by - August 6, 2019 3:21 pm
The Fort Smith Port Authority agreed Tuesday (Aug. 6) to allow Ports of Fort Smith and Van Buren operator Marty Shell to gather three proposals for demolition of two warehouses,…
by - August 5, 2019 7:05 pm
The Arkansas Small Business Association is there to help Fort Smith area business, or at least the small ones, get started and continue to flourish. David Moody, deputy director of…
by - August 1, 2019 5:31 pm
Col. Robert Kinney, the first non-pilot to command the Arkansas National Guard 188th Wing in Fort Smith, is moving to a job in the nation’s capitol. 188th Wing Vice Commander…
by - July 31, 2019 2:31 pm
OK Foods will pay a 30-cent raise in base pay for hourly production workers in its Arkansas and Oklahoma facilities. The company declined to give the average base pay information…
by - July 31, 2019 12:36 pm
Fewer and lighter shipments resulting from a “moderated” economy put a cap on ArcBest’s financials in the second quarter, but the Fort Smith-based transportation holding company still managed to post…
by - July 30, 2019 7:42 pm
Over the past 18 months or so, the recycling market worldwide has changed dramatically. Though the cost to recycle continues to grow, the city of Fort Smith has no plans…
by - July 30, 2019 4:20 pm
A decline in the number of employed, a labor force dip of almost 1%, and a rise in the number of jobless pushed the jobless rate in the Fort Smith…
by - July 29, 2019 7:39 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools school board approved the hiring of Michael Beaumont as director of athletics and student activities at a special called meeting Monday (July 29). Beaumont fills…
by - July 29, 2019 5:20 pm
Van Buren City Attorney Candice Settle and Crawford County Circuit Judge Gary Cottrell are running for circuit judge positions in Crawford County. Settle has announced she will run for the…
by - July 28, 2019 4:34 pm
She describes her first few weeks on the job as a “time of discovery.” Part of that discovery, said University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Chancellor Dr. Terisa Riley, includes…
by - July 25, 2019 4:43 pm
The Leadership Fort Smith Program, managed by the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce, on July 24 named the next 25 people to participate in the program launched in 1988….
by - July 25, 2019 4:29 pm
$1,000. That is the second-quarter net income for Van Buren-based USA Truck, well below the $2.544 million in the same quarter of 2018. Revenue in the quarter was $133.622 million,…
by - July 24, 2019 4:09 pm
A growing number of Arkansas cities, counties and school districts are moving toward solar to handle all or a portion of their electricity demand. None of those are in the…
by - July 24, 2019 12:48 pm
Add Fort Smith attorney Michael Pierce to the growing list of those seeking election to judicial positions in Sebastian County. Pierce is running for Fort Smith District Court, Division III,…
by - July 23, 2019 6:48 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (July 23) approved naming Lori Hopkins, the city’s finance manager, as the city treasurer until a new finance director is named. With…
by - July 22, 2019 9:05 pm
Dr. Doug Brubaker, Fort Smith Public Schools superintendent, told the FSPS board of education at the board’s regular meeting Monday (July 22) that the district will look at revising the…
by - July 22, 2019 1:55 pm
Visitors to Fort Smith will have blue wayfinding signs to direct them to points of interest throughout the city. The Fort Smith Advertising & Promotions Commission put up the first…
by - July 19, 2019 5:42 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Directors voted Friday (July 19) to offer the executive director position to Daniel Mann of Parsons, Kan. Board Chairman Dean Gibson said Parsons…
by - July 18, 2019 7:10 pm
The multi-colored building that once housed AC Taylors Mobile Service Station where Rogers and Garrison Avenue converge has been demolished and foundation work has started on Gateway Park in downtown…
by - July 17, 2019 9:35 pm
Fort Smith residents wanted answers — lots of answers — at Tuesday night’s (July 17) community meeting for flood-affected Fort Smith residents and businesses. Answers, however, were few. A number…
