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There is about $40 million in federal grant funds awarded to the City of Fort Smith in limbo following an executive order by President Donald Trump to freeze certain infrastructure…
by - January 23, 2025 6:30 pm
Rogers-based Beaty Capital Group (BCG), which invested in its first TempleLive property in downtown Fort Smith, has partnered with the Fischer Companies on a $23 million renovation of an historic…
by - January 23, 2025 3:53 pm
The Central Business Improvement District (CBID) Board of Directors is making headway on promises to make downtown Fort Smith look better, though implementation of projects is different than originally anticipated….
by - January 23, 2025 1:29 pm
Traffic at the Fort Smith Regional Airport increased in 2024 compared with 2023, but the numbers are still well below pre-pandemic trends. Traffic at the airport also fell more than…
by - January 22, 2025 1:07 pm
A total of 4.62 acres of commercial land on U.S. Highway 412 in Siloam Springs recently changed hands in three transactions for a combined $2.96 million, according to a Wednesday…
by - January 22, 2025 12:54 pm
The James Beard Foundation has named three Northwest Arkansas chefs as semifinalists for the 2025 James Beard Awards, the foundation announced Wednesday (Jan. 22). This year marks the 35th anniversary…
by - January 21, 2025 11:18 am
The City of Van Buren is making plans for the city parks and getting the community involved in doing so. MAHG Architecture of Fort Smith is leading the planning process…
by - January 20, 2025 4:49 pm
The 23rd annual Arkansas Delta Byways Awards Banquet will be held Jan. 31, in Stuttgart. This event is held each year to recognize those with outstanding tourism achievements across the…
by - January 17, 2025 11:09 am
A resolution on the agenda for the Fort Smith Board of Directors regular meeting for Tuesday (Jan. 21) could mark as complete the construction of the at least $3.344 million…
by - January 17, 2025 10:21 am
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) exceeded 1.1 million enplanements, or passengers flying out, for the first time in 2024, XNA officials announced Friday (Jan. 17). XNA attributed the record year…
by - January 16, 2025 12:01 pm
The Walton Arts Center and the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) recently released a 2024 impact study showing the two performing arts venues had a total economic impact of $68.2…
by - January 16, 2025 11:13 am
With an experienced restaurant franchise executive as part of the leadership team, Bentonville-based food and restaurant company Good Gravy Group plans to grow by adding new locations, franchising and landing…
by - January 15, 2025 2:03 pm
The path is uncertain on how to develop the more than 100 acres that was once the ACME brick facility in Fort Smith, with city staff suggesting a holistic long-term…
by - January 15, 2025 10:42 am
The River Valley Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commission, in partnership with the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, has a slate of events scheduled Jan. 18-23 to celebrate the…
by - January 14, 2025 11:06 am
Since acquiring in September 2024 the historic Carnegie Library building, located at 318 N. 13th St., and the former studio and offices of KFSM, new owner Diana Sims has begun…
by - January 13, 2025 12:17 pm
Discussion of the former ACME brick yard and what the property – more than 110 acres – could bring to the City of Fort Smith is again on the agenda…
by - January 13, 2025 11:53 am
A second time is the charm. The City of Fort Smith in its second attempt has been awarded a $24.987 million federal grant to build almost 10 miles of new…
by - January 10, 2025 8:45 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Regional Planning Commission will receive a $25 million federal grant to pay for a 12-foot-wide bicycle and pedestrian trail running the length of a $362.91 million project to…
by - January 8, 2025 6:03 pm
The Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville will launch a $25 million fundraising campaign to enhance and expand the 50,000-square-foot museum, according to a Wednesday (Jan. 8) news release. Amazeum and…
by - January 8, 2025 12:31 pm
Walmart Foundation has provided the Jones Center with a $550,000 grant to support access to the center over the next two years and space rental discounts to area nonprofits, the…
