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The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal is pleased to introduce its 10 honorees for the 2021 Women in Business awards program. Honorees represent women from various careers who have forged a…
by - June 18, 2021 12:15 pm
The Fort Smith International Film Festival has 396 film submissions from 43 countries for its inaugural event. The festival welcomed United Nations Art Ambassador Ibiyinka Alao at a press conference…
by - June 17, 2021 5:49 pm
The remotely piloted aircraft used by the 188th Wing is for the first time being launched from the Fort Smith Regional Airport as part of the exercise Establish Fury designed…
by - June 16, 2021 11:25 am
Fort Smith metro home sales are up more than 21% in the first four months of the year compared with the same period in 2020, and the average price of…
by - June 15, 2021 8:10 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors passed items at the regular board meeting Tuesday (June 15) to support a planned new fighter pilot training center and the Arkansas Colleges of…
by - June 15, 2021 1:21 pm
Fort Smith’s Central Business Improvement District commissioners have begun work getting signatures on a petition for property assessment for operation, maintenance and repair and improvements within the CBID – primarily…
by - June 14, 2021 6:15 pm
Tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River during the first five months of 2021 is up 0.54% compared with the same period of 2020, with inbound and outbound traffic boosting activity…
by - June 12, 2021 10:27 am
The mask mandate has been lifted along with other cautionary restrictions that were commonplace for more than 12 months beginning when the COVID-19 pandemic hit Arkansas in March 2020. Life…
by - June 11, 2021 2:42 pm
Sebastian County Circuit Judge Gunner DeLay ruled Friday (June 11) the City of Fort Smith is in violation of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by not providing Fort…
by - June 11, 2021 12:32 pm
State Rep. Justin Boyd (R-Fort Smith) announced Friday (June 11) he will seek the District 8 seat in the Arkansas Senate. The election is scheduled for November 2022. Boyd is…
by - June 9, 2021 6:10 pm
Arkansas is the right place for the aerospace and defense industry, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told attendees of the 2021 Mid America Aerospace and Defense Summit in Fort Smith on Wednesday…
by - June 8, 2021 9:49 pm
The Massard Water Reclamation Facility (formerly the Massard Wastewater Treatment Plant) is in dire need of updating, renovation and expansion, Fort Smith Director of Utilities Lance McAvoy told the Fort…
by - June 8, 2021 2:39 pm
Governor Asa Hutchinson made news on three fronts Tuesday (June 8) in his weekly press briefing. Hutchinson outlined the state’s commitment to a new military mission in Fort Smith, performance…
by - June 7, 2021 11:43 am
Decisions about facility renovation, new construction and other practical matters are part of the process for the U.S. Air Force pilot training center coming to Fort Smith, and objections to…
by - June 4, 2021 3:13 pm
A nearly 13-foot tall bronze monument by Sallisaw artist Daniel Horsechief arrived at the U.S. Marshals Museum Friday (June 4), checking off one more box for the future museum that…
by - June 4, 2021 10:41 am
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has appointed Carey Tucker as the new vice chancellor for finance and administration. He was hired following a national search, and is the…
by - June 3, 2021 6:00 pm
Fort Smith attorney Joey McCutchen filed suit Thursday (June 3) in Sebastian County Circuit Court seeking a declaratory judgment that the City of Fort Smith violated the Arkansas State Capitol…
by - June 3, 2021 4:03 pm
Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith has been selected by acting Secretary of the Air Force John Roth to be the long-term pilot training center supporting F-16 and…
by - June 3, 2021 8:23 am
Sebastian County Circuit Judge Gunner DeLay announced Thursday (June 3) he will seek a seat on the Arkansas Supreme Court in 2022. DeLay said he will run for Position 6…
by - June 2, 2021 7:24 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce has hired Anita Brackin, a labor and education expert from Tennessee, as its new vice president of workforce development. The position, which focuses…
