by - November 12, 2025 1:17 pm
The city of Fort Smith had planned a 25-day period for people to reserve through an online form a parking meter that once stood in downtown Fort Smith. It only…
by - November 11, 2025 12:33 pm
The Fort Smith Public School District (FSPS) has filled the vacancy in the communications department hiring Kimberly Mundell as executive director of communications and engagement. Mundell, who started with the…
by - November 11, 2025 11:00 am
In an unusual move by the Trump administration, David Clay Fowlkes, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, has been nominated to be a federal judge in the…
by - November 10, 2025 9:47 pm
It didn’t take the Fort Smith Board of Directors very long Monday night (Nov. 10) to push back again on two almost $27 million sewer system projects that they voted…
by - November 10, 2025 3:53 pm
Darrell Clark has been promoted to fire chief of the Fort Smith Fire Department, according to a city of Fort Smith press release. Clark, the former assistant fire chief, succeeds…
by - November 10, 2025 3:38 pm
The special election for Arkansas Senate District 26 will have at least five GOP candidates and one independent candidate. Wade Dunn of Greenwood will run as a Republican, and Franklin…
by - November 8, 2025 11:12 am
Two consent decree projects that the Fort Smith Board of Directors tabled Nov. 4 for a future study session discussion are now on the board’s voting agenda for a special…
by - November 8, 2025 9:59 am
Following are news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. Hall of Fame The Fort Smith Boys & Girls Clubs recently inducted eight people into its Hall of Fame. The…
by - November 7, 2025 2:59 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders can’t seek a stay from the Arkansas Supreme Court of a ruling requiring a new date in the Senate District 26 special election because the state didn’t…
by - November 6, 2025 5:16 pm
The office of Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin is asking the Arkansas Supreme Court for a stay of a lower court ruling that mandated a March 3, 2026, date for…
by - November 6, 2025 2:51 pm
The city of Fort Smith has made significant progress in reducing “active” known water leaks, with the number of such leaks down almost 50% between December 2024 and the end…
by - November 5, 2025 2:38 pm
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport got off to a slow start in 2025, but the traffic has improved in recent months with September traffic up almost 18% and…
by - November 5, 2025 11:27 am
An ongoing U.S. freight recession and lower manufacturing sector output were key factors in a more than 60% decline in third quarter net income at Fort Smith-based ArcBest. Revenue in…
by - November 4, 2025 8:46 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Nov. 4) approved $50.3 million in sewer system improvements mandated by a federal consent decree. The amount included $5.061 million for engineering…
by - November 4, 2025 12:25 pm
Sales tax revenue is up year to date in four Fort Smith metro counties, with Crawford County posting the largest percentage gain. Crawford County Judge Chris Keith said he’s happy…
by - November 3, 2025 8:17 pm
Few Democrats emerged Monday (Nov. 3) in Arkansas House and Senate district races in the Fort Smith metro. Monday was the first day of filing for candidates in the 17…
by - November 3, 2025 7:15 pm
Things are looking bright for the city of Van Buren’s budget with sales tax revenue totals up compared to the same time in 2024. City sales tax year-to-date total is…
by - November 3, 2025 3:32 pm
Fort Smith metro building activity in October was up almost 40% compared with the same period in 2024, and regional permit numbers continue to surpass those of last year, according…
by - November 2, 2025 10:01 am
Editor’s note: The Fort Smith Metro Daily News Executive Summary series is focused on looking under the title, so to speak, of a business, government, and nonprofit executive in the…
by - November 1, 2025 11:37 am
Ben Marts has told the Fort Smith Board of Directors that reduced funding for streets, bridge and drainage work will in the future require “some tough decisions” and changes in…
