by - May 25, 2022 1:02 am
State Rep. Jack Ladyman, R-Jonesboro, easily won the Republican nomination in the State House District 32 primary election held Tuesday (May 24). Ladyman received 71% (1,655) of votes cast while…
by - May 25, 2022 12:53 am
Republicans Rep. Justin Boyd and Sen. Gary Stubblefield survived primary challenges for Arkansas Senate district seats in the Fort Smith metro. Rep. Lee Johnson, R-Greenwood, also defeated a challenger in…
by - May 25, 2022 12:34 am
The June 21 runoff ballots in Northwest Arkansas will include at least four legislative races. The Republican primaries for Arkansas House Districts 12 and 13, and Senate Districts 28 and…
by - May 25, 2022 12:07 am
With 97% of the totals reported in Tuesday’s (May 24) primary election in Crawford County, Kevin Holmes won the nonpartisan prosecuting attorney race, but none of the candidates for the…
by - May 24, 2022 11:56 pm
There will be three new faces on the seven-person Fort Smith Public School Board. The unofficial election Tuesday (May 24) results from the Sebastian County Clerk showed all but one…
by - May 24, 2022 11:37 pm
Democrat Josh Moody will have to wait until after a June 21 runoff election to see who he will face in the November general election in the race for Washington…
by - May 24, 2022 10:34 pm
Fort Smith voters on Tuesday (May 24) extended two sales tax extensions that will pay for federally mandated sewer system improvements, an across-the-board police pay increase of 23.87%, fire department…
by - May 24, 2022 10:21 pm
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., grinded his way to a clear victory in the Republican primary race for his U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday (May 24), while Arkansas’ three U.S….
by - May 24, 2022 10:11 pm
Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday (May 24) became the first female Republican party nominee for Arkansas governor, while Chris Jones became the first African-American major party gubernatorial nominee. Lt. Governor…
by - May 23, 2022 8:01 pm
Jared Bassham has been selected as Black River Technical College’s Law Enforcement Training Academy (LETA) Director. Bassham’s tenure will begin July 1. A Hardy native, he has been employed at…
by - May 23, 2022 8:13 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture will receive $650,000 in federal funds to aid in its feral hog eradication efforts. The money will come from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022….
by - May 19, 2022 3:21 pm
Northeast Arkansas has gone more than a week with little to no rain and cotton farmers are taking advantage. For the week ending May 15, Arkansas cotton was 53% planted,…
by - May 19, 2022 10:14 am
If Fort Smith voters do not approve a proposed continuation of a 1% sales tax in the city, residents may see a 58% increase to their sewer bills to fund…
by - May 18, 2022 7:12 pm
Only four of the 13 Fort Smith Public School Board candidates filed their required “campaign contribution and expenditure report” by the May 17 deadline, according to documents provided by the…
by - May 18, 2022 6:31 pm
If Lockheed Martin and Airbus win a U.S. Air Force award for an aerial refueling system, the two companies plan to locate the manufacturing facility for the project in western…
by - May 18, 2022 5:40 pm
Housing, retail sector growth, quality of life, commercial air service, workforce development and retention are among the issues civic and business leaders in Northeast Arkansas have identified as issues that…
by - May 17, 2022 7:23 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved an ordinance at its regular meeting Tuesday (May 17) that will better aid lower income households who qualify for the city’s Project Concern…
by - May 17, 2022 3:12 pm
A flu that is nearly 100% lethal to poultry is spreading across the U.S. Thirty-four states have had confirmed cases of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza, according to the U.S….
by - May 17, 2022 3:09 pm
The Texarkana USA Regional Chamber of Commerce announced Monday (May 16) the retirement of Michael Malone, president and CEO. Malone has served the Texarkana Chamber since February 2016. During his…
by - May 17, 2022 1:44 pm
With the COVID-19 pandemic still in full swing, 2021 was another challenging year for the Fort Smith Fire Department, including 2021 being the busiest year for service calls to the…
