by - May 21, 2023 1:44 pm
Unlike when drafting new personnel policies, members of the Fort Smith Public School’s personnel policy committee (PPC) are not given prior input in determining teacher salaries and benefits before plans…
by - May 19, 2023 10:50 am
Dr. Sheila Jacobs will be the interim chancellor at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus beginning July 1. She steps in as the university searches for the next campus chancellor after the…
by - May 18, 2023 5:18 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) Board of Directors discussed that if they were to deed Chaffee Crossing property now operated as Deer Trails Golf Course to the city of…
by - May 17, 2023 9:12 pm
The engineering firm hired by Fort Smith Public Schools for consultation with the district’s Peak Innovation Center believes the FSPS Board of Education (BOE) was blocked by school officials from…
by - May 16, 2023 8:56 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (May 16) unanimously passed a resolution requesting the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) donate the property that has operated as many years…
by - May 16, 2023 6:40 pm
An effort by the Fort Smith International Film Festival is part of the community outreach to foreign nations that U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, has said will be vital now…
by - May 16, 2023 10:46 am
Last call for the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s longest-running awards program has arrived. The Forty Under 40 deadline for the Class of 2023 is Friday, May 26. You can submit nominations…
by - May 15, 2023 4:58 pm
Of the $33.768 million collected from the 1% county-wide sales tax in Sebastian County in 2022, 85.8% went to the towns and cities inside the county. A special election is…
by - May 12, 2023 1:15 pm
The Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Commission voted to “enthusiastically support” the concept of a park in the former Acme Brick Yard during its meeting Wednesday (May 10) and agreed…
by - May 11, 2023 4:03 pm
The question of whether Deer Trails Golf Course in Chaffee Crossing will remain a golf course or be sold to be developed is once again a hot topic and a…
by - May 10, 2023 6:14 pm
Fort Smith City Directors are considering the steps needed to make city properties more energy efficient and for the possibilities of solar to power city facilities. One idea includes a…
by - May 10, 2023 3:11 pm
The Willard and Pat Walker Charitable Foundation in Fayetteville announced a $1 million pledge Wednesday (May 10) to the U.S. Marshals Museum Foundation to help complete the museum’s capital fundraising…
by - May 9, 2023 7:57 pm
The odds are against adding new commercial air routes in the near future at the Fort Smith Regional Airport, but a consultant on Tuesday (May 9) told airport commissioners and…
by - May 9, 2023 1:51 pm
There seemed to be confusion Tuesday (May 9) on whether there was a school election in Sebastian County. There was one set and clearly noted on a Notice of Election…
by - May 8, 2023 4:54 pm
Jim Walcott, a business and community leader who played a part in the creation of the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education, died Sunday (May 7) after a long battle with…
by - May 8, 2023 3:12 pm
April building permit values in the Fort Smith metro were down from March but were well above where they were last year. Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren combined for…
by - May 8, 2023 10:22 am
A special election is set for Aug. 8 to extend the 1-cent countywide sales tax in Sebastian County that provides a big chunk of the budget for the county and…
by - May 8, 2023 9:10 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2023 Fast 15 class features some of the region’s most talented young professionals in the business and nonprofit communities. The Business Journal’s editorial staff evaluated…
by - May 5, 2023 4:21 pm
The plaudits were frequent and magnanimous Friday (May 5) as political and business leaders met at the Ebbing Air National Guard base in Fort Smith to ceremonially mark the U.S….
by - May 4, 2023 5:40 pm
Purposes converged. Rob Ator had been tasked in early 2018 by then-Gov. Asa Hutchinson to retain and recruit military operations. The U.S. Air Force in 2019 needed a new place…
