by - May 12, 2019 7:06 pm
Sebastian County is one of six counties selected from more than 3,000 U.S. counties as part of a Walton Family Foundation-funded project to study food insecurity. The Fort Smith Board…
by - May 10, 2019 9:39 am
The key to business success in Fort Smith is “community, community, community,” Trent Goins, president and CEO of Fort Smith-based OK Foods, told a group of about 75 who gathered…
by - May 9, 2019 4:40 pm
Workforce development is vital to Fort Smith. It’s a point Tim Allen, Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, has stressed often over the past several years. In…
by - May 9, 2019 4:34 pm
Steven Lamm, a project manager with the Arkansas Economic Development Commission and former aide to Gov. Mike Beebe, will soon join the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce as vice…
by - May 8, 2019 9:09 pm
Dianna Hewitt Ladd and Judge Jim O’Hern announced Wednesday (May 8) their bids for election and re-election, respectively, for judicial posts. Ladd is running for the newly created Sebastian County…
by - May 8, 2019 6:08 pm
Jason Green, vice president of human resources at ABB in Fort Smith and a community leader of the voter approved Fort Smith Public Schools millage plan, is set to receive…
by - May 7, 2019 4:27 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce has hired 5 Star Productions and Paris Marketing & Public Relations to develop and market a video touting the military infrastructure at Fort…
by - May 7, 2019 2:03 pm
From bicycle racks to going back to school to maker space to trolley rides, University of Arkansas at Fort Smith students are engaged in an upper level leadership class that…
by - May 6, 2019 5:56 pm
The historic Main Street in downtown Van Buren soon will offer two new restaurants for tourists, residents and visitors. The Vault 1905 Sports Grill is set to open Tuesday (May…
by - May 6, 2019 3:49 pm
The art gods giveth and the art gods taketh away. The downtown Fort Smith mural by Maser near the U.S. Post Office will soon be painted over by French artist…
by - May 3, 2019 5:58 pm
Months of applications, interviews and reviews culminated Friday (May 3) in 31 students publicly committing to jobs, internships and mentoring programs during a signing day event following the Fort Smith…
by - May 3, 2019 12:23 pm
An estimated $2 million loss from severe weather is partially to blame for a 51% drop in first quarter net income, ArcBest officials noted in the company’s first quarter report…
by - May 2, 2019 3:04 pm
OGE Energy Corp., parent company of the utility providing electricity to large parts of the Fort Smith metro, reported first quarter net income of $47.1 million, below the $55 million…
by - May 1, 2019 5:08 pm
Steve Clark, CEO of Fort Smith’s Propak Corp. and founder of 64.6 Downtown, and Bill Hanna, president and CEO of Hanna Oil and Gas Company and partner in KMW Properties,…
by - April 30, 2019 4:53 pm
Administrative Law Judge Amy Grimes on Tuesday (April 30) announced her candidacy for Fort Smith District Court, Division One, the position now held by Judge Jim O’Hern. The election is…
by - April 30, 2019 4:36 pm
With more than 540,000 Arkansans possibly eligible for medical marijuana, Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce members were told Tuesday (April 30) that employers are going to have to learn…
by - April 29, 2019 5:45 pm
Sales of poultry in the first quarter of 2019 for Industrias Bachoco – the parent company of Fort Smith-based OK Foods – declined 6.7% compared with the same quarter in…
by - April 26, 2019 10:06 am
Building on positive financial trends in 2018, Van Buren-based USA Truck reported first quarter 2019 net income of $1.501 million, up 45% compared to the $1.035 million in the first…
by - April 25, 2019 9:04 pm
Fort Smith residents gathered Thursday (April 25) to discuss ideas of how to raise private funds to help complete the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith. About 60 people attended…
by - April 25, 2019 7:45 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Real Estate Review Committee voted Thursday (April 25) to recommend selling land originally set aside for Fort Smith Public Schools to the Arkansas College for…
