by - August 6, 2024 8:38 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Aug. 6) tabled a vote on spending $4.2 million to expand the Parrot Island Waterpark, and tabled a vote on a waterpark…
by - August 6, 2024 4:07 pm
Captain Jonathan Wear of the Van Buren Police Department has been selected by Van Buren Mayor Joe Hurst to replace Chief Jamie Hammond as the new chief of police for…
by - August 5, 2024 5:15 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith metro continues to come in well under that of the record-breaking 2023. Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren reported combined July building permit values…
by - August 5, 2024 3:47 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors will not only once again take up the subject of new slides at Parrot Island Waterpark, but is expected to consider a lease proposal…
by - August 2, 2024 8:19 am
In the face of “macroeconomic headwinds,” Fort Smith-based ArcBest was able to post a 16% gain in second quarter net income compared to the same quarter in 2023. Much of…
by - August 1, 2024 6:40 pm
The Arkansas Real Estate Commission has dismissed a complaint against the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) and its executive director related to a 2% payment to the executive director with…
by - August 1, 2024 5:30 pm
Though Fort Smith Public Schools Emerging Art & Design program has been active for a year, when students return to school in August they will enter the newly completed space…
by - August 1, 2024 2:48 pm
Arkansas River traffic tonnage totaled 6.19 million between January and June, down 2% compared with the same period in 2023. Declines in inbound traffic contributed to the overall decline, according…
by - July 31, 2024 5:29 pm
The Fort Smith Public School District is looking for an attorney. The district posted a job listing on its website in July for an attorney – with a salary of…
by - July 31, 2024 3:48 pm
Willie Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame will be the celebrity speaker at the the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) Center for Economic Development (CED)’s inaugural Excellence in Family…
by - July 31, 2024 9:00 am
Fort Smith Animal Haven presented plans for a new $6.2 million animal shelter to the Fort Smith Board of Directors at a study session Tuesday (July 30). The project includes…
by - July 30, 2024 6:07 pm
Sebastian County has suggested they lease Parrot Island Waterpark to the City of Fort Smith for $1 a year. The facility is now jointly owned by the two governments, with…
by - July 30, 2024 10:45 am
Fort Smith city officials are planning by the end of the week to select a professional services firm that will develop a master plan for a future park on the…
by - July 29, 2024 5:30 pm
At least four of the firms involved with the planning and construction of Fort Smith Public School’s Peak Innovation Center disagree with the findings of an investigation earlier this year…
by - July 29, 2024 1:42 pm
The Port of Fort Smith will receive $500,000 from the more than $3.475 million in grants recently approved by the Arkansas Waterways Commission. The money will help Fort Smith officials…
by - July 25, 2024 7:49 pm
The Sebastian County Quorum Court in a special meeting Thursday (July 25) once again voted against funding its part of a slide expansion at Parrot Island Waterpark. The connected slide…
by - July 25, 2024 5:28 pm
Mercy said Thursday (July 25) it will move into three former Walmart Health Centers in supercenters in Fort Smith, Rogers and Springdale. Mercy said the clinics will offer primary care…
by - July 25, 2024 3:58 pm
Sebastian County is advertising for an election coordinator and a programmer to help with elections. Less than 95 days before early voting begins in Arkansas for the general election, the…
by - July 25, 2024 11:23 am
Fort Smith sales tax revenues through the first half of 2024 is cooling from what were record levels in 2023. The June report shows the city’s share of the countywide…
by - July 25, 2024 10:09 am
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) has sued three property owners claiming breach of contract and fraud in hopes of getting the land back. One of the defendants is Steve…
