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The Fort Smith Board of Directors revised its newly adopted animal ordinance at the board’s regular meeting Tuesday (Aug. 20). The main changes to the ordinance include licensing fees and…
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The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) board of directors voted Tuesday (Aug. 20) to proceed with plans for property assessment within the district. “Our downtown is the face…
by - August 19, 2019 6:54 pm
Past members of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 class spoke about developing relationships and taking opportunities in a panel discussion as part of an event Monday (Aug….
by - August 19, 2019 5:29 pm
Little Rock-based Baptist Health plans to invest at least $800,000 and create up to 15 jobs in opening a new urgent care center in Fort Smith. The 3,300-square-foot center will…
by - August 19, 2019 5:02 pm
The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) board members will on Tuesday (Aug. 20) discuss the potential of raising almost $39,000 in revenue from CBID property assessments within the…
by - August 18, 2019 10:17 am
Daniel Mann is ready to hit the ground running as he starts his tenure with the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority. Mann took a moment from his first day as the…
by - August 15, 2019 6:11 pm
Daniel Mann will take up the reigns as the executive director of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Friday (Aug. 16). Mann was chosen as the new executive director July 19….
by - August 15, 2019 2:37 pm
Several key tourism and travel numbers indicate growth in the Fort Smith metro leisure and hospitality sector, with Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements up almost 5% between January and July….
by - August 14, 2019 9:30 pm
Democrat Celeste Williams, 44, of Bella Vista launched a Third District Congressional challenge to incumbent U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, on Wednesday (Aug. 14). From Frisco Park in downtown Rogers,…
by - August 13, 2019 6:34 pm
The Unexpected art mural project will again be held during the time of pumpkin spice lattes, Friday night football and hopefully a break in soaring temperatures. The festival will be…
by - August 13, 2019 6:18 pm
The city of Fort Smith will reinstate late fees on utility bills beginning in October with disconnects becoming a thing again. In November 2018, while in the beginning stages of…
by - August 12, 2019 8:44 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools will start the 2019-20 school year with its own police department, a move that will allow for greater security in the public schools, Dr. Doug Brubaker,…
by - August 11, 2019 4:48 pm
Björn Rosengren, has been selected as the next CEO of Zurich, Switzerland-based ABB, the parent company of ABB-Baldor in Fort Smith. Rosengren is expected to join the company Feb. 1,…
by - August 10, 2019 2:15 pm
Democrat Celeste Williams of Bella Vista appears to be gearing up to run against incumbent GOP U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, in 2020. Williams, who lost a race for Arkansas…
by - August 8, 2019 6:14 pm
Regional building activity for Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren dropped dramatically in July after a robust June. Building permit values in the three cities combined for a total of…
by - August 7, 2019 6:30 pm
The United States Marshals Museum (USMM) announced Wednesday (Aug. 7) it has received gifts of $295,000 in the past two months toward a near-term fundraising goal of $2 million in…
by - August 6, 2019 9:22 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted Tuesday (Aug. 6) to pass an animal control ordinance as well as a contract for sheltering animals picked up by Fort Smith Animal…
by - August 6, 2019 6:27 pm
The city of Fort Smith on Tuesday (Aug. 6) filed a letter with Sebastian County Circuit Court Judge Michael Fitzhugh to follow an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling that reversed Judge…
by - August 6, 2019 3:21 pm
The Fort Smith Port Authority agreed Tuesday (Aug. 6) to allow Ports of Fort Smith and Van Buren operator Marty Shell to gather three proposals for demolition of two warehouses,…
by - August 5, 2019 7:05 pm
The Arkansas Small Business Association is there to help Fort Smith area business, or at least the small ones, get started and continue to flourish. David Moody, deputy director of…
