by - July 9, 2025 9:32 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (July 8) held an executive session to interview a director of internal audit but refused to provide information about the candidate. The…
by - July 8, 2025 4:46 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, on Tuesday (July 8) made a few calls in an effort to help ensure the slackwater harbor project in Van Buren remains on track for…
by - July 8, 2025 3:26 pm
The Fort Smith Boys & Girls Club (FSBGC) has suspended a planned after-school program following the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) decision to freeze funds approved by Congress. U.S. Rep….
by - July 7, 2025 4:30 pm
The City of Fort Smith, now considering a big investment in new water meters, spent more than $5 million between 2017 and 2019 to replace meters. That process was stalled…
by - July 7, 2025 1:25 pm
The City of Fort Smith received a “clean” audit opinion of its 2024 financial statements from Springfield, Mo.-based Forvis Mazars. The city had a “net position” of $1.069 billion in…
by - July 6, 2025 10:27 am
Consideration of a new master land use plan amendment tied to redevelopment of the almost 32 acres around the former Fianna Hills Country Club is on the Fort Smith Board…
by - July 6, 2025 10:20 am
The 2024 annual report from the engineering firm hired by Whirlpool to monitor cancer-causing pollution at the former Whirlpool site in Fort Smith indicates the presence of harmful chemicals remains,…
by - July 3, 2025 2:18 pm
Shelley Simpson, president and CEO of Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., will be the keynote speaker at the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 luncheon at the…
by - July 2, 2025 3:23 pm
Include more than 9,400 Arkansas teens among the more than 1.4 million nationwide who may lose access to after-school programs as a result of a surprise hold on federal funds…
by - July 2, 2025 3:11 pm
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank raised $616,100 and hit its goal of 3 million meals in the bank’s 15th annual Million Meals campaign. The money will benefit more than 80 food partners…
by - July 1, 2025 12:30 pm
Destiney Cameron, a co-owner and manager of AJ’s Oyster House in downtown Fort Smith, plans to soon open Digs, a new restaurant just a few blocks away in the Bakery…
by - July 1, 2025 11:46 am
Britain White, CEO of Catfish Hole, has some of the restaurant-branded food on Walmart shelves. He said the process with Walmart was smooth, and he hopes to have more products…
by - July 1, 2025 11:19 am
First National Bank of Fort Smith and First National Bank of NWA are rebranding to F1RSTNB. The banks will have the same logo and name “for unification and clarification while…
by - June 30, 2025 2:05 pm
Pasadena, Calif-based Dog Haus plans to expand its national footprint with eight locations in Arkansas, including at least four in Northwest Arkansas and one in Fort Smith. The restaurant company…
by - June 30, 2025 10:04 am
Officials with the Fort Smith Boys Home are set to open a new facility that represents a more than $2 million investment in the agency’s goal of “changing lives” and…
by - June 30, 2025 9:46 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal has announced the Forty Under 40 honorees for 2025, a list that includes young business and community leaders from throughout the Northwest Arkansas and Fort…
by - June 29, 2025 11:24 am
Editor’s note: The Fort Smith Metro Daily News Executive Summary series is focused on looking under the title, so to speak, of a business, government, and non-profit executive in the…
by - June 29, 2025 10:53 am
The four Arkansas metro areas measured by The Compass Report continue to show economic growth, with moderation seen in employment and consumer spending during the first quarter of 2025. In…
by - June 28, 2025 8:22 pm
Stitt Solar, the renewable energy division of Rogers-based The Stitt Group, recently completed two solar array projects in Fort Smith with the help of a $360,000 grant from the U.S….
by - June 27, 2025 11:57 am
Traffic at the Fort Smith Regional Airport was up in May, but is down almost 3% in the first five months of 2025. Enplanements at the airport have yet to…
