by - January 11, 2022 8:39 pm
The city of Fort Smith is working to replace a city dog park that was closed the first of December, and City Administrator Carl Geffken announced during a Fort Smith…
by - January 10, 2022 8:09 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools voted Monday (Jan. 10) at a called board meeting to reinstate a mask mandate for 30 days or unless the district falls to 49 or less…
by - January 10, 2022 5:42 pm
Sebastian County Election Commission Chairman David Damron, who refused in late 2021 to discuss who drew a map outlining new zones for the Sebastian County Quorum Court, resigned his position…
by - January 10, 2022 3:15 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) is set to begin work on the Interstate 49 connection between Alma and Fort Smith that will span the Arkansas River, but significant construction…
by - January 6, 2022 6:53 pm
With the Omicron variant of COVID-19 spreading quickly through Sebastian County, the Future School of Fort Smith Board of Directors voted Thursday (Jan. 6) at a special called meeting to…
by - January 6, 2022 5:00 pm
Because of numerous construction challenges, Fort Smith Public School’s Peak Innovation Center will not open until late March. The FSPS school board was told in November the facility would be…
by - January 6, 2022 3:51 pm
Siloam Springs-based Simmons Foods on Thursday (Jan. 6) announced plans to invest $100 million in its prepared foods plant in Van Buren. Company officials said the upgrade will add 100…
by - January 5, 2022 1:08 pm
The more transmissable Omicron variant of COVID-19 has not led to a major uptick in COVID-positive patients in Fort Smith hospitals. There were a record 6,562 new Arkansas cases of…
by - January 4, 2022 4:11 pm
A cyber attack on Crawford County government computers left county offices in a jam over the holidays. County computers were attacked Dec. 26 by malicious software that can prevent access…
by - January 4, 2022 3:14 pm
Outside of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its Omicron surge, the biggest 2021 news in the Fort Smith metro included stories about the military, medicine, manufacturing and municipal money. Following…
by - January 3, 2022 2:42 pm
The Fort Smith metro area has seen continuous growth over the past several years, but no year has performed as well in building activity as 2021 with permit values topping…
by - December 29, 2021 1:50 pm
The number of homes sold in the Fort Smith metro in the first 11 months of 2021 is up more than 31% compared with the same period in 2020, with…
by - December 28, 2021 4:46 pm
The U.S. Marshals Service continues to support the completion of the U.S. Marshals Museum following the arrest of U.S. Marshals Museum President and CEO Patrick Weeks on Dec. 21 on…
by - December 28, 2021 4:30 pm
Dr. D. Antonio “Dean” Cantu will start Feb. 1 as the new dean of the College of Health, Education and Human Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith….
by - December 27, 2021 3:44 pm
As the final months of 2021 are tabulated, Fort Smith’s sales tax revenues continue to be significantly higher than expected. Fort Smith’s share of the Sebastian County sales tax was…
by - December 22, 2021 6:40 pm
U.S. Marshals Museum President and CEO Patrick Weeks was arrested Monday (Dec. 21) by the Fort Smith Police Department on a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm. He was…
by - December 21, 2021 1:56 pm
In separate unanimous votes, the Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Dec. 21) voted to stop the Feb. 8 sales tax extension election they approved Nov. 16. Directors said…
by - December 20, 2021 7:08 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed Monday (Dec. 20) to call a special board meeting at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday (Dec. 21) to discuss the repeal of the Feb. 8…
by - December 19, 2021 4:10 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors agreed to a sale that will bring a Los Angeles-based film and television studio to Chaffee Crossing to support the movie industry…
by - December 17, 2021 2:05 pm
A special called study session for the Fort Smith Board of Directors at 6 p.m. Monday (Dec. 20) will allow directors to discuss the Feb. 8 special election for the…
