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National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Monica Bertagnolli expressed her excitement at work and research being conducted by the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education during a tour of its…
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Three candidates are facing off for the Ward 3 position on the Fort Smith Board of Directors in the Nov. 5 general election. City Director Lavon Morton chose not to…
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Galen Hunter, a principal at Fort Smith-based MAHG Architecture, received the prestigious Fay Jones Gold Medal Award from the Arkansas Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The AIA…
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The five year capital improvement plan (CIP) for Fort Smith streets, bridges and associated drainage program calls for a decline in spending annually. The plan, presented to the Fort Smith…
by - October 19, 2024 5:02 pm
A Fort Smith business owner has had enough of an offensive smell permeating the Fort Smith metro. On Friday (Oct. 18) River City Bistro owner Bruce Spinas filed a lawsuit…
by - October 17, 2024 10:01 pm
Fort Smith City Directors disapproved of a five-year capital improvement plan (CIP) presented by the Parks and Recreation Department at a board of directors study session Tuesday night (Oct. 15)….
by - October 17, 2024 10:35 am
An almost $300 million award to build part of a section of Interstate 49 between Alma and Barling has been awarded by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT). The award…
by - October 16, 2024 5:04 pm
Four months after Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) officials and its beneficiaries agreed on steps to be taken before work on dissolution of the trust can begin, nothing has been…
by - October 16, 2024 11:39 am
A consent decree modification meeting between City of Fort Smith and federal officials could happen before Thanksgiving but it could be as late as the second quarter of 2025 when…
by - October 15, 2024 4:59 pm
The Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ) of the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment is monitoring cleanout of a lagoon in Crawford County that has caused Fort Smith area residents…
by - October 15, 2024 12:58 pm
Five attorneys have thrown their hat into the ring for the chance to be Fort Smith Public School’s in-house legal counsel. As of Oct. 14, six applied for the position,…
by - October 14, 2024 2:05 pm
Low cost of living and location make Western Arkansas and the Fort Smith metro area a good fit for manufacturing, but the big draw is the sense of community in…
by - October 10, 2024 8:19 pm
The Barling Board of Directors agreed Thursday (Oct. 10) during a special called meeting to contribute 20% of the cost of a water system master plan to support ongoing future…
by - October 10, 2024 4:56 pm
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, and his opponent Democrat Risie Howard of Pine Bluff agreed on some key issues but were diametrically opposed on others during their Fourth Congressional…
by - October 9, 2024 4:52 pm
The Sebastian County Opioid Task Force will receive a $625,000 federal grant from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) under the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program….
by - October 9, 2024 8:51 am
Thanks to a $200,000 Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) grant, 3.5 more miles of trails could be paved in Greenwood by the end of the year, according to Casey Craig,…
by - October 8, 2024 8:49 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, said the United States shouldn’t tell Israel how to defend itself following the attacks on it by Hamas last Oct. 7. His Democratic challenger, Caitlin…
by - October 8, 2024 6:58 pm
In the face of ongoing tough decisions about spending on and user rates for water and sewer systems, the Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Oct. 8) rejected a…
by - October 7, 2024 12:55 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith metro in September was above the same period in 2023, but the year still is coming in well under that of the record-breaking 2023…
by - October 4, 2024 7:25 pm
Mercy has opened a 65 Prime+ clinic in Fort Smith that is focused on providing care to Medicare patients age 65 and older. The hospital system says it’s the first…
