by - July 1, 2019 4:24 pm
The latest judicial news in the Fort Smith area has Fort Smith Public School Board member Greg Magness running for a Sebastian County Circuit Judge post, and banker and attorney…
by - June 30, 2019 12:41 pm
Alice Alt, vice president of development for the U.S. Marshals Museum Foundation, will take over for retiring president Jim Dunn on Monday (July 1). Dunn, who has served as the…
by - June 28, 2019 8:35 pm
Former Fort Smith Director of Planning Wally Bailey has taken his talents across the river to take up the reins as the Van Buren’s planning director. Bailey started with Van…
by - June 27, 2019 6:49 pm
Fort Smith Deputy City Administrator Jeff Dingman, who resigned his position with the city last week, has decided to stay put. City officials said Dingman submitted a letter of resignation…
by - June 27, 2019 4:51 pm
The Fort Smith-Van Buren tourism sector is off to a better start in 2019 following a flat 2018, with tourism officials optimistic that historic flooding in late May and early…
by - June 26, 2019 5:43 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority and its board of trustees on Friday (June 21) filed a motion to dismiss in Sebastian County Circuit Court a lawsuit recently filed against FCRA…
by - June 25, 2019 9:27 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed Tuesday (June 25) for Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken to continue talks with the Oak View Group about the possibility of outside…
by - June 25, 2019 8:40 pm
Wally Bailey, who recently resigned as Fort Smith’s director of planning after 41 years with the city, former Rep. Leslee Milam-Post, D-Ozark, and Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) Marketing Director…
by - June 24, 2019 12:01 pm
Building activity in Fort Smith got off to a horrible start in 2019. But for good reasons – new school construction – and not so good reasons – tornado and…
by - June 23, 2019 1:42 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors decided to keep most of the city-wide budget goals set in 2019 as priorities for the 2020 budget at a special budget study session…
by - June 22, 2019 12:47 pm
Max Avery, CEO of Bolding Construction Co. and Professional Flooring Installation (PFI) in Fort Smith, said this is the time to invest into the Fort Smith area, and one of…
by - June 21, 2019 5:43 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Trustees agreed to allow the board’s attorney to enter into mediation with Ivy Owen’s attorney regarding a wrongful termination claim following an executive…
by - June 20, 2019 3:37 pm
Talk Business & Politics is launching a Business of the Year award program this fall designed to not only highlight efforts of businesses, non-profits and startup operations, but to consider…
by - June 20, 2019 3:14 pm
The Arkansas Supreme Court has ruled Fort Smith city directors did not violate the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) when they used emails to discuss an issue. Thursday’s (June…
by - June 19, 2019 2:47 pm
Waters have receded following the historic flooding of the Arkansas River at the end of May, and cleanup is in high gear. While home and business owners work to clean…
by - June 18, 2019 4:27 pm
Members of the Central Business Improvement District Commission agreed Tuesday (June 18) to gather information on a possible “Ambassador” program to address a growing concern about the safety of those…
by - June 17, 2019 7:03 pm
When Van Buren Original formed a few years ago to help make Van Buren’s downtown a viable center of Van Buren, one of its goals was to have a thriving…
by - June 17, 2019 5:09 pm
Several Franklin County officials came to Little Rock to speak with the Trump administration’s top labor official, but returned home on Monday (June 17) with disappointing news about the future…
by - June 17, 2019 12:24 pm
Fort Smith Public School students are getting right to the nuts and bolts of things during a recent weeklong camp taking a look at advanced manufacturing. Thanks to a grant…
by - June 13, 2019 3:39 pm
After 66 years, Fort Smith-based television station KFSM-TV, Channel 5, is ready to embark on a new era. Longtime station president and general manager Van Comer confirmed to the Northwest…
