by - October 25, 2022 10:37 am
City Director Kevin Settle will face challenger A. Drew Smith for the Director-at-large Position 6 seat on the Fort Smith Board of Directors in the Nov. 8 general election. Settle,…
by - October 24, 2022 3:25 pm
It’s been a series of career challenges for Danny Baker ever since his career with the Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) began in 2001. The east Oklahoma native and Army…
by - October 24, 2022 1:53 pm
Thirsty? Owners of a whiskey distillery want to expand operations to the Historic District at Chaffee Crossing. The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) approved the $675,000 sale of Building 339…
by - October 24, 2022 11:23 am
Fort Smith City Director Robyn Dawson and challenger Christina Catsavis will once again face each other in the general election Nov. 8 for the Director-at-large Position 5 seat on the…
by - October 20, 2022 5:15 pm
A message endorsing a Fort Smith Board of Directors candidate containing a derogatory statement about the LGBTQ community has reached many people via text messages and social media, but the…
by - October 18, 2022 4:55 pm
A new $20-million, skilled nursing facility is in the works for U.S. 71 South in Fort Smith. A building permit was issued Oct. 5 for the nursing home that will…
by - October 18, 2022 4:42 pm
The Central Business Improvement District (CBID) Commission passed a resolution Tuesday (Oct. 18) that should be the last thing it needs completed before a petition for an assessment on CBID…
by - October 17, 2022 4:52 pm
Commercial tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River in the first nine months of 2022 is up 4.5%, with September tonnage up 18.5% and outbound tonnage up 54.3%, according to figures…
by - October 17, 2022 3:37 pm
Issues ranging from abortion to wastewater systems were part of a 3rd Congressional District debate Monday (Oct. 17) in which U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, said he would support a…
by - October 17, 2022 12:10 pm
Two of the three candidates running in the U.S. Congressional District 4 race think Joe Biden is the elected president of the United States, and the Democrat in the race…
by - October 16, 2022 1:30 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors wants the city’s engineering department to rethink how its plans for street and drainage work. The request followed the department’s presentation of its five-year…
by - October 13, 2022 6:23 pm
State and local officials gathered Thursday (Oct. 13) in Barling to break ground on a “tremendous, transformative” project many thought they “would never see in their lifetime” and celebrate the…
by - October 12, 2022 1:00 pm
ArcBest President, CEO and Board Chairman Judy McReynolds was included on the prestigious 2022 Forbes 50 Over 50 Entrepreneurs list that included a NASA executive and CEO of a large…
by - October 12, 2022 12:40 pm
Home sales in the Fort Smith metro are pulling back from record levels that began to emerge in 2020, with the number of homes sold down more than 7% in…
by - October 11, 2022 8:26 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Oct. 11) received their first look at a proposed new logo and seal for the city. The city hired Fort Smith-based RightMind…
by - October 11, 2022 5:55 pm
In order to better recruit and retain students, faculty and staff, Arkansas College of Health Education has hired Dr. Christopher Smith as the college’s first director of diversity, equity and…
by - October 10, 2022 4:38 pm
A $90,000 grant from the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation will allow a free outdoor music series to continue for another three years by the Arkansas River in downtown Fort…
by - October 10, 2022 9:11 am
Senior leaders grapple with various issues following the pandemic, including workforce management. When it comes to keeping employees engaged and happy, leaders face tough decisions, whether dealing with remote or…
by - October 8, 2022 5:06 pm
Stacey Jones, who recently retired as University of Arkansas at Fort Smith associate vice chancellor of campus and community events and managed the popular Season of Entertainment for 39 years,…
by - October 6, 2022 5:13 pm
The contractor and design team have met and surveyed the exhibit space at the U.S. Marshals Museum, and work on preparing the space for all the museum experiences will begin…
