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After months of discussion and two votes, the Fort Smith Board of Directors voted to sell the city-owned property that is the former River Valley Sports Complex. At its regular…
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When Fort Smith Public Schools asked residents to approve a millage increase in 2018, one of the areas they listed as important for all students was technology. Administrators wanted to…
by - January 20, 2020 2:40 pm
Record floods that displaced hundreds of people, significant school construction, continued downtown Fort Smith improvements and new faces in high places were some of the top headlines in the Fort…
by - January 19, 2020 11:59 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal is actively seeking nominations of qualified honorees for its annual recognition programs in 2020. They are: Fast 15: The Fast 15 program is designed to…
by - January 16, 2020 5:02 pm
The Future School of Fort Smith has received some big help to aid in its expansion project. Dwight Curry has donated $1 million towards the school’s building fund, said Trish…
by - January 15, 2020 12:05 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport Director Michael Griffin believes the almost 6% increase in enplanements at the airport in 2019 is a “direct reflection of the local community,” with business travel…
by - January 14, 2020 4:27 pm
Fort Smith city directors on Tuesday (Jan. 14) opted to change the city’s Unified Development Ordinance rather than seek an appeal in response to a judges’ decision to block what…
by - January 14, 2020 4:03 pm
Dirt, concrete and steel are moving – or coming down – on Fort Smith Public Schools construction projects. The most visual of the work is the somewhat iconic concrete canopy…
by - January 14, 2020 11:49 am
A surgeon at Baptist Health-Fort Smith recently reached a milestone with her 1,000th robotic-assisted procedure. Dr. JeanMarie Householder is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist. She specializes in minimally invasive robotic-assisted surgeries using…
by - January 13, 2020 7:47 pm
64.6 Downtown, the organization responsible for the Unexpected Project, Invest Fort Smith summits and the upcoming Levitt AMP free music concert series, has succeeded in putting Fort Smith on the…
by - January 13, 2020 4:05 pm
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas Duane “Dak” Kees is resigning the post after just a little over two years in the role. Kees, a former Walmart attorney…
by - January 9, 2020 5:30 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has pledged $2.1 million in state funding for the new Fort Smith Public Schools career and technology center. Hutchinson said investment in the center is an investment…
by - January 8, 2020 3:35 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith region ended 2019 ahead of 2018 thanks to a flurry of building in Fort Smith in the final 30 days of the year. The…
by - January 7, 2020 7:16 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Jan. 7) approved an ordinance to make a portion of Fort Chaffee Boulevard – a section also part of legal action –…
by - January 7, 2020 2:14 pm
The Fort Smith metro jobless rate was 3.4% in November, up from 3.3% in November 2018, with the region seeing only marginal changes in the size of the available workforce…
by - January 3, 2020 1:27 pm
If Issue 1, which would make Arkansas’ half-cent sales tax for roads and highways permanent, does not win voter approval in November, Sebastian County and the cities in it could…
by - January 2, 2020 1:12 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith will jumpstart early childhood learning for some at-risk children beginning in January. UAFS will support nearly 40 students who volunteer with the AmeriCorps…
by - December 26, 2019 3:37 pm
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is building a stand-alone clinic in Fort Smith that could add around 100 jobs to the Fort Smith metro and “significantly” increase healthcare access…
by - December 22, 2019 5:29 pm
The competition ended. The votes were counted. Fort Smith is a winner. The Levitt Foundation listed 64.6 Downtown as one of 20 recipients of the 2020 Levitt [Your City] AMP…
by - December 22, 2019 10:17 am
Third District Congressional Democratic candidate Celeste Williams says impeachment is hardly on voters’ minds – at least when she speaks to them – but that doesn’t mean she isn’t concerned…
