by - July 19, 2020 11:22 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal has announced the honorees of its 24th annual Forty Under 40 class, presented by Intrust Bank. These professionals are already making their mark on the…
by - July 16, 2020 5:34 pm
Chaffee Crossing will soon boast a 15-foot stone-look wall that will be visible from Zero Street. The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Trustees on Thursday (July 16) approved the…
by - July 16, 2020 5:27 pm
Closed almost two years, there are signs of life for the Fianna Hills Country Club and golf course in Fort Smith. A group of local investors has made an offer…
by - July 16, 2020 4:28 pm
Editor’s note: After this story was posted, a majority of Fort Smith Board of Directors asked for the ordinance to be removed from the agenda of the upcoming meeting. Therefore,…
by - July 15, 2020 4:52 pm
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Chancellor Dr. Terisa Riley outlined the university’s plan – which includes a requirement to wear masks – to keep students, faculty and staff safe…
by - July 15, 2020 12:36 pm
Fort Smith-based nonprofit Bost Inc. is planning a significant expansion of its Rogers facility. According to documents filed with city planners, Bost is seeking approval to build three new buildings…
by - July 14, 2020 7:48 pm
The city of Fort Smith will enter into contract negotiations with Oak View Group (OVG) to manage the Fort Smith Convention Center. OVG representatives presented their management proposal to the…
by - July 14, 2020 2:36 pm
The Fort Smith School District’s “Back to School: Ready to Learn Plan” spells out the district’s plan to blend traditional classroom learning with online courses while also offering programs for…
by - July 13, 2020 9:23 pm
Fort Smith Public School administrators say 65% of millage-related construction work has gone to “River Valley” businesses, but that analysis includes more than $40 million awarded to Nabholz Construction, which…
by - July 13, 2020 3:06 pm
The number of home sales in the Fort Smith metro are up 6.2% in the first half of 2020 compared with the same period in 2019. The value of the…
by - July 11, 2020 1:15 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Saturday (July 11) opted to table a vote on an ordinance that would require the use of face masks when indoors as a…
by - July 9, 2020 5:32 pm
Thanks to a grant from the Economic Development Administration and the Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority (WAIA), work is progressing on an inland port and intermodal facility to be located in…
by - July 8, 2020 6:15 pm
Of the five Arkansas cities in a 500-city “dashboard” that measures COVID-19 risks, Fort Smith ranks the highest in Arkansas at 9 on a scale of 1 to 10, according…
by - July 8, 2020 5:24 pm
With the additional cultivation and dispensary license issued by the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Commission June 30, Storm Nolan’s four-year quest to open a cultivation center in Fort Smith is about…
by - July 7, 2020 8:27 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (July 7) approved a resolution that “strongly encourages” the use of face masks in public. The board also set July 11 to…
by - July 7, 2020 5:08 pm
The Fort Smith Advertising and Promotion Commission decided the first step in finding a new executive director will be to have an updated job description. Claude Legris, who announced his…
by - July 7, 2020 1:17 pm
About 46.2% of the money Fort Smith Public Schools is paying to contractors, architects and engineers for millage-related construction projects under contract or completed is going to Fort Smith-based firms….
by - July 6, 2020 6:09 pm
An item on the agenda for Tuesday’s (July 7) Fort Smith Board of Directors will ask directors to consider a resolution to help finance an expansion at the Gerber Products…
by - July 5, 2020 7:04 pm
Editor’s note: Story updated to add a response from Director André Good and to remove a response from Director George Catsavis. At least four of Fort Smith’s seven City Directors…
by - July 2, 2020 5:01 pm
The number of new cases of COVID-19 in the Fort Smith area jumped 12.1% Thursday, showing that the virus has clearly made its way to the area, noted an emergency…
