by - April 12, 2017 7:05 pm
On March 6, 2017, Fort Smith City Director Keith Lau filed an offense report against Arkansas State Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, alleging Files defrauded Lau’s KCP Property Management of…
by - April 11, 2017 9:32 pm
Representatives from Whirlpool and Ramboll Environ, the company’s environmental consulting firm, reported progress on multiple fronts to the Fort Smith Board of Directors on cleanup efforts at the former site…
by - April 11, 2017 4:19 pm
Fort Smith officials are seeing the first signs of a more willing partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the direction of President Donald Trump appointee and former…
by - April 10, 2017 7:04 pm
Beaty Capital Group, the parent company managing the renovation of the historic Masonic Temple in Fort Smith, has acquired the Masonic Temple and Performing Arts Center in Cleveland with plans…
by - April 10, 2017 5:47 pm
Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken knows he has a sizable task on his hands navigating the city’s federal consent decree for years-long violations of the Clean Water Act, and…
by - April 7, 2017 4:10 pm
First-year Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) Superintendent Dr. Douglas Brubaker is ready to address the career readiness gap for high school students, he told audience members at the Fort Smith…
by - April 5, 2017 4:05 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) will ramp up efforts to close the minority hiring gap for teachers and administrators, according to FSPS Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Support Services…
by - April 4, 2017 10:09 pm
Each year the Fort Smith Board of Directors reviews recommendations from its citizen-led Community Development Advisory Committee (CDAC) on how to allocate federal funding to area nonprofit programs designed for…
by - April 4, 2017 8:05 pm
The top two paid executives for USA Truck in 2016 no longer work for the Van Buren-based carrier, according to its proxy statement filed Tuesday (April 4) with the U.S….
by - April 4, 2017 1:33 pm
The 3rd Annual Peacemaker Music & Arts Festival will hit downtown Fort Smith on July 28 and 29 with headlining acts Gov’t Mule and Jamey Johnson leading a lineup of…
by - April 3, 2017 8:02 pm
Fort Smith, Van Buren, and Greenwood, posted building permit value gains through the first three months of 2017 compared to the same period last year. Overall the three cities added…
by - March 30, 2017 8:51 am
Fort Smith-based food manufacturer OK Foods Inc. has issued a recall for approximately 1 million pounds of breaded chicken, according to a recent press release from Industrias Bachoco, its Mexico-based…
by - March 29, 2017 4:03 pm
Fort Smith city and county sales tax numbers are off to a good start after closing 2016 with slight gains in the wake of a $1.41 million downward budget revision…
by - March 28, 2017 3:51 pm
Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken is done with sewer rate increases for the foreseeable future, stating his administration would no longer entertain increases as long as prices were at…
by - March 28, 2017 1:40 pm
Traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport is off to a good start in 2017, with numbers up almost 14% year-to-date and building upon a 2016 that saw marginal…
by - March 28, 2017 7:31 am
Former Fort Smith School Board candidate Greg Murray blasted the School Board for circumstances surrounding his loss to current Board member Talicia Richardson at Monday night’s (March 27) meeting. Richardson…
by - March 27, 2017 4:39 pm
Storm Nolan will be the first person to tell you his idea for a medical marijuana cultivation facility in Fort Smith isn’t a given. After all, state officials are proceeding…
by - March 23, 2017 6:25 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport Director John Parker will retire on March 31 after 20 years with the facility and close to 10 as director. It’s not likely a new director…
by - March 23, 2017 3:48 pm
Almost one year has passed since Van Buren Original (VBO) – a group consisting of business owners, city leaders, and citizens – formed to revitalize the city’s downtown district. Prior…
by - March 21, 2017 6:20 pm
The Sebastian County finance department recently had to rescind an email that revealed 200 employees’ bank account numbers. According to a text message sent to Talk Business & Politics, the…
