by - December 16, 2021 6:03 pm
Circuit Court Judge Greg Magness on Thursday (Dec. 16) ruled in favor of the city of Fort Smith in a lawsuit alleging Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) violations on the…
by - December 15, 2021 6:05 pm
Though Arkansas Municipal Code allows procedures for removing items from an agenda, Little Rock Attorney and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) expert Robert Steinbuch argued that the way “part” of…
by - December 15, 2021 5:54 pm
Officials with the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education broke ground Wednesday (Dec. 15) on a 78,131 square-foot, $22.5 million commercial building at the Village at Heritage in Fort Smith. The…
by - December 15, 2021 4:48 pm
Rogers-based Beaty Capital Group, which owns and manages TempleLive in downtown Fort Smith, is back on track with a $60 million project in Cleveland and has hired Rob Thomas as…
by - December 14, 2021 4:09 pm
At a press conference by Citizens Against Unfair Taxes Tuesday (Dec. 14), Fort Smith attorney Joey McCutchen urged the Fort Smith Board of Directors to push back the Feb. 8…
by - December 14, 2021 1:06 pm
The Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Commission is planning to name the Riverfront Drive Sports Fields after Fort Smith artist John Bell, Jr., but is open to other suggestions for…
by - December 13, 2021 7:23 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education reviewed a draft for a policy for naming district facilities and mascots that would restrict the ability to name facilities for a…
by - December 9, 2021 3:50 pm
Haas Hall Academy, the prestigious Fayetteville-based college-prep charter school, is seeking approval from the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) to open a Fort Smith campus in the fourth floor of…
by - December 9, 2021 3:44 pm
Many internships for students at the Future School of Fort Smith were put on hold for a year during the COVID-19 pandemic. Internships for all students in 10th through 12th…
by - December 8, 2021 5:56 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith’s new provost of student success and retention outlined the things most likely to affect student retention at the university during the Board of…
by - December 7, 2021 3:06 pm
Another lawsuit alleging violation of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was filed against the city of Fort Smith Tuesday (Dec. 7) in Sebastian County Circuit Court. Fort Smith attorney…
by - December 7, 2021 2:31 pm
Shea Foldvary, who is the Resource Development Director at the United Way of Fort Smith Area (UWFSA), has been tapped to become the organization’s next president and CEO. He will…
by - December 6, 2021 6:01 pm
Officials with the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) dedicated the 66,000-square foot College of Health Sciences facility Monday (Dec. 6) both ahead of and behind schedule. Kyle Parker, president…
by - December 6, 2021 5:03 pm
Louis Whorton, the Hall of Fame head women’s basketball coach for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, died Sunday (Dec. 5) at age 70. He is the winningest UAFS…
by - December 6, 2021 2:32 pm
Dr. Marta Loyd, executive director of the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute, will retire on March 31, 2022, the nonprofit announced Monday (Dec. 6). A search for a new executive director/CEO has begun….
by - December 5, 2021 7:15 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors unanimously approved a base budget for 2022 Thursday night (Dec. 2) that includes 5% reserve balance in each city department as well as a…
by - December 2, 2021 6:58 pm
A conceptual study plan for an intermodal facility in Crawford County, which will be presented at a Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority (WAIA) study session in January, offers three planning scenarios…
by - December 1, 2021 7:10 pm
Fort Smith metro area building activity dropped in November but regional permit values are much higher than this time last year. The area’s three biggest cities reported $15.46 million in…
by - November 30, 2021 7:21 pm
Editor’s note: This story is the third in a series on the details and potential impact of the $32.3 million donation to the Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education…
by - November 29, 2021 6:39 pm
Fort Smith and Van Buren are on track to set records for hospitality tax revenue in 2021, just a year after – or less than a year based on vaccine…
