by - June 23, 2024 10:40 am
Arkansas multi-service contractor Nabholz Corp. recently bolstered its infrastructure division with the acquisition of excavation contractor Brother’s Construction of Van Buren from Todd and Terry Mooney. The financial terms of…
by - June 23, 2024 9:35 am
Stuff. We have a lot of it. The two-car garage is so full that it’s a barely-one-car garage. The attic is packed, and so is what was once the guest…
by - June 21, 2024 2:19 pm
Arvest Bank’s 14th annual Million Meals campaign raised $170,856 to benefit over 34 food partners in Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith metro. The Fayetteville-based company shared the details in…
by - June 20, 2024 3:40 pm
The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) Commission is reevaluating programs it instated with the help of an assessment on property in the district. The Fort Smith Board of…
by - June 20, 2024 3:17 pm
Neil Mehta, who attempted to evade federal authorities after a raid on his Fort Smith home in early 2023, has been sentenced on weapons and tax charges to 57 months…
by - June 19, 2024 7:00 pm
School may be out for the summer, but the halls of Fort Smith Public School District’s Peak Innovation Center are busy with children and teenagers exploring different career paths, according…
by - June 18, 2024 7:13 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors passed an ordinance during its regular meeting Tuesday (June 19) that amends the 2019 Unified Development Ordinance and creates what has been a controversial…
by - June 18, 2024 4:06 pm
The Fort Smith Visitors Center is leaving Miss Laura’s for its own dedicated space on Garrison Avenue. For 32 years, the visitor’s center has been located inside Miss Laura’s Social…
by - June 17, 2024 11:57 am
Overall job growth in Arkansas was “robust” in the first quarter of 2024, but a rise in the number of unemployed and manufacturing job losses indicates a resilient economy with…
by - June 14, 2024 4:25 pm
An historic hotel in Fort Smith – commonly known as the Ward-Garrison Building, could be redesigned into retail and residential space following its purchase on online auction Wednesday (June 12)….
by - June 13, 2024 4:48 pm
The City of Fort Smith is working on a road map to make city streets safer and needs public input to make certain all problems are adequately addressed. Funding for…
by - June 13, 2024 3:42 pm
ABB Ozark and Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus recently launched a career readiness pilot program as a collaborative workforce development initiative for Franklin County and the surrounding region. Program participants have…
by - June 12, 2024 4:15 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation is expected to begin resurfacing Highway 71B (Towson Avenue) in Fort Smith in early July. The project had been scheduled for June but was delayed…
by - June 12, 2024 9:36 am
Arkansas Tech University-Ozark and the Van Buren Public School District have partnered to give Van Buren High School students the opportunity to study automation technology and gain college credits. VBHS…
by - June 11, 2024 5:33 pm
Fort Smith foodies will be in for a treat during the inaugural Fort Smith Food Truck Festival on June 22. The event is presented by the Fort Smith Downtown Business…
by - June 10, 2024 6:29 pm
Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) officials and its beneficiaries have agreed that the next steps in moving toward a dissolution of the trust is for FCRA to create a projection…
by - June 6, 2024 3:35 pm
The Mercy hospital systems in Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas received just under $3.2 million from a more than $20 million statewide grant program to partner with a university and…
by - June 6, 2024 11:53 am
Fort Smith metro home sales were unchanged in the first four months of 2024 compared with the same period in 2023, but the value of home sales in the period…
by - June 6, 2024 10:54 am
Although he’s just 29, construction company owner Trent Hanna already knows a vital business rule — efficiency is the key to running a smooth operation. “Consider our invoice processing system,”…
by - June 5, 2024 1:27 pm
Fort Smith metro building activity dropped significantly in May. Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren reported combined May building permit values of $17.927 million, down 59.3% compared to the $44.057…
