by - December 19, 2019 2:13 pm
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) has hired Les Smith to be the institution’s chief business strategy officer. Smith will work directly for Kyle Parker, ACHE CEO, for vision, finance and…
by - December 18, 2019 8:31 pm
The Central Business Improvement District board on Tuesday (Dec. 17) agreed to move ahead with an assessment on property within the district. The board also agreed that not-for-profit organizations within…
by - December 17, 2019 8:49 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted down a resolution that would have sold the city-owned property that is former River Valley Sports Complex but passed a resolution to improve…
by - December 17, 2019 4:27 pm
Fort Cannabis, the licensed medical marijuana dispensary in Fort Smith, will open for business at noon Wednesday (Dec. 18), with owners hoping to tap into a market that as of…
by - December 13, 2019 6:10 pm
Fort Cannabis, the licensed medical marijuana dispensary in Fort Smith, was on Friday (Dec. 13) approved to open for business. Jeff Scholtes, the license owner for the dispensary, said officials…
by - December 12, 2019 5:44 pm
The U.S. Marshals Service Southern District donated four items related to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York to the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith. The items were…
by - December 12, 2019 1:00 pm
The city of Paris in Logan County has selected Little Rock-based solar energy company Today’s Power Inc. (TPI) to build a 1.5-megawatt solar array on 8 acres in the city,…
by - December 11, 2019 6:00 pm
Graduation numbers may be slightly down from last year, but the number of students graduating with a bachelor’s degree Saturday from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is up…
by - December 11, 2019 11:45 am
Good food, good service and a cash cushion are a must to have a shot at restaurant success in the Fort Smith area. But even then, a slow-growing population and…
by - December 10, 2019 8:10 pm
Greenwood voters on Tuesday (Dec. 10) approved by a three-to-one margin a bond issue for a road project designed to help relieve Greenwood’s traffic congestion problems. The Greenwood City Council…
by - December 10, 2019 5:25 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith announced Tuesday (Dec. 10) the university will receive $1.7 million from the Windgate Foundation. The university will receive three gifts from the foundation…
by - December 9, 2019 6:57 pm
Construction will start this month on the new home for the Center for Art & Education in Van Buren. The center recently held a ground-breaking ceremony at what will be…
by - December 8, 2019 3:13 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith area recovered a bit in October but year-to-date activity remains below numbers from 2018. Fort Smith, Van Buren and Greenwood issued $15.38 million in…
by - December 4, 2019 5:47 pm
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Chancellor Dr. Terisa Riley told the UAFS Board of Visitors at its regular meeting Wednesday (Dec. 4) the university would form a budget council…
by - December 4, 2019 4:11 pm
Early voting began Tuesday (Dec. 3) on a bond issue for a road project that could help relieve Greenwood’s traffic congestion problems. The Greenwood City Council approved an ordinance in…
by - December 4, 2019 2:03 pm
The Fort Smith metro jobless rate was 3.5% in October, up from 3.4% in October 2018, with the region seeing a slight decline in the number of employed and a…
by - December 3, 2019 8:10 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved almost $127 million in operating budget spending at its regular meeting Tuesday (Dec. 3). The approved budget includes a general fund budget of…
by - December 2, 2019 4:21 pm
Business and tourism travel in the Fort Smith metro is trending higher compared to a flat 2018, with Fort Smith Regional enplanements up almost 6% between January and October. Hospitality…
by - December 2, 2019 3:40 pm
The Fort Smith Port Authority is ready to begin construction on buildings damaged during record flooding of the Arkansas River in May. The authority signed a construction manager as constructor…
by - November 26, 2019 9:17 pm
Discussion of the River Valley Sports Complex became heated as Fort Smith city directors discuss selling the property during a Fort Smith City Directors study session Tuesday (Nov. 26). “When…
