by - August 12, 2019 8:44 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools will start the 2019-20 school year with its own police department, a move that will allow for greater security in the public schools, Dr. Doug Brubaker,…
by - August 8, 2019 6:14 pm
Regional building activity for Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren dropped dramatically in July after a robust June. Building permit values in the three cities combined for a total of…
by - August 7, 2019 6:30 pm
The United States Marshals Museum (USMM) announced Wednesday (Aug. 7) it has received gifts of $295,000 in the past two months toward a near-term fundraising goal of $2 million in…
by - August 6, 2019 9:22 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted Tuesday (Aug. 6) to pass an animal control ordinance as well as a contract for sheltering animals picked up by Fort Smith Animal…
by - August 6, 2019 3:21 pm
The Fort Smith Port Authority agreed Tuesday (Aug. 6) to allow Ports of Fort Smith and Van Buren operator Marty Shell to gather three proposals for demolition of two warehouses,…
by - August 5, 2019 7:05 pm
The Arkansas Small Business Association is there to help Fort Smith area business, or at least the small ones, get started and continue to flourish. David Moody, deputy director of…
by - July 30, 2019 7:42 pm
Over the past 18 months or so, the recycling market worldwide has changed dramatically. Though the cost to recycle continues to grow, the city of Fort Smith has no plans…
by - July 29, 2019 7:39 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools school board approved the hiring of Michael Beaumont as director of athletics and student activities at a special called meeting Monday (July 29). Beaumont fills…
by - July 29, 2019 5:20 pm
Van Buren City Attorney Candice Settle and Crawford County Circuit Judge Gary Cottrell are running for circuit judge positions in Crawford County. Settle has announced she will run for the…
by - July 25, 2019 4:09 pm
Arkansas’ second addition to the state’s Monument Trails will open Saturday (July 27) at Mount Nebo State Park in Dardanelle. Arkansas State Parks started opening Monument Trails, a collection of…
by - July 23, 2019 6:48 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (July 23) approved naming Lori Hopkins, the city’s finance manager, as the city treasurer until a new finance director is named. With…
by - July 22, 2019 9:05 pm
Dr. Doug Brubaker, Fort Smith Public Schools superintendent, told the FSPS board of education at the board’s regular meeting Monday (July 22) that the district will look at revising the…
by - July 22, 2019 1:55 pm
Visitors to Fort Smith will have blue wayfinding signs to direct them to points of interest throughout the city. The Fort Smith Advertising & Promotions Commission put up the first…
by - July 19, 2019 5:42 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors voted Friday (July 19) to offer the executive director position to Daniel Mann of Parsons, Kan. Board Chairman Dean Gibson said Parsons…
by - July 18, 2019 7:10 pm
The multi-colored building that once housed AC Taylors Mobile Service Station where Rogers and Garrison Avenue converge has been demolished and foundation work has started on Gateway Park in downtown…
by - July 17, 2019 9:35 pm
Fort Smith residents wanted answers — lots of answers — at Tuesday night’s (July 17) community meeting for flood-affected Fort Smith residents and businesses. Answers, however, were few. A number…
by - July 15, 2019 6:37 pm
With nine new applicants set to be hired Aug. 12, the Fort Smith Police Department is on its way to having all officer positions filled. Thirty-six applicants passed the agility…
by - July 14, 2019 7:51 pm
A new exhibit at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock looks at the impact humans have on the oceans and marine life. More than 20 giant sea life sculptures…
by - July 12, 2019 6:56 pm
The Arkansas Legislature passed a law this spring to protect student journalists. Enactment of Fort Smith Public Schools’ new policies concerning student publications seemed to mostly ignore the law. Act…
by - July 10, 2019 6:42 pm
A field of almost 90 applicants seeking to be the next executive director of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) has been narrowed to three. FCRA will begin the second…
