by - June 30, 2025 10:04 am
Officials with the Fort Smith Boys Home are set to open a new facility that represents a more than $2 million investment in the agency’s goal of “changing lives” and…
by - June 30, 2025 10:02 am
University of Arkansas System President Jay Silveria said Monday (June 30) that Dr. C. Lowry Barnes, professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the University of Arkansas…
by - June 30, 2025 9:57 am
The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees approved three projects during a special meeting Friday (June 27) and A-State’s College of Education and Behavioral Sciences received accreditation. Trustees also…
by - June 29, 2025 12:00 pm
Arvest Bank has hired Dana Hedger to the position of mortgage lender at the bank’s Greensborough Village branch in Jonesboro. Hedger has 15 years of banking experience and previously served…
by - June 29, 2025 11:24 am
Editor’s note: The Fort Smith Metro Daily News Executive Summary series is focused on looking under the title, so to speak, of a business, government, and non-profit executive in the…
by - June 29, 2025 10:53 am
The four Arkansas metro areas measured by The Compass Report continue to show economic growth, with moderation seen in employment and consumer spending during the first quarter of 2025. In…
by - June 29, 2025 8:36 am
The Arkansas Space Grant Consortium (ASGC), headquartered at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been awarded an $800,000 grant by NASA to support workforce development, STEM education, and…
by - June 29, 2025 8:07 am
Hot Springs Village Voice Owner and Publisher Jennifer Allen was inducted as the 148th president of the Arkansas Press Association on Saturday (June 28). The focus of Allen’s presidency will…
by - June 28, 2025 8:59 pm
Sam’s Club growth goals are aggressive and follow 50% revenue growth of the past five years. Sam’s Club execs have said they want to double sales and membership in the…
by - June 28, 2025 8:22 pm
Stitt Solar, the renewable energy division of Rogers-based The Stitt Group, recently completed two solar array projects in Fort Smith with the help of a $360,000 grant from the U.S….
by - June 27, 2025 11:57 am
Traffic at the Fort Smith Regional Airport was up in May, but is down almost 3% in the first five months of 2025. Enplanements at the airport have yet to…
by - June 27, 2025 10:59 am
Arkansas’ real gross domestic product (GDP) was 0.8% in the first quarter, ranking the state fifth for growth among the 50 states. Personal income grew at an annual rate of…
by - June 26, 2025 6:52 pm
Fort Smith city administration is a bit worried and confused by lower than anticipated sales tax revenue in the May report, and plans to seek more information from state officials…
by - June 26, 2025 4:43 pm
First quarter U.S. economic growth declined more than initially estimated, with an increase in imports and a decline in government spending pushing activity lower, according to Thursday’s (June 26) report…
by - June 26, 2025 3:11 pm
The freight and logistics industry has been in a recession more than two years with excess capacity and weaker demand driving rates lower. The negative factors aren’t likely to soon…
by - June 26, 2025 10:55 am
Arkansas Children’s announced the creation of the Bale Family Endowed Chair in Pediatric Interventional Radiology honoring Drs. Joanna and Robert Seibert, made possible by a $1 million gift by the…
by - June 26, 2025 10:03 am
The 2025 Arkansas Food Hall of Fame finalists were announced on Thursday (June 26). Launched in 2016 by the Division of Arkansas Heritage, the program celebrates Arkansas’ unique culinary heritage…
by - June 26, 2025 8:13 am
For the first time ever, an Arkansas school has a class of students on their path to become dentists. The Lyon College School of Dental Medicine has officially announced its…
by - June 25, 2025 6:22 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin announced Wednesday (June 25) Arkansas’ portion of the recent $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family for their role in the proliferation…
by - June 25, 2025 3:45 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors has given the green light to allowing city staff to work with Ameresco to develop options to modernize the city’s water meter system, which…
