by - August 1, 2018 4:24 pm
Regional building activity for Fort Smith, Van Buren, and Greenwood dipped slightly after multiple months of gains and a breakthrough May that pushed the combined Fort Smith metro region to…
by - August 1, 2018 4:14 pm
In a follow-up to the July 18 meeting of the Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority (WAIA, formerly RITA), the governing board voted by email ballot late last week to approve of…
by - July 31, 2018 6:04 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors is considering the possibility of a Section 108 loan that could restrict 42% of annual Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds over the next…
by - July 31, 2018 4:29 pm
Better pricing in a transportation sector witnessing more freight demand than shipping supply helped push Fort Smith-based ArcBest to record quarterly revenue of $793.35 million, better than the consensus estimate…
by - July 31, 2018 11:20 am
Fort Smith’s school millage increase, approved by voters on May 22, once again took center stage at a school board meeting on Monday (July 31). The School Board unanimously approved…
by - July 30, 2018 7:24 pm
In April, Fort Smith-based steel fabrication company American Precision Fabricators (APF) agreed to a purchase offer from Alpine 4 of Phoenix under the terms of a private transaction. As a…
by - July 30, 2018 10:37 am
ProPak Corporation and Pinnacle Communications have signed on to help sponsor Fort Smith’s first large-scale LAN party. LAN refers to a local area network in the technology sector. But in…
by - July 27, 2018 9:48 am
Dr. Paul Beran is stepping down Aug. 31 as chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith to take on a new job as executive director and CEO of…
by - July 26, 2018 5:08 pm
The United States Marshals Museum (USMM) has begun construction on its new $50 million location on the banks of the Arkansas River near downtown Fort Smith. For USMM President and…
by - July 26, 2018 4:05 pm
The second quarter of 2018 marked the fourth consecutive quarter of being in the black for Van Buren-based USA Truck. Second quarter income was $2.544 million, much better than the…
by - July 25, 2018 7:09 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenues continued to improve in June with $3.632 million collected from the city’s 2% tax, 1% of which goes to streets, 0.75% to bond issues, and…
by - July 25, 2018 6:57 pm
Van Buren’s Veterans Memorial Plaza opened Wednesday (July 25) amid sweltering temperatures. Hundreds of residents gathered for over an hour. They spilled out into Freedom Park and lined Main Street….
by - July 24, 2018 8:15 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved on Tuesday (July 24) the bond ordinance for $160 million in water and sewer refunding and construction revenue bonds expected to save the…
by - July 23, 2018 12:53 pm
A new independent (“indie”) bookstore will open Aug. 11 at its location on the corner of North 10th and B Streets in Brunwick Place. Called Bookish: An Indie Shop for…
by - July 22, 2018 5:24 pm
Chaffee Pizza Company, LLC has been named as the first tenant of ERC Holdings’ The Landing commercial development in front of the Walmart distribution center on Zero Street in Fort…
by - July 19, 2018 6:37 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) on Thursday (July 19) reluctantly approved a third one-year extension request from Chaffee Crossing Real Estate, Inc., the owners of a 90-acre parcel along…
by - July 18, 2018 6:05 pm
The Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority (WAIA, formerly RITA) will send representatives to Omaha, Neb., for the Short Line Railroad & Port Conference hosted by Union Pacific on Aug. 14 and…
by - July 18, 2018 3:36 pm
For the third time in less than 10 years, Sparks Health System will have a new owner. Little Rock-based Baptist Health System has agreed to acquire the Fort Smith hospital…
by - July 18, 2018 10:23 am
Fort Smith Finance Director Jennifer Walker presented an accounting anomaly to the city’s Board of Directors at a Tuesday (July 17) study session that will cost the city approximately $320,000…
by - July 17, 2018 6:21 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors at a Tuesday (July 17) study session reviewed an interlocal agreement for its existing participation in the Sebastian County Regional Crisis Stabilization Unit (SCRCSU)….
