by - February 6, 2019 6:49 pm
Fort Smith Mayor George McGill looked back at challenges Fort Smith conquered over the years and toward what he believes is the city’s bright future. He spoke during his State…
by - February 5, 2019 8:47 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved on Tuesday (Feb. 5) the hiring of 10 additional water and sewer department employees to allow the city to have more teams available…
by - February 5, 2019 4:43 pm
The Fort Smith Police Department has hit a milestone —10% of the officers are now female. While FSPD falls slightly below the national average, the department is seeing an uptick…
by - February 4, 2019 4:37 pm
Finding drivers continues to be “challenging” for Van Buren-based USA Truck, but it didn’t stop the company from posting 2018 net income of $12.204 million, better than what the market…
by - February 4, 2019 12:54 pm
Mexico-based Industrias Bachoco, the parent company of OK Foods in Fort Smith, reported annual revenue growth of 5.2% for the year ending Dec. 3. The integrated poultry company is the…
by - February 2, 2019 4:50 pm
Stamford, Conn.-based Silgan Holdings Inc., which recently opened a manufacturing plant in Fort Smith, reported full year 2018 net income of $224 million, or $2.01 per diluted share, below the…
by - February 1, 2019 5:10 pm
The smell hanging over Fort Smith the past few weeks is the result of a cleanup in the Arkansas River bottoms in Crawford County and should soon be coming to…
by - January 31, 2019 4:21 pm
A Public Facilities Board that would oversee proceeds from a one-time, nine-month, one-cent sales tax to benefit the U.S. Marshals Museum will not be formed unless citizens approve the tax…
by - January 30, 2019 6:40 pm
An organized effort has formed to oppose a one-time, one-cent sales tax to benefit the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith. The Fort Smith Board of Directors in December approved…
by - January 30, 2019 6:33 pm
A proposal by Oklahoma City-based OG&E to collect more than $6.49 million in higher rates from about 66,000 utility customers in western Arkansas was reduced by almost 51% after objections…
by - January 30, 2019 5:09 pm
Transportation and logistics holding company ArcBest is on a five-year winning streak, with net income between 2014 and 2018 totaling more than $270 million, a far better outcome than the…
by - January 29, 2019 6:20 pm
Fort Smith-based Beaty Capital Group, owner of TempleLive in downtown Fort Smith, announced Tuesday (Jan. 29) it is completing the first phase of an estimated $8 million, two-phase renovation of…
by - January 28, 2019 8:30 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools received a $24,800 Innovation in Computer Science Grant that will provide teacher training and coding tools for all elementary and junior high schools. A report on…
by - January 28, 2019 5:06 pm
Fort Smith area working adults can earn a bachelor’s degree while continuing to work thanks to a new program announced Monday (Jan. 28) by the University of Arkansas at Fort…
by - January 27, 2019 1:04 pm
Howard Safir, a former associate director of the U.S. Marshals Service during the Reagan presidency, said the long-awaited U.S. Marshals Museum under construction in Fort Smith will recognize the Marshals…
by - January 24, 2019 8:48 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation might not yet see the need for a traffic light at the intersection Chad Colley Boulevard and Frontier Road in Chaffee Crossing, but stakeholders say…
by - January 23, 2019 4:57 pm
A new non-profit organization in Fort Smith is looking for help to make a difference in the lives of disabled children. Manes & Miracles at Chaffee Crossing received its non-profit…
by - January 22, 2019 9:01 pm
Looking toward what the Fort Smith Board of Directors hopes to accomplish in 2019, directors frequently mentioned two items — the federal consent decree for years-long violations of the Clean…
by - January 22, 2019 8:16 pm
A halt to grand jury sessions conducted by the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas is another impact of the partial federal government shutdown resulting…
by - January 22, 2019 2:08 pm
Technology might help to reduce capacity tightness in the trucking industry and improve safety as truck driver fatalities have continued to rise. For the week ending Jan. 19, truckload capacity…
