by - August 10, 2017 8:40 pm
Luis Andrade, a 21-year-old immigrant from Brazil, is such a fan of President Donald Trump that the slogan for his recently announced bid for mayor of Fort Smith is “Make…
by - August 10, 2017 6:23 am
Dunder Mifflin Paper Company was “your paper solution in a paperless world” on the U.S. version of the sitcom The Office. For Steve Clark, founder and CEO of Propak Corp.,…
by - August 9, 2017 12:15 pm
Fort Smith-bottled Smithworks Vodka has expanded to five additional states after a summer rollout to the mid-Atlantic, bringing total availability to 12 of 50 U.S. states. According to a recent…
by - August 9, 2017 6:31 am
There has been no confirmation or denial from Fort Smith Investment Partners, but some residents in the Riley Farm and Williamson Place additions of Fort Smith are concerned the company…
by - August 7, 2017 10:45 am
The Fort Smith home sales market, which includes Sebastian and Crawford counties, continued its upward trend for 2017 in July, according to data provided by Chris Welk of Weichert Realtors…
by - August 4, 2017 3:26 pm
Col. Bobbi Doorenbos of the Air National Guard 188th Wing has been promoted to a post in Washington, D.C., at the Pentagon, according to Col. Robert “Bobby” Kinney, vice commander…
by - August 3, 2017 7:03 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) might consider “putting the brakes” on its speed of development, according to a member of the Fort Smith capital improvement plan (CIP) advisory committee…
by - August 3, 2017 1:16 pm
The Fort Smith metro’s July building permit values continued a downward trend that began in May. That’s when the region squandered a 36% gain through the previous month and fell…
by - August 2, 2017 9:08 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated to reflect that Sparks physicians are already out of network with United, with the hospital possibly being out of network by Nov. 1. –––––––––––––––––– Sparks Clinic…
by - August 2, 2017 6:21 pm
While USA Truck saw another loss in its quarterly financial report, the second-quarter loss wasn’t as bad as the first quarter. And, the company has made progress on its previously…
by - August 2, 2017 1:47 pm
A Native American-constructed mound built possibly more than 900 years ago in Fort Smith that has been in a state of disrepair for decades will soon be stabilized thanks to…
by - August 1, 2017 8:24 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors unanimously approved the Propelling Downtown Forward strategic redevelopment plan at Tuesday night’s (Aug. 1) meeting from the Fort Smith Public Schools Service Center. The…
by - July 31, 2017 4:51 pm
In 1887, George F. Degen, director of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Fort Smith, Ark., discovered a railroad worker had been horribly injured. Degen collected his hat and marched several…
by - July 31, 2017 12:38 pm
USA Truck has appointed Allen Lowry as vice president of safety and risk management. The Van Buren-based carrier announced the appointment on Thursday (July 27). Lowry joined the company after…
by - July 29, 2017 12:29 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday (July 28) that murals created by artist Lakwena in the Sebastian County Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) as part of The Unexpected Project provide inspiration for…
by - July 28, 2017 9:27 am
A boost in tonnage and the number of shipments helped Fort Smith-based ArcBest Corp. post second quarter net income of $15.777 million, up 54% compared to the same quarter in…
by - July 27, 2017 10:51 pm
There is a scene at the end of the Oscar-winning film High Noon where retired U.S. Marshal Will Kane — having disposed of the bad guys in his last act…
by - July 27, 2017 4:04 pm
In the heart of the Sebastian County Juvenile Detention Center, there is a triangular atrium known as “the rec yard.” Thirty feet of cement brick climb into the air, allowing…
by - July 25, 2017 8:08 pm
Ivy Owen, executive director of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA), has won the Association of Defense Communities’ 2017 John Lynch Redevelopment Leadership Award for efforts at Chaffee Crossing. Owen,…
by - July 25, 2017 5:22 pm
Fort Smith Police Chief Nathaniel Clark and the Fort Smith Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 39 (FOP) are at an impasse when it comes to finding a compromise on the…
