by - June 1, 2022 3:32 pm
USA Truck wins Transplace award
Van Buren-based carrier USA Truck Inc. recently was named a 2021 National Truckload Carrier of the Year by Transplace, an Uber Freight company. “USA Truck is honored to be recognized…
Fort Smith
by - June 1, 2022 2:41 pm
Gehrig named to new role of president of Mercy Hospitals Arkansas
Ryan Gehrig, president of Mercy Hospital Fort Smith, has been tapped to also be president of all Mercy hospitals in Arkansas, including the large Northwest Arkansas Mercy Hospital system based…
by - May 31, 2022 10:29 am
Fort Smith’s countywide tax revenue growth slows in April, up 11.4% year-to-date
While Fort Smith’s sales tax revenue remained higher than budgeted in April, the amount was much lower than in the past year. The city’s share of the Sebastian County sales…
by - May 26, 2022 4:54 pm
Carter returns to Fort Smith as Northside High School principal
Chris Carter, a Fort Smith native and Northside High School graduate, has been named as the next Northside High School principal, Fort Smith Public Schools announced Thursday (May 26). Carter…
by - May 26, 2022 1:22 pm
Student prep, transparency goals of newly elected Fort Smith Public School board members
Making certain students are prepared for the future, being good stewards of taxpayer dollars and promoting transparency in the district are the main goals for the three new board members…
by - May 25, 2022 6:29 pm
Preserve Arkansas acting to delay demolition of St. Scholastica
Little Rock-based Preserve Arkansas has received preliminary grant approval from a national trust to conduct an assessment of historic St. Scholastica Monastery in Fort Smith, which is set for demolition…
by - May 25, 2022 1:21 am
Hotz elected Sebastian County judge; treasurer/collector race set for a runoff
Sebastian County Treasurer/Collector Steve Hotz survived a three-person GOP primary race without a runoff and will be the next Sebastian County Judge. No Democrats filed for any of the county’s…
by - May 25, 2022 12:53 am
Rep. Boyd wins Senate seat representing Fort Smith
Republicans Rep. Justin Boyd and Sen. Gary Stubblefield survived primary challenges for Arkansas Senate district seats in the Fort Smith metro. Rep. Lee Johnson, R-Greenwood, also defeated a challenger in…
by - May 25, 2022 12:07 am
Crawford County sheriff, county clerk races set for runoffs; Holmes elected prosecuting attorney
With 97% of the totals reported in Tuesday’s (May 24) primary election in Crawford County, Kevin Holmes won the nonpartisan prosecuting attorney race, but none of the candidates for the…
by - May 24, 2022 11:56 pm
Fort Smith school board to have three new members, 3 of 4 incumbents re-elected
There will be three new faces on the seven-person Fort Smith Public School Board. The unofficial election Tuesday (May 24) results from the Sebastian County Clerk showed all but one…
by - May 24, 2022 10:34 pm
Fort Smith voters approve sales tax extensions
Fort Smith voters on Tuesday (May 24) extended two sales tax extensions that will pay for federally mandated sewer system improvements, an across-the-board police pay increase of 23.87%, fire department…
by - May 23, 2022 7:13 pm
UAFS names next provost of academic affairs
Dr. Shadow JQ Robinson has been named the new provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith starting July 1. Robinson, 46, will…
by - May 23, 2022 12:14 pm
Duplex lots, medical space largest April property deals in Sebastian County
The $1.47 million sale of 16 duplex lots in north Fort Smith was the largest Sebastian County property transaction in April, with a medical office building near Central Mall in…
by - May 22, 2022 8:11 pm
Fort Smith School District actions result in added costs, delays with Peak Innovation Center
Fort Smith Public School District officials were less than open – especially to the public – about causes of delays in opening the district’s Peak Innovation Center. The delays, often…
by - May 22, 2022 10:29 am
May 27 deadline approaches for Forty Under 40 nominations
Last call for the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s longest-running awards program has arrived. The Forty Under 40 deadline for the Class of 2022 is Friday, May 27. You can submit nominations…
by - May 20, 2022 10:56 am
Bass Reeves streaming series in the works; no word on film location sites
Paramount+ has plans to produce a Bass Reeves limited series as part of its “Yellowstone” spinoff “1883.” State and local officials are mum about any chance all or parts of…
by - May 19, 2022 10:14 am
Fort Smith Director: Failed sales tax extension vote will result in higher sewer rates
If Fort Smith voters do not approve a proposed continuation of a 1% sales tax in the city, residents may see a 58% increase to their sewer bills to fund…
by - May 19, 2022 9:36 am
Air quality improves in Northwest Arkansas, Fort Smith metro
Residents might breathe easier knowing the Northwest Arkansas and Fort Smith metros have some of the cleanest air in the United States, a new report shows. Nonprofit American Lung Association…
by - May 18, 2022 7:12 pm
Several Fort Smith school board candidates miss financial report deadline
Only four of the 13 Fort Smith Public School Board candidates filed their required “campaign contribution and expenditure report” by the May 17 deadline, according to documents provided by the…
by - May 18, 2022 6:31 pm
Lockheed Martin, Airbus to locate new aerospace facility in western Arkansas, if contract awarded
If Lockheed Martin and Airbus win a U.S. Air Force award for an aerial refueling system, the two companies plan to locate the manufacturing facility for the project in western…