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A review of the mid-year financial report and a review of strategic goals – which include homeless issues and the consent decree – set in December 2023 are agenda items…
by - July 24, 2025 3:24 pm
Emily Treadaway has been named director of the newly launched University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Center for Nonprofits (CNP), which will be located in the Bakery District in downtown…
by - July 24, 2025 11:53 am
The Fort Smith Public School District has not fully restored phone and internet systems disrupted by a cyber attack that happened on or before July 21, according to information provided…
by - July 23, 2025 2:17 pm
Traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport is down in the first half of 2025, but the airport finished May and June with a more than 3% gain in…
by - July 23, 2025 10:42 am
Cpl. Julio Solis with the Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) is making his presence known in downtown Fort Smith, and his focus is to help downtown visitors and merchants stay…
by - July 22, 2025 8:17 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (July 22) tabled a measure to move forward on the first phase of what could be a multi-million dollar effort to eventually…
by - July 21, 2025 5:31 pm
The Fort Smith Boys & Girls Club (FSBGC), along with hundreds of other clubs around the country, are scrambling to restart ongoing and planned programs after an 18-day freeze of…
by - July 21, 2025 2:09 pm
The “delivery station” permitted at 4300 Geren Road in Fort Smith will be an Amazon facility, according to property records. The building permit for the facility was issued by the…
by - July 20, 2025 1:45 pm
Approval of a $125,000 expenditure to move forward on a possible plan to replace waters meters is part of the consent agenda during Tuesday’s (July 22) Fort Smith Board of…
by - July 19, 2025 1:18 pm
There is nothing new reported almost 11 months after the Fort Smith Public School District hired a Texas legal firm to consider legal action against companies involved in the design…
by - July 19, 2025 12:57 pm
Following are news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. Main Street Anniversary Main Street Fort Smith, which began as 64.6 Downtown, plans to mark its 10th anniversary with a…
by - July 17, 2025 7:49 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) Board of Trustees on Thursday (July 17) passed a resolution to allow more time for property owners to complete building projects on land purchased…
by - July 17, 2025 9:50 am
ArcBest Chair and CEO Judy McReynolds will retire as CEO at the end of 2025, ending 28 years as a company employee, including the past 15 as its top executive,…
by - July 16, 2025 1:25 pm
Fort Smith Director Christina Catsavis said Tuesday (July 15) that it’s time to permanently park the downtown Fort Smith parking meter discussion and move to a vote to remove the…
by - July 16, 2025 12:03 pm
The City of Fort Smith may be down to two candidates in the lengthy and bumpy search for director of internal audit, according to Director Lee Kemp, who is the…
by - July 16, 2025 9:42 am
The Hope Campus in Fort Smith, which provides temporary housing and support services to homeless people, is in “rough” financial shape, is implementing staff cuts and possibly a “serious reduction…
by - July 15, 2025 7:09 pm
The City of Fort Smith is being asked to “assume responsibility” for Roselawn, Holy Cross, Forest Park, and Washington cemeteries – properties which contain more than 55,000 graves on more…
by - July 15, 2025 10:23 am
Amanda Hagar said when being named executive director of Main Street Fort Smith in July 2024 she wanted to learn more about opportunities within the downtown area and what visitors…
by - July 14, 2025 1:05 pm
Meetings expected in March to restart efforts toward dissolution of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) didn’t happen, and those involved say such efforts are on a slower track because…
by - July 14, 2025 11:39 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors is set Tuesday (July 15) to interview two candidates – James Carter and Jason Mitchell – for the long-vacant internal auditor position. The board…
