by - November 17, 2014 7:57 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Airport will face a $450,000 deficit in its operating fund for fiscal year 2015 and the blame can rest with the new mission of the 188th…
by - November 16, 2014 4:36 pm
Freezing weather and the potential for winter precipitation did not deter hundreds of people from waiting in line for almost two hours to get a glimpse of former President George…
by - November 14, 2014 5:21 pm
Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Johnny Roscoe in the new director of the city of Fayetteville Aviation Division, and Charles Mark Whitaker was recently hired as Fayetteville’s building safety director….
by - November 14, 2014 5:45 am
For anyone expecting a solution to the crisis facing the city of Fort Smith's general fund following Thursday's (Nov. 13) first budget meeting, keep waiting. The nearly four and a…
by - November 13, 2014 5:15 pm
Arvest Bank announced Thursday (Nov. 13) that it raised 1.806 million meals in its four-state “1 Million Meals” initiative launched two months ago. The campaign total of 1,806,844 meals was…
by - November 13, 2014 4:55 pm
The Wallace W. and Jama M. Fowler House, the chancellor’s residence on the University of Arkansas campus, will soon be able to expand its capacity for hospitality thanks to an…
by - November 13, 2014 3:00 pm
Fort Smith is not the only city facing sewer overflow issues. It’s proving a problem in Van Buren, also. According to Director of Van Buren Municipal Utilities Steve Dufresne, Fort…
by - November 12, 2014 6:47 pm
Mike Kindellan is changing the world one cardboard pallet at a time. And he’s hiring University of Arkansas at Fort Smith students to help him do it. Kindellan, the…
by - November 12, 2014 1:51 pm
A video (see below) that showcases the development of the Razorback Regional Greenway in Northwest Arkansas has received a top transportation award. The American Association of State Highway and…
by - November 11, 2014 6:00 pm
The Steel Horse Rally is officially a go and downtown Fort Smith could see up to 10,000 motorcyclists and visitors visiting the downtown area May 1 and May 2. Dennis…
by - November 11, 2014 2:41 pm
The city of Fort Smith will be without a parks and recreation director effective Nov. 21 following the Monday (Nov. 10) resignation of Mike Alsup. The move is not expected…
by - November 10, 2014 7:05 pm
Cynthia Smiley, the wife and codebtor of former Arvest Bank President Dennis Smiley, used her husband’s position to borrow more than $1.7 million for Design for the Home LLC, the…
by - November 10, 2014 4:49 pm
Ways to cut the budget and raise revenues were presented to the Fort Smith Board of Directors just hours before the Board heard about recommended outside agency funding from city…
by - November 6, 2014 5:02 pm
The pools have been drained and the patrons have long gone home, but officials with the Rogers Aquatic Center said operations in its first two years have exceeded expectations. “We…
by - November 5, 2014 9:09 pm
Officials with the city of Fort Smith and the office of Arkansas Attorney General are expected on Thursday (Nov. 6) to renew talks with federal officials in Dallas about the…
by - November 4, 2014 7:59 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Nov. 4) was presented with a balanced budget during its regular study session, but it does not yet include the recommended changes…
by - November 3, 2014 5:56 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith received approval Oct. 31 from the Arkansas Department of Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer its first master’s degree, clearing a hurdle in…
by - November 3, 2014 3:49 pm
In an Oct. 22 response to questions by the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality about the stability of a toxic plume of potentially cancer-causing trichloroethylene (TCE), Whirlpool Corporation has again…
by - November 2, 2014 4:19 pm
Methamphetamine doesn’t discriminate. Like the cocaine and crack craze of the 1980s it’s the drug of choice by many in Benton and Washington counties. Most of the crystal meth is…
by - October 29, 2014 7:16 pm
Fort Smith residents and citizens may have an easier time finding their way around town if a plan by the Frontier Metropolitan Planning Organization becomes a reality. Dianne Morrison, director…
