by - June 16, 2017 7:55 am
Gerdau plans to use virtual reality to train its nearly 500 employees at its Fort Smith steel mill. The company recently developed a smartphone app, allowing employees to use it…
by - June 15, 2017 7:55 pm
After one full year of work by the Fort Smith Community Health Council to improve health care access and outcomes, Sebastian County moved from an overall rank of 19 to…
by - June 14, 2017 6:11 pm
The Fort Smith Civil Service Commission will punt for at least another month on addressing a request from city Police Chief Nathaniel Clark to hire external applicants for upper level…
by - June 14, 2017 6:08 pm
Fort Smith Director Kevin Settle believes the city needs to be “thinking big” when it comes to the future of Harry E. Kelley Park along the riverfront in downtown Fort…
by - June 13, 2017 10:45 pm
The Fort Smith Planning Commission unanimously approved the Propelling Downtown Forward strategic plan from Gateway Planning on Tuesday night (June 13), pushing the item through for future voting consideration by…
by - June 13, 2017 5:55 pm
Fort Smith will in 2018 be home to the third Sumo Japanese Steakhouse in Arkansas, and will be built along Phoenix Avenue between Starbucks and Academy Sports, according to Haag…
by - June 13, 2017 5:13 pm
A change in “design and construction modifications” has cut $17 million from the cost to build the U.S. Marshals Museum planned to be built near the Arkansas River in downtown…
by - June 13, 2017 5:02 pm
Once again another number has changed with respect to Fort Smith’s recycling progam – or lack thereof. This time it is the amount of recycling picked up by recycling trucks….
by - June 13, 2017 11:51 am
The Fort Smith metro region saw a slight decline in home sales for May, but remained ahead of 2016’s year-to-date tallies with $140.694 million in sales volume on 886 units…
by - June 12, 2017 5:43 pm
In 1867, the Sisters of Mercy posted an advertisement in a St. Louis newspaper. “Wanted,” the ad stated. “Young women willing to work hard for little pay on the frontier…
by - June 12, 2017 4:51 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is the most affordable four-year university in the state, according to UAFS officials. Out of the more than 20 brick-and-mortar universities offering baccalaureate…
by - June 9, 2017 6:05 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors broached the contentious topic of alternative funding sources to help the city’s cash-strapped budget at a special study session on Friday (June 9) from…
by - June 9, 2017 10:47 am
The Local Police and Fire pension fund (LOPFI) has a new insolvency date. According to accounting firm BKD, the city’s older pension plans – representing retirees prior to 1983 –…
by - June 8, 2017 6:10 pm
City sales tax revenues went through a “timing issue” that caused a broad swing across March and April, according to Fort Smith Finance Director Jennifer Walker. In a Thursday (June…
by - June 8, 2017 4:33 pm
Fort Smith, Van Buren, and Greenwood added $88.44 million in permits against 2016’s $69.94 million valuation through May, a gain of 26.45%, but the news wasn’t all good for the…
by - June 7, 2017 5:20 pm
Brick City Emporium in Fort Smith has taken top honors at the annual Ozarks regional Small Business Administration InnovateHER competition, according to an emailed newsletter from Startup Junkie Consulting in…
by - June 7, 2017 4:47 pm
The legislative political domino is underway in the Fort Smith metro, with attorney Kelly Procter-Pierce announcing she will run as a Republican for the House District 76 seat. Rep. Mat…
by - June 7, 2017 2:43 pm
The estate of the late Fort Smith City Administrator Ray Gosack has gifted $750,000 to the University of Arkansas (UA) and University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS). Gosack provided…
by - June 6, 2017 8:10 pm
Fort Smith Deputy City Administrator Jeff Dingman explained the breakdown in communication that occurred during the city’s almost three-year lapse in recycling on Tuesday night (June 6) after the Board…
by - June 5, 2017 10:51 am
Patti Kimbrough is the new executive director of the Good Samaritan Clinic in Fort Smith. Kimbrough, originally from Fort Smith, has more than 25 years of experience in the nonprofit…
