by - June 13, 2018 4:55 pm
Fort Smith metro home sales are trending up for the first five months of 2018 with Sebastian and Crawford counties seeing year-to-date gains of 17.31% and 8.02% in sales volume,…
by - June 13, 2018 3:51 pm
Healthcare organization Mercy will allow 5,336 employees in Arkansas to take up to two weeks of paid parental leave as it responds to a 2017 employee survey on benefits and…
by - June 13, 2018 11:51 am
A business license application has been filed with the city of Fort Smith for 7601 Rogers Ave., the former site of the MovieLounge. According to the city’s planning and zoning…
by - June 12, 2018 7:13 pm
Staff leaders with the U.S. Marshals Museum told the museum’s board they were able to reduce the budget for the planned facility and the amount to raise is now down…
by - June 12, 2018 6:16 pm
Old Local Police and Fire (LOPFI) retirement pension plans that ended in 1983 have a new projected insolvency date of 2026 with an estimated unfunded liability of $18-20 million, according…
by - June 11, 2018 6:04 pm
Federal prosecutors are asking for up to 24 months of prison time for former Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, more than the 12 to 18 months that may have been…
by - June 11, 2018 3:10 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenues continue to trail 2017’s numbers as well as budgeted expectations with the city reporting over $500,000 less than expected – $440,588 from the 2% city…
by - June 11, 2018 12:28 pm
64.6 Downtown has named Talicia Richardson as executive director of the Fort Smith-based nonprofit. The job search became a focus after 2017’s approval of the Propelling Downtown Forward (PropelFS) downtown…
by - June 8, 2018 11:28 am
In a press release late Thursday (June 7), Rep. George McGill, D-Fort Smith, announced 11 “Policy Pledges” in his bid to be the next Fort Smith mayor. McGill faces opponents…
by - June 7, 2018 4:32 pm
On Tuesday (June 5), the Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a resolution supporting Applied Process Fort Smith, LLC’s entry into the state “Tax Back” program authorized by the Consolidated…
by - June 7, 2018 2:39 pm
Statements of financial disclosures are now available for the eight Fort Smith office candidates, and the city announced ballot positions based on a draw held by the Sebastian County Board…
by - June 6, 2018 6:01 pm
Dinner is served. The Fort Smith region welcomed a soft launch of Lake Charles, La.-based home restaurant delivery service Waitr earlier this week. The app, which launched in 2015, rolls…
by - June 6, 2018 10:02 am
Fort Smith Director and real estate developer Keith Lau ran into a setback on Tuesday (June 5) with his fellow city Board members when they voted 6-0 to send his…
by - June 5, 2018 6:22 pm
An economic impact study suggests the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) will produce at least a $415 million boost to the Fort Smith metro. But ACHE President and CEO…
by - June 4, 2018 7:09 pm
The number of Arkansas-based publicly held companies to hire a female as top legal counsel grew Monday (June 4) with the announcement of Katherine Knight as vice president-general counsel at…
by - June 4, 2018 6:43 pm
And then there were three. Jerry Neel Jr., the owner of Jerry Neel’s Bar-B-Q Restaurant & Catering has pulled out of the At-Large Director Position 5 race, exiting a crowded…
by - June 4, 2018 3:19 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith region surged in the month of May, leading to the first year-to-date gains of 2018. While the region — Fort Smith, Van Buren, and…
by - June 3, 2018 6:06 pm
Arkansas Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin isn’t a fan of government as usual, and he’s telling Arkansans they shouldn’t be either. Griffin was in Fort Smith on Friday (June 1) to…
by - May 31, 2018 8:29 pm
Races are set for three City Director positions on the Fort Smith Board of Directors, and incumbent Kevin Settle, the current At-Large City Director Position 6, and Position 7 candidate…
by - May 31, 2018 10:45 am
Editor’s note: The following story is completely updated from the first report. ––––––––––––––– Until roughly two hours before the filing deadline, the race for Fort Smith Mayor was a two-way…
