by - June 29, 2021 1:06 pm
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) announced Tuesday (June 29) it had been granted Early Initial Accreditation by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Board of Trustees. According to the…
by - June 28, 2021 7:54 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools Peak Innovation Center will not open in August as originally planned, according to a presentation by HOAR Program Management (HPM) of Dallas, the project manager for…
by - June 27, 2021 10:51 am
Fort Smith’s sales tax revenue stayed strong in May. Though it dipped a little from April, revenues are much higher than the same period in 2020. Sales tax revenues have…
by - June 24, 2021 10:55 am
The mayor and city council in the gulf coast town of Clearwater, Fla., may have reopened the search for a new city manager, but Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken…
by - June 23, 2021 4:19 pm
Big changes are being made at the Fort Smith Convention Center by the new management company, including the addition of a new full catering kitchen, which should be complete by…
by - June 22, 2021 10:02 pm
Even with a five-year extension for needed sewer improvement work in Fort Smith, completion of the work required by a federal consent decree could lead to significant sewer rate increase…
by - June 22, 2021 2:42 pm
A $32.3 million anonymous donation to the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education will support a holistic approach to health and wellness and include partnerships with public schools, art centers, a…
by - June 22, 2021 11:04 am
Baptist Health was born on Feb. 16, 1921 just as the nation was coming out of a global pandemic known as the Spanish Flu. One hundred years later, Arkansas and…
by - June 21, 2021 8:11 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal is pleased to introduce its 10 honorees for the 2021 Women in Business awards program. Honorees represent women from various careers who have forged a…
by - June 18, 2021 12:15 pm
The Fort Smith International Film Festival has 396 film submissions from 43 countries for its inaugural event. The festival welcomed United Nations Art Ambassador Ibiyinka Alao at a press conference…
by - June 17, 2021 5:49 pm
The remotely piloted aircraft used by the 188th Wing is for the first time being launched from the Fort Smith Regional Airport as part of the exercise Establish Fury designed…
by - June 16, 2021 11:25 am
Fort Smith metro home sales are up more than 21% in the first four months of the year compared with the same period in 2020, and the average price of…
by - June 15, 2021 8:10 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors passed items at the regular board meeting Tuesday (June 15) to support a planned new fighter pilot training center and the Arkansas Colleges of…
by - June 15, 2021 1:21 pm
Fort Smith’s Central Business Improvement District commissioners have begun work getting signatures on a petition for property assessment for operation, maintenance and repair and improvements within the CBID – primarily…
by - June 14, 2021 6:15 pm
Tonnage shipped on the Arkansas River during the first five months of 2021 is up 0.54% compared with the same period of 2020, with inbound and outbound traffic boosting activity…
by - June 12, 2021 10:27 am
The mask mandate has been lifted along with other cautionary restrictions that were commonplace for more than 12 months beginning when the COVID-19 pandemic hit Arkansas in March 2020. Life…
by - June 11, 2021 2:42 pm
Sebastian County Circuit Judge Gunner DeLay ruled Friday (June 11) the City of Fort Smith is in violation of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) by not providing Fort…
by - June 11, 2021 12:32 pm
State Rep. Justin Boyd (R-Fort Smith) announced Friday (June 11) he will seek the District 8 seat in the Arkansas Senate. The election is scheduled for November 2022. Boyd is…
by - June 9, 2021 6:10 pm
Arkansas is the right place for the aerospace and defense industry, Gov. Asa Hutchinson told attendees of the 2021 Mid America Aerospace and Defense Summit in Fort Smith on Wednesday…
by - June 8, 2021 9:49 pm
The Massard Water Reclamation Facility (formerly the Massard Wastewater Treatment Plant) is in dire need of updating, renovation and expansion, Fort Smith Director of Utilities Lance McAvoy told the Fort…
