by - February 21, 2018 7:36 pm
At least two Fort Smith Directors are not supportive of how the city handled the employment of Police Officer Lindsay Herring. But Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken said Herring…
by - February 20, 2018 9:30 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors have cleared the final pathway for Riverfront Drive Skate and Bike Park at the original site of the United States Marshals Museum (USMM) in…
by - February 20, 2018 5:35 pm
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent Jason Frankenberger encouraged the use of two-factor authentication and stronger passwords along with better employee education programs in Tuesday’s (Feb. 20) Cyber Security…
by - February 19, 2018 6:59 pm
Lindsay Herring needed a break when she brought her appeal of termination before the Fort Smith Civil Service Commission on Monday (Feb. 19). In 2017, the new mom and six-year…
by - February 19, 2018 2:04 pm
A GOP primary is in the works for Arkansas House of Representatives District 76 seat that represents the eastern and southern parts of Fort Smith. Cindy Crawford announced Sunday (Feb….
by - February 18, 2018 2:48 pm
Conventional wisdom suggests voter approval of a millage increase for Fort Smith schools will be tough to obtain, especially in the wake of rising costs citizens pay for the federally…
by - February 15, 2018 6:50 pm
Member cities of the Frontier Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) have until April 2 to turn in their signage submissions for a wayfinding program in the Fort Smith region. Western Arkansas…
by - February 15, 2018 2:23 pm
The same day one Michigan company announced it would open a plant in Fort Smith, another announced it would close a Fort Smith operation. The juxtaposition is emblematic of a…
by - February 14, 2018 8:17 pm
KFSM-TV, Channel 5, based in Fort Smith for 65 years, is building a new office in Northwest Arkansas. Van Comer, the station’s longtime general manager, confirmed Wednesday (Feb. 14) to…
by - February 14, 2018 7:07 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors are not ready for a consensus on cuts to Convention Center funding, but city directors at a recent study session did appear to agree…
by - February 13, 2018 6:11 pm
The ROC has broken ground. On Tuesday (Feb. 13), the 188th Wing of the Arkansas Air National Guard announced the Razorback Operation Center at a groundbreaking ceremony from Ebbing Air…
by - February 13, 2018 3:50 pm
Livonia, Mich.-based Applied Process has acquired a 51,000-square-foot building in Fort Smith to expand its metal heat treatment business. The more than $2.5 million investment by the company is expected…
by - February 13, 2018 3:30 pm
A special election to fill the recently vacated District 8 Senate seat representing Fort Smith will be held Aug. 14, with the primary for the seat coinciding with the already…
by - February 13, 2018 6:42 am
Fort Smith-based furniture retailer and manufacturer FFO Home has announced the acquisition of Service Furniture and Bedding, Inc, an operator of home furnishings and bedding retailers in the Louisville, Ky.,…
by - February 12, 2018 6:43 pm
The Fort Smith metro home sales market — Crawford, Sebastian counties — opened 2018 with positive numbers, topping $25.311 million in sales volume with 127 units moved compared to $20.171…
by - February 12, 2018 5:28 pm
Sales tax revenue for 2017 finished just ahead of 2016 with $42.408 million, culled from a 2% rate that includes 1% for Fort Smith’s streets program, 0.75% for bond issues,…
by - February 11, 2018 10:24 pm
Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements were up for the second straight year in 2017. Enplanements totaled 89,582 in 2017, up 2.4% from 87,488 in 2016. December enplanements totaled 7,173, down…
by - February 8, 2018 11:48 pm
A group of 52 Fort Smith residents gathered Thursday (Feb. 8) for the fifth – and last time – to craft an improvement plan and associated funding level for broad…
by - February 8, 2018 11:34 pm
Blake Shelton, country music singer and panelist on The Voice, has served another cause near and dear to his heart, which brought him and love interest Gwen Stefani to Fort…
by - February 7, 2018 6:18 pm
The Fort Smith Utilities Department will move forward with a two-year water meter replacement program following approval from the city’s Board of Directors on Tuesday night (Feb. 6). Approximately one…
