by - November 13, 2018 6:41 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed to consider the purchase of 330 acres from Kansas City Southern Railroad Company for soft surface trails. The Board on Tuesday (Nov. 13)…
by - November 12, 2018 8:14 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools has a plan that will allow students to avoid those dreaded snow day make up days at the end of the school year. Dr. Barry Owen,…
by - November 11, 2018 5:01 pm
Garrison Avenue will welcome a new restaurant with the grand opening of Gus’s Bar and Grill Monday (Nov. 12) at 823 Garrison Ave., the former site of Saké Martini &…
by - November 8, 2018 6:17 pm
The first office in the Fort Smith metro for Searcy-based First Security Bank held its formal opening Thursday (Nov. 8) at its 720 Garrison Ave. location in downtown Fort Smith….
by - November 8, 2018 4:51 pm
It will take a few more votes to make it certain, but a plan to build a Casey’s General Store to be built on the corner of 46th Street and…
by - November 7, 2018 5:09 pm
Veteran newspaper and television journalist Tina Alvey Dale has joined Talk Business & Politics as the Fort Smith metro reporter. She succeeds Aric Mitchell who joined the Fort Smith Police…
by - November 6, 2018 10:50 pm
Republican State Rep. Mat Pitsch, R-Fort Smith, will take over the Arkansas District 8 State Senate position in January. Unofficial results showed Pitsch had received 17,913 votes or 76.08% as…
by - November 6, 2018 10:39 pm
Unofficial numbers show both incumbents in Sebastian County races will keep their seats. Democrat Candidate for Sebastian County Judge Mosie Boyd congratulated her opponent Republican incumbent Judge David Hudson on…
by - November 5, 2018 7:46 pm
The final tally of Sebastian County voters in the 18-34 age demographic in the 2018 early voting cycle was 10.2% of total voters, up from 7.78% on Nov. 1. Early…
by - November 5, 2018 5:30 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors are set to consider a resolution for a downtown traffic and truck study at the board’s regular meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday (Nov. 6)…
by - November 4, 2018 11:21 am
With attitudes turning positive about the future of Fort Smith, it’s time for regional governments, businesses and organizations to take action to build on the momentum and better insulate the…
by - November 2, 2018 3:54 pm
Expectations of a larger turnout in the 2018 mid-term election among younger voters are not proving true in Sebastian County. Not only that, but the number of registered county voters…
by - November 2, 2018 12:49 pm
Dr. Edward Serna, interim chancellor, and other representatives from the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith touted the university’s workforce education programs at the Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce’s First…
by - November 1, 2018 4:43 pm
ArcBest blew past third quarter revenue and net income estimates thanks primarily to higher shipping prices, a “steady freight environment” and fuel surcharges. Net income in the quarter was $40.776…
by - November 1, 2018 11:40 am
Little Rock-based Baptist Health has closed on the acquisition of Sparks Health System operations in Fort Smith, Van Buren and clinics in western Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma. The move to…
by - October 31, 2018 3:44 pm
Developing downtown Fort Smith is more about hitting “doubles and singles” than home runs, with the area’s future “pretty vibrant, pretty exciting,” according to Bill Hanna, one of three panelists…
by - October 29, 2018 6:39 pm
Voter turnout during the first week of early voting was up 40% in Sebastian County compared with the same period in the 2014 mid-term elections, with one politico unsure what…
by - October 29, 2018 4:16 pm
A little more than $63 million in interstate rehab and signage work in Crawford, Benton, Sebastian and Washington counties has been approved by the Arkansas Highway Commission, with most of…
by - October 28, 2018 1:28 pm
The average human transportation speed in 1850 was four miles per hour. The average reached 24 miles per hour by 1950, and futurist Thomas Frey believes it will be 225…
by - October 25, 2018 5:07 pm
The good financial news continues for Van Buren-based USA Truck, which posted third quarter net income of $3.3 million, well ahead of the $409,000 in the same quarter of 2017….
