by - June 6, 2024 10:54 am
Although he’s just 29, construction company owner Trent Hanna already knows a vital business rule — efficiency is the key to running a smooth operation. “Consider our invoice processing system,”…
by - June 5, 2024 1:27 pm
Fort Smith metro building activity dropped significantly in May. Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren reported combined May building permit values of $17.927 million, down 59.3% compared to the $44.057…
by - June 4, 2024 8:50 pm
A Fort Smith attorney suggests that a legal battle could result if the city continues down the path of adopting a military overlay district without addressing “due process” and property…
by - June 4, 2024 8:46 am
The Fort Smith International Film Festival has received a record 541 submissions for this year’s event, well above the high of 452 films for the 2023 event. Festival submissions come…
by - June 3, 2024 11:37 am
The Fort Smith Fire Department succeeded in meeting its primary objectives in 2023 which including maintaining a healthy and strong workforce, ensuring thorough training, and being fully prepared to respond…
by - June 3, 2024 11:16 am
Replacing center turn lanes with raised medians along the majority of Rogers Avenue from Waldron Road to 74th Street will allow for better and safer traffic flow, according to the…
by - May 30, 2024 12:58 pm
Fort Smith Police Chief Danny Baker said it is evident that previous collective efforts and investments in the Fort Smith Police Department are making a difference across the department and…
by - May 29, 2024 6:54 pm
Fort Smith-based ArcBest has partnered with Scholarship America to create the first Employee Dependent Scholarship Program for the shipping and logistic company’s more than 15,000 employees. The program offers $2,000…
by - May 29, 2024 12:58 pm
Audra Brooks Titsworth will serve as the founding dean of the Institute for the Creative Arts, the first performing and visual arts high school in Arkansas set to open Aug….
by - May 29, 2024 9:09 am
Fort Smith City Directors touted a proposed Military Compatibility Area Overlay District in the city as beneficial and needed during a study session of the Board of Directors on Tuesday…
by - May 28, 2024 6:42 pm
ABB, which operates a manufacturing facility in Fort Smith, is donating $100,000 to support work on a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) Lab at the Fort Smith Boys…
by - May 28, 2024 5:05 pm
Two residential real estate deals in Fort Smith and Greenwood, with both topping $1 million, were the largest property transactions in Sebastian County during March, according to the office of…
by - May 28, 2024 2:53 pm
Neither the military nor the federal government have given Fort Smith city administration specific requests for a Military Compatibility Area Overlay District (MCAOD) that could be imposed in the city…
by - May 24, 2024 3:44 pm
An agreement by local governments allowing the media to attend a June 10 meeting about the dissolution of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) has been nixed by FCRA Executive…
by - May 23, 2024 5:36 pm
Fort Smith sales tax collections were down again in April, keeping the revenue relatively flat for the year. The April sales tax report shows the city’s share of the 1%…
by - May 23, 2024 1:44 pm
Funding efforts for the next U.S. fiscal year are already underway. At least $70 million could be used to build an academic training base at Ebbing Air National Guard Base…
by - May 22, 2024 5:55 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors passed resolutions at its regular meeting Tuesday (May 21) that makes a significant truck bypass route in downtown Fort Smith and adds glass recycling…
by - May 22, 2024 5:28 pm
The fourth of the beneficiaries of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) has now officially called for its dissolution. The Sebastian County Quorum Court approved a resolution Tuesday (May 21)…
by - May 22, 2024 12:06 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed Tuesday (May 21) to table a resolution that would be the first step in reimbursing customers who erroneously were charged sales tax on…
by - May 21, 2024 8:07 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (May 21) approved a bond program that allows Mars Petcare to expand its Fort Smith plant, which employs more than 600 people….
