by - December 5, 2013 5:34 pm
A special joint meeting of the Fort Smith Board of Directors and the Sebastian County Quorum Court will be held Monday (Dec. 9) at 6 p.m. at the Elm Grove…
by - December 5, 2013 4:53 pm
Former Fort Smith Parks Commission Chairman Bobby Aldridge resigned from his volunteer position in September in order to pursue contract work with the city of Fort Smith and it has…
by - December 4, 2013 3:26 pm
While the battle of the fiscal year 2014 operating budget is now concluded, it does not mean the city of Fort Smith's finance department can sit back and relax. The…
by - December 4, 2013 10:36 am
A legislative delay of new hours-of-service rules is being sought by the U.S. trucking industry, but the head of Arkansas’ trucking industry says the legislative effort will not work and…
by - December 3, 2013 9:24 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors passed a Fiscal Year 2014 operating budget at its regularly scheduled Tuesday (Dec. 3) meeting without much of the fanfare and disagreements seen during…
by - December 3, 2013 5:27 pm
Voters in Arkansas House District 77 now know the name of at least one candidate running to replace term-limited Rep. Stephanie Malone, R-Fort Smith. In statement issued Tuesday (Dec. 3),…
by - December 3, 2013 5:18 pm
The ambitious effort to expand broadband capability in Arkansas public schools moved forward on Tuesday (Dec. 3) as two working groups accepted an engineering report and recommended the state proceed…
by - December 3, 2013 12:43 pm
Year-to-date tax collections in Arkansas continue to trend higher, but an unusual corporate income tax swing helped push collections in the November report below budget estimates. Year-to-date gross revenue (July…
by - December 3, 2013 7:19 am
Van Buren Mayor Bob Freeman presented the city council a $12.071 million FY 14 budget at a special meeting Monday (Dec. 2). The budget is an increase of more than…
by - December 2, 2013 6:27 pm
The fight between Sebastian County Judge David Hudson and County Treasurer Judith Miller over financial software to be used in her office continues following a vote of the Quorum Court…
by - December 2, 2013 3:30 pm
It’s been five years since the U.S. Treasury Department threw out a life line to banks as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program in an effort to stabilize the…
by - December 2, 2013 3:20 pm
Economic uncertainty combined with concerns about income growth have resulted in a lower Arkansas tax revenue estimate for fiscal year 2014 and a small projected increase for fiscal year 2015….
by - November 26, 2013 6:15 pm
A vote taken Monday night (Nov. 25) by the Sebastian County Quorum Court could leave one justice of the peace in violation of Arkansas law. Justice of the Peace Jim…
by - November 26, 2013 5:12 pm
What could be the final battle over the proposed FY14 budget is to take place Dec. 3 following a decision by the Fort Smith Board of Directors to bring the…
by - November 26, 2013 6:19 am
There will be no beer sales in the near future at Ben Geren Regional Park’s golf course. The Sebastian County Quorum Court decided Monday (Nov. 25) to nix the idea…
by - November 25, 2013 5:08 pm
No one knows exactly what will happen to the city of Fort Smith's general fund budget once the Board of Directors meets for a third budget meeting on Tuesday (Nov….
by - November 25, 2013 4:28 pm
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) on Monday (Nov. 25) announced a new initiative to better position Arkansas to compete for projects requiring large acreage. Those locations worthy of the…
by - November 25, 2013 1:44 pm
Gov. Mike Beebe on Monday (Nov. 25) announced the following appointments to boards and commissions: Dr. Jamie Brandon, Magnolia, reappointed to the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission. Appointment expires…
by - November 22, 2013 4:23 pm
Fort Smith City Director Keith Lau asked for scenarios to reduce $2.2 million from the city's 2014 proposed budget at Monday's (Nov. 18) and City Administrator Ray Gosack on Friday…
by - November 22, 2013 6:53 am
A possible big gamble on a country club, an investment spark in downtown Fort Smith and the success of a Catholic school principal are part of the Nov. 8 Friday…
