by - August 14, 2025 12:22 pm
The April sale of Harbortown Apartments on Meandering Way in east Fort Smith was the top Sebastian County property deal in the second quarter of 2025, according to information from…
by - August 13, 2025 3:42 pm
The U.S. Air Force plans to lease six more acres from the Fort Smith Regional Airport to support the foreign military pilot training center now active at Ebbing Air National…
by - August 12, 2025 9:06 pm
The City of Fort Smith is on track to once again have an internal auditor. The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted during a special meeting Tuesday (Aug. 12) to…
by - August 12, 2025 5:56 pm
Shelley Simpson, president and CEO of Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., quickly put into perspective the significance of being a Forty Under 40 honoree. “It’s a big deal,” she…
by - August 11, 2025 3:30 pm
The City of Fort Smith on Monday (Aug. 11) issued another call for water conservation measures initially resulting from an Aug. 3 water main break. The city notice said too…
by - August 11, 2025 2:35 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal proudly introduces the 29th class of Forty Under 40 honorees. Our annual list recognizes emerging leaders for achievements in their professional lives and their community…
by - August 11, 2025 1:48 pm
The Professional and Business Services and the Leisure and Hospitality – tourism – sectors provided part of the Fort Smith metro year-over-year job growth in June, with the tourism sector…
by - August 10, 2025 3:22 pm
Editor’s note: The Fort Smith Metro Daily News Executive Summary series is focused on looking under the title, so to speak, of a business, government, and non-profit executive in the…
by - August 10, 2025 2:41 pm
The ongoing discussion about what to do with certain Fort Smith-owned properties will be discussed further Tuesday (Aug. 12) during a Fort Smith Board of Directors’ study session. The board…
by - August 9, 2025 12:03 pm
Following are recent news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. Affordable Housing Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) provided a $90,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant through…
by - August 8, 2025 1:18 pm
The response to a “plague on our community” that is cancer, which is faced by more than 5,000 in the Fort Smith medical service area, will be improved with Mercy…
by - August 7, 2025 7:09 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors and the city’s Audit Advisory Committee took a step closer on Thursday (Aug. 7) in what has been a long and bumpy process to…
by - August 7, 2025 2:32 pm
There has been a more than 37% decline in electric vehicles (EV) registered in Sebastian County in the first half of 2025 compared with the end of 2024, and a…
by - August 6, 2025 2:47 pm
Mercy Fort Smith is moving forward to build a cancer center on its main campus at 7001 Rogers Ave., with a ceremonial groundbreaking set for Friday (Aug. 8). Officials with…
by - August 6, 2025 12:16 pm
During a Tuesday (Aug. 5) meeting in Fort Smith with volunteer leaders of the Fort Kids Children’s Museum, U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, committed to helping make the museum a…
by - August 5, 2025 8:17 pm
Say goodbye to the more than 300 parking meters in downtown Fort Smith, and the annual loss to the City of Fort Smith of around $35,000 for meter maintenance and…
by - August 5, 2025 10:08 am
Take a drive around major Fort Smith thoroughfares and there’s a good chance Jimmie Deer had a hand in most of the newer structures along the drive. In just the…
by - August 4, 2025 5:29 pm
Fort Smith metro building activity dropped in July from June, but continues to top 2024 comparisons. Building permits issued in Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren totaled $26.643 million, up…
by - August 4, 2025 1:01 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors have made no known public effort to begin a search for a city administrator almost 8 months after the December 2024 firing of former…
by - August 3, 2025 1:10 pm
The City of Fort Smith around noon Sunday (Aug. 3) issued a citywide emergency water conservation order because of a water main break on Leigh Avenue between the Interstate 540…
