by - July 9, 2019 5:33 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors pondered entertainment districts during the board study session Tuesday (July 9). The 2019 Arkansas General Assembly adopted Act 812, which makes it lawful for…
by - July 8, 2019 5:43 pm
Building permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren jumped significantly during June, but totals for the first six months of the year fell short of 2018 and 2017…
by - July 2, 2019 9:02 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors waived all city fees related to the rebuilding of structures affected by May’s historic flooding of the Arkansas River during its regular board meeting…
by - July 2, 2019 11:35 am
The Van Buren trolley is adding evening runs to its schedule in order to accommodate those hoping to experience the growing evening entertainment along historic Main Street. The Van Buren…
by - June 30, 2019 12:41 pm
Alice Alt, vice president of development for the U.S. Marshals Museum Foundation, will take over for retiring president Jim Dunn on Monday (July 1). Dunn, who has served as the…
by - June 28, 2019 8:35 pm
Former Fort Smith Director of Planning Wally Bailey has taken his talents across the river to take up the reins as the Van Buren’s planning director. Bailey started with Van…
by - June 27, 2019 6:49 pm
Fort Smith Deputy City Administrator Jeff Dingman, who resigned his position with the city last week, has decided to stay put. City officials said Dingman submitted a letter of resignation…
by - June 26, 2019 5:43 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority and its board of trustees on Friday (June 21) filed a motion to dismiss in Sebastian County Circuit Court a lawsuit recently filed against FCRA…
by - June 25, 2019 9:27 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed Tuesday (June 25) for Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken to continue talks with the Oak View Group about the possibility of outside…
by - June 25, 2019 8:40 pm
Wally Bailey, who recently resigned as Fort Smith’s director of planning after 41 years with the city, former Rep. Leslee Milam-Post, D-Ozark, and Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) Marketing Director…
by - June 23, 2019 1:42 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors decided to keep most of the city-wide budget goals set in 2019 as priorities for the 2020 budget at a special budget study session…
by - June 21, 2019 5:43 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Trustees agreed to allow the board’s attorney to enter into mediation with Ivy Owen’s attorney regarding a wrongful termination claim following an executive…
by - June 19, 2019 2:47 pm
Waters have receded following the historic flooding of the Arkansas River at the end of May, and cleanup is in high gear. While home and business owners work to clean…
by - June 17, 2019 7:03 pm
When Van Buren Original formed a few years ago to help make Van Buren’s downtown a viable center of Van Buren, one of its goals was to have a thriving…
by - June 17, 2019 12:24 pm
Fort Smith Public School students are getting right to the nuts and bolts of things during a recent weeklong camp taking a look at advanced manufacturing. Thanks to a grant…
by - June 11, 2019 6:13 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors discussed Tuesday (June 11) the purchase of property near the river to be used for a ropes course and climbing obstacles park. If the…
by - June 10, 2019 9:39 pm
The Fort Smith Public School Board of Education on Monday (June 10) approved to execute $64 million in contracts with three companies for significant new construction at Northside and Southside…
by - June 9, 2019 6:46 pm
The epidemic of medical misdiagnoses is a very real problem in the United States and comes with much too high a price for individuals and companies. Tom Emerick, president and…
by - June 6, 2019 7:49 pm
Building permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren have combined for a total of $65.077 million for the first five months of 2019, down more than 37% from…
by - June 5, 2019 11:21 am
Friends of Kitties & Kanines, a nonprofit board that oversees the Kitties and Kanines Veterinarian Clinic approached the Fort Smith Board of Directors at the Tuesday (June 5) regular meeting…
