Author: Tina Alvey Dale

Tina Alvey Dale

Fort Smith School Board moves to hire firm for superintendent search

Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education agreed Tuesday (Jan. 7) on a search firm to help hire a superintendent. The board unanimously agreed to allow the district and Board…

Fort Smith tax revenue down marginally in November report

Fort Smith sales tax revenue in November rebounded somewhat, helping the city come closer to hitting budgeted revenues for the year. The November revenue was 3.82% above the city’s budget…

Basketball star Isaiah Joe donates to Fort Kids Children’s Museum

Fort Kids Children’s Museum has reached its goal of exceeding $2 million in fundraising as 2024 comes to an end and has set a goal of raising another $1 million…

Land cleared for Scott-Sebastian County Library; cost estimated at $5 million

The land in Greenwood where a new Scott-Sebastian County Library will sit had to be cleared of rock before any construction could begin, but that part of the project is…

Consultant sought in Fort Smith Public School Board superintendent search

The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education will meet in a special called meeting Jan. 7 to review possible firms to help with the search for a new superintendent…

Fort Smith Board approves second payment for waterpark slides

The Fort Smith Board of Directors passed an ordinance at the regular board meeting Tuesday (Dec. 17) to pay for the second half of the cost of new slides at…

Funding approved for Miss Laura’s Brothel Museum

The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved $522,579 for Miss Laura’s Brothel Museum during its regular board meeting Tuesday night (Dec. 17). The Fort Smith Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB)…

Fort Smith School Board president discusses superintendent search plan

The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education is preparing for a search that could begin in January 2025 for a superintendent to oversee a district with more than 13,000…

Morawski discusses leaving as Fort Smith School District superintendent

Dr. Terry Morrawski, Fort Smith Public Schools Superintendent, announced Tuesday (Dec. 16) at the school board meeting that he may leave the district at the end of the school year….

Race cited in reassignment of Northside High School football coach

Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education member Talicia Richardson on Monday (Dec. 16) brought up the question of race at the board’s regular meeting when discussing the recent reassignment…

Harps Food building new stores in Conway, Fort Smith

With construction set to begin on a Harps Food Store on the Arkansas College of Health Education (ACHE) campus, Springdale-based Harps is looking for a tenant. A building permit valued…

Future School of Fort Smith to limit use of cell phones; provide Yondr pouches

The Future School of Fort Smith is going phone-free in the new year. Starting with the spring semester in January, the school will provide Yondr pouches for all students in…

Fort Smith metro building permits up in November, down almost 49% year-to-date

Building activity in the Fort Smith metro in November regained momentum with an almost 120% increase in building permit values, but it’s not enough to catch up with the record-breaking…

Booneville, Fort Smith and Van Buren receive money for trails, streetscapes

The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) announced award recipients for the 2024 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) and Recreational Trails Program (RTP) and Booneville, Fort Smith, and Van Buren were among…

Fort Smith to give more review to public camping, vagrancy measures

The Fort Smith Board of Directors indefinitely tabled ordinances pertaining to public camping and vagrancy in the city at their Dec. 3 regular board meeting pending more input from the…

UAFS announces tuition waiver program for transfer students

The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) will start a new tuition waiver program aimed at supporting transfer students in Fall 2025 to make it easier for such students…

UAFS, University of the Ozarks agree to nursing partnership

The University of Arkansas Fort Smith (UAFS) and the University of the Ozarks are partnering to bring more nurses to the region. The Carolyn McKelvey Moore School of Nursing formed…

Fort Smith residents to soon pay credit card fees for city payments

The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a plan Tuesday (Dec. 3) to pass along credit card fees to citizens. The city uses PayIt as a third party to process…

Kemp wins Fort Smith Board Ward 3 runoff election

Lee Kemp will be the new director for Ward 3 on the City of Fort Smith’s Board of Directors. He received 66.5% of the votes in Tuesday’s (Dec. 3) runoff…

Fort Smith Board approves 2025 capital improvement budgets

Approved City of Fort Smith utility department capital improvement plans (CIP) drastically reduce capital expenditures for water and sewer for the coming year compared to estimated spending in 2024. The…