by - January 13, 2020 7:47 pm
64.6 Downtown, the organization responsible for the Unexpected Project, Invest Fort Smith summits and the upcoming Levitt AMP free music concert series, has succeeded in putting Fort Smith on the…
by - January 9, 2020 5:30 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has pledged $2.1 million in state funding for the new Fort Smith Public Schools career and technology center. Hutchinson said investment in the center is an investment…
by - January 8, 2020 3:35 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith region ended 2019 ahead of 2018 thanks to a flurry of building in Fort Smith in the final 30 days of the year. The…
by - January 7, 2020 7:16 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Jan. 7) approved an ordinance to make a portion of Fort Chaffee Boulevard – a section also part of legal action –…
by - January 3, 2020 1:27 pm
If Issue 1, which would make Arkansas’ half-cent sales tax for roads and highways permanent, does not win voter approval in November, Sebastian County and the cities in it could…
by - January 2, 2020 1:12 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith will jumpstart early childhood learning for some at-risk children beginning in January. UAFS will support nearly 40 students who volunteer with the AmeriCorps…
by - December 22, 2019 5:29 pm
The competition ended. The votes were counted. Fort Smith is a winner. The Levitt Foundation listed 64.6 Downtown as one of 20 recipients of the 2020 Levitt [Your City] AMP…
by - December 20, 2019 2:48 pm
It is official: Lance McAvoy is the director of the utility department for the City of Fort Smith. The utilities director position has been vacant since September. Fort Smith Utilities…
by - December 19, 2019 10:07 pm
A group of Chaffee Crossing business owners who have sued Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority over land uses changes in the historic district held a town hall meeting Thursday (Dec. 19)…
by - December 18, 2019 8:31 pm
The Central Business Improvement District board on Tuesday (Dec. 17) agreed to move ahead with an assessment on property within the district. The board also agreed that not-for-profit organizations within…
by - December 17, 2019 8:49 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted down a resolution that would have sold the city-owned property that is former River Valley Sports Complex but passed a resolution to improve…
by - December 17, 2019 4:27 pm
Fort Cannabis, the licensed medical marijuana dispensary in Fort Smith, will open for business at noon Wednesday (Dec. 18), with owners hoping to tap into a market that as of…
by - December 13, 2019 6:10 pm
Fort Cannabis, the licensed medical marijuana dispensary in Fort Smith, was on Friday (Dec. 13) approved to open for business. Jeff Scholtes, the license owner for the dispensary, said officials…
by - December 12, 2019 5:44 pm
The U.S. Marshals Service Southern District donated four items related to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York to the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith. The items were…
by - December 11, 2019 6:00 pm
Graduation numbers may be slightly down from last year, but the number of students graduating with a bachelor’s degree Saturday from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is up…
by - December 10, 2019 5:25 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith announced Tuesday (Dec. 10) the university will receive $1.7 million from the Windgate Foundation. The university will receive three gifts from the foundation…
by - December 9, 2019 6:57 pm
Construction will start this month on the new home for the Center for Art & Education in Van Buren. The center recently held a ground-breaking ceremony at what will be…
by - December 8, 2019 3:13 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith area recovered a bit in October but year-to-date activity remains below numbers from 2018. Fort Smith, Van Buren and Greenwood issued $15.38 million in…
by - December 4, 2019 5:47 pm
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Chancellor Dr. Terisa Riley told the UAFS Board of Visitors at its regular meeting Wednesday (Dec. 4) the university would form a budget council…
by - December 4, 2019 4:11 pm
Early voting began Tuesday (Dec. 3) on a bond issue for a road project that could help relieve Greenwood’s traffic congestion problems. The Greenwood City Council approved an ordinance in…
