort Smith metro continues to see more positive diagnoses of the virus. As of Wednesday (June 17), there were seven patients with…
by - June 16, 2020 8:08 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (June 16) approved controversial zoning changes in Chaffee Crossing and tabled a decision on recycling changes. The board had the final vote…
by - June 16, 2020 3:54 pm
The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District commissioners voted at their regular meeting Tuesday (June 16) on donating $2,500 to support a landscape design along Garrison Avenue. John McIntosh, a…
by - June 15, 2020 6:22 pm
Documents requested by Talk Business & Politics show that Sebastian County and Fort Smith officials are making plans to talk later this month about the future of a Confederate statue…
by - June 11, 2020 6:08 pm
Those on both sides of the issue of whether a Confederate monument should continue to stand on the grounds of the Sebastian County Courthouse have launched petitions, each hoping their…
by - June 10, 2020 6:12 pm
Cities across the nation are taking hard looks at police departments in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the protests in response to it. Van Buren is…
by - June 9, 2020 5:02 pm
A $1.9 million grant will allow the Sebastian County Veterans Treatment Court to double the number of veterans able to go through the court. The Veterans Treatment Court is a…
by - June 9, 2020 4:03 pm
The Fort Smith Convention Center had a sixth year of record revenue generated, the annual report presented to the Fort Smith Board of Directors at their Tuesday (June 9) study…
by - June 8, 2020 3:54 pm
A busy section of Jenny Lind Road between Harvard Drive and the southbound on/off ramps at Interstate 540 will be temporarily closed starting June 15. The removal and replacement of…
by - June 4, 2020 3:02 pm
The Fort Smith Public School district received a $1 million grant from the Gene Haas Foundation for expansion of the computer integrated machine lab at the district’s Peak Innovation Center….
