by - February 4, 2025 2:46 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education agreed during a special called meeting Monday (Feb. 3) to expedite the search for a new superintendent of schools, setting a Feb….
by - February 3, 2025 6:07 pm
It’s flu season and the Fort Smith region is experiencing high numbers of the winter illness. Local hospitals and clinics and are doing what they can to treat the increased…
by - February 3, 2025 3:18 pm
Arkansas tourism grew to a $9.9 billion industry in 2024 and the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism is expecting business and tourism travel growth to continue in 2025….
by - January 30, 2025 5:51 pm
Local school districts are confident they will be able to implement any changes to policies needed in order to stay compliant with state laws governing cell phone usage in Arkansas…
by - January 29, 2025 6:07 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors have asked city administration to take another look at budget allocations in hopes of taking less money from city departments – especially the utilities…
by - January 28, 2025 6:58 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education has 30 days to fill the position left vacant when board member Talicia Richardson resigned Monday (Jan. 27) or the position could…
by - January 28, 2025 6:49 pm
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) students receiving federal student loans or federal student grant aid will not be impacted by President Donald Trump’s executive order to put a…
by - January 27, 2025 9:58 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education on Monday (Jan. 27) opted to support FSPS administration and not reinstate Felix Curry as head football coach at Northside High School….
by - January 27, 2025 4:14 pm
While Fort Smith sales tax revenue rebounded slightly in December, like they did in the previous month, the 2024 totals still fell below what was budgeted for the year, which…
by - January 23, 2025 3:53 pm
The Central Business Improvement District (CBID) Board of Directors is making headway on promises to make downtown Fort Smith look better, though implementation of projects is different than originally anticipated….
by - January 22, 2025 4:44 pm
Water leaks on the Fort Smith system have decreased almost 39% from January 2024. The city has 739 leaks, according to the December water leak report released Tuesday (Jan. 22)….
by - January 22, 2025 9:51 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Jan. 21) approved an ordinance to use $4 million from the city’s general fund to purchase the building at 623 Garrison Ave.,…
by - January 21, 2025 11:18 am
The City of Van Buren is making plans for the city parks and getting the community involved in doing so. MAHG Architecture of Fort Smith is leading the planning process…
by - January 20, 2025 9:57 am
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) has launched a new Adopt a Scholar program, an innovative $100,000 recruiting scholarship initiative designed to attract top-tier talent to the Arkansas College of Osteopathic…
by - January 17, 2025 11:09 am
A resolution on the agenda for the Fort Smith Board of Directors regular meeting for Tuesday (Jan. 21) could mark as complete the construction of the at least $3.344 million…
by - January 15, 2025 10:42 am
The River Valley Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, in partnership with the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, has a slate of events scheduled Jan. 18-23 to celebrate the…
by - January 14, 2025 9:43 am
The Fort Smith metro in 2024 posted a steep drop in building permit values compared with 2023. Fort Smith Greenwood and Van Buren building permit values totaled $271.097 million, a…
by - January 13, 2025 12:17 pm
Discussion of the former ACME brick yard and what the property – more than 110 acres – could bring to the City of Fort Smith is again on the agenda…
by - January 10, 2025 3:24 pm
The next Fort Smith city administrator must have strong moral character, be a good communicator, have government management experience, and be financially conservative, according to responses from members of the…
by - January 9, 2025 12:00 pm
One more attorney has applied to be the Fort Smith Public School’s in-house legal counsel. Six attorneys applied for the position as of Oct. 14, with one withdrawing their application,…
