by - January 9, 2025 12:00 pm
One more attorney has applied to be the Fort Smith Public School’s in-house legal counsel. Six attorneys applied for the position as of Oct. 14, with one withdrawing their application,…
by - January 8, 2025 12:55 pm
The City of Fort Smith, in partnership with the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce and Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS), was selected as one of 13 communities eligible to…
by - January 8, 2025 9:26 am
Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education agreed Tuesday (Jan. 7) on a search firm to help hire a superintendent. The board unanimously agreed to allow the district and Board…
by - January 7, 2025 7:56 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors in a narrow vote again approved Tuesday (Jan. 7) participation in a $14.5 million federal Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) program to provide funds…
by - January 7, 2025 2:42 pm
Joey McCutchen, an attorney for the Franklin County & River Valley Coalition in its effort to block a planned state prison, was removed Tuesday (Jan. 7) from a “high-level project…
by - January 6, 2025 11:52 am
The Fort Smith Police Department announced Monday (Jan. 6) that six officers have been terminated “for a range of sustained Civil Service violations” related to hazing new officers and lying…
by - January 6, 2025 10:43 am
Fort Smith sales tax revenue in November rebounded somewhat, helping the city come closer to hitting budgeted revenues for the year. The November revenue was 3.82% above the city’s budget…
by - January 5, 2025 10:07 am
Significant contributors to the Northwest Arkansas and Fort Smith metro business and civic communities died in 2024. February Glenn Atkins, 60, Feb. 24 — Atkins earned a finance degree —…
by - January 4, 2025 1:01 pm
The first two of many fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets roared into Fort Smith in late December to mark another milestone in the foreign pilot training center at Ebbing Air National…
by - January 2, 2025 5:31 pm
Longtime Fort Smith businessman and community supporter Kelly Newton has died following what his family says was a “courageous fight with pancreatic cancer.” He was 74. Newton for decades owned…
by - January 2, 2025 10:54 am
A Dec. 30 ruling by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herbert Wright Jr. again places in jeopardy the future of Fort Smith-based River Valley Relief (RVR), which is one of eight…
by - December 30, 2024 12:04 pm
The land in Greenwood where a new Scott-Sebastian County Library will sit had to be cleared of rock before any construction could begin, but that part of the project is…
by - December 20, 2024 2:42 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education will meet in a special called meeting Jan. 7 to review possible firms to help with the search for a new superintendent…
by - December 19, 2024 12:44 pm
Of the $26.7 million in workforce training grants announced Thursday (Dec. 19) by Gov. Sarah Sanders, $4.45 million will land in the Fort Smith metro, and institutions in the University…
by - December 18, 2024 5:07 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors passed an ordinance at the regular board meeting Tuesday (Dec. 17) to pay for the second half of the cost of new slides at…
by - December 18, 2024 4:00 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved $522,579 for Miss Laura’s Brothel Museum during its regular board meeting Tuesday night (Dec. 17). The Fort Smith Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB)…
by - December 17, 2024 7:55 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Dec. 17) rejected a proposed ordinance to address homelessness that in some ways mirrors a Grants Pass, Ore., ordinance that survived a…
by - December 17, 2024 12:42 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education is preparing for a search that could begin in January 2025 for a superintendent to oversee a district with more than 13,000…
by - December 17, 2024 12:21 pm
Proven leadership and management skills are needed in the next Fort Smith city administrator, and the city should use a firm to attract candidates for the top job, according to…
by - December 16, 2024 8:17 pm
Dr. Terry Morrawski, Fort Smith Public Schools Superintendent, announced Tuesday (Dec. 16) at the school board meeting that he may leave the district at the end of the school year….
