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…
by - June 4, 2019 12:58 pm
The Urban Institute is in Fort Smith this week to share data, gather comments and generate ideas to fight food insecurity. Sebastian County is one of six counties selected from…
by - June 3, 2019 3:50 pm
Now that floodwaters are retreating in the Fort Smith and Van Buren areas affected by the swollen Arkansas River, there are two important things homeowners should remember — stay safe…
by - May 30, 2019 6:54 pm
Flooded port operations in Fort Smith and Van Buren managed by Five Rivers Distribution meant at least 17 families would face several weeks or months without a paycheck. But the…
by - May 30, 2019 1:06 pm
Mystic Creek Golf Club in El Dorado was named the No. 1 golf course to play in Arkansas by Golfweek in the magazine’s “2019 Best Courses You Can Play in…
by - May 29, 2019 6:08 pm
Residents in Franklin and Logan County residents aren’t going to be hit as hard during this historic Arkansas River flooding event than their neighbors up and down the river. Logan…
by - May 28, 2019 5:47 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport officials have been presented four alternatives to lengthening the main runway as part of a process to complete a new master plan for the facility. Lee’s…
by - May 23, 2019 8:24 pm
The Future School of Fort Smith graduated its 79 students May 14, an inaugural graduating class that was offered about $1.9 million in scholarships. The graduating seniors all left the…
by - May 23, 2019 8:02 pm
James Arbuckle, vice president with Halff Associates, reported Thursday (May 23) on a public input survey, gave an update on goals and said recommendations on what Fort Smith officials could…
by - May 21, 2019 8:43 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a resolution at its regular meeting Tuesday (May 21) that will bring pickleball courts to Fort Smith Public Parks. The resolution authorizes a…
by - May 21, 2019 8:12 pm
Several Chaffee Crossing property owners filed a lawsuit in Sebastian County Circuit Court Friday (May 17) against the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority and its board of directors because of a…
by - May 21, 2019 2:15 pm
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith interim chancellor Dr. Edward Serna has been named president of the University of Maine at Farmington. His last day at UAFS will be June…
by - May 20, 2019 9:14 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed to pull an agenda item to renegotiate a contract with Hope Humane Society from Tuesday’s (May 21) regular board meeting — a move…
by - May 19, 2019 10:10 pm
A mural celebrating the black cultural and entertainment community along Malvern Avenue in Hot Springs from the 1930s to the 1960s is near completion. “The mural celebrates the history and…
by - May 16, 2019 8:06 pm
Pickleball may be coming to Chaffee Crossing, but the move might mean one of the area’s long-term churches leaves. The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors passed a motion…
by - May 14, 2019 6:51 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors discussed ways Tuesday (May 14) to stop what appears to some an abundance of people running red lights in Fort Smith. Interim Police Chief…
by - May 14, 2019 11:07 am
Fort Smith’s building sector had a nice boost in April with total building activity for the month rising above the entire total for the first quarter of the year. Fort…
by - May 10, 2019 9:39 am
The key to business success in Fort Smith is “community, community, community,” Trent Goins, president and CEO of Fort Smith-based OK Foods, told a group of about 75 who gathered…
by - May 9, 2019 4:40 pm
Workforce development is vital to Fort Smith. It’s a point Tim Allen, Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, has stressed often over the past several years. In…
by - May 7, 2019 2:03 pm
From bicycle racks to going back to school to maker space to trolley rides, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith students are engaged in an upper level leadership class that…
