by - May 10, 2025 8:22 pm
A delinquent water and sewer payment issue with the neighboring Oklahoma city of Arkoma and a proposed new system services contract will be part of Fort Smith Board of Director…
by - May 9, 2025 11:59 am
Building activity in the Fort Smith metro declined in April but continues to stay ahead of the same time last year. Building permits in Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren…
by - May 8, 2025 6:42 pm
The Crawford County Public Library System saga continues to be expensive for the county. A lawsuit may soon be filed that alleges the violation of a separation agreement with former…
by - May 7, 2025 6:30 pm
The Girl Scouts-Diamonds of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas will invest $1.3 million at Burnham Woods in Fort Smith with a focus on STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) education…
by - May 7, 2025 11:53 am
The Fort Smith Boys & Girls Clubs (FSBGC) has received a $700,000 grant the organization will use to partner with the Future School of Fort Smith to open a teen…
by - May 7, 2025 11:14 am
Memphis-based Malco Theatres is preparing for a “multimillion-dollar renovation” of its Fort Smith theater at 1200 S. Waldron Road near Central Mall. The renovation will include replacing all seats with…
by - May 6, 2025 8:37 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (May 6) voted unanimously to direct the city hold a sales tax election in 2030 to give voters a chance to reauthorize…
by - May 6, 2025 6:01 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) and Restore Hope plan to soon announce a what they say will be a “transformative” partnership to expand the 100 Families Initiative…
by - May 6, 2025 10:09 am
Martin Mahan has a plan for Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) — a 100-day plan in fact. He was named the new superintendent of schools for FSPS on April 8….
by - May 5, 2025 5:02 pm
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission hopes to have a director hired within six months, but a focus on finding “character and integrity” in a person to help lead the…
by - May 5, 2025 1:30 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s longest-running awards program, Forty Under 40, is accepting nominations. The nomination deadline for the class of 2025 is Friday, May 23, and nominees must not…
by - May 5, 2025 9:53 am
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, says he is waiting to see details of committee markup bills before deciding if he will support certain cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and taxes. The…
by - May 5, 2025 8:00 am
Younger talent is in high supply in Northwest Arkansas, and that’s a good thing because there is also an enormous demand for that talent pool. Northwest Arkansas is increasingly recognized…
by - May 3, 2025 2:55 pm
Maria Martinez and Dan Williams are candidates in the Zone 4 race for the Fort Smith Public School District Board of Education. The election is set for May 13. Early…
by - May 3, 2025 2:50 pm
Gregory Carthon and Brad Harding are candidates in the At Large Zone 6 race for the Fort Smith Public School District Board of Education. The election is set for May…
by - May 2, 2025 5:55 pm
The botched attempt by the City of Fort Smith to hire an internal auditor is not going away quietly. Fort Smith attorneys Joey McCutchen and Stephen Napurano filed a lawsuit…
by - May 2, 2025 5:02 pm
Fort Smith may arguably be the third-largest city in Arkansas and center of the state’s third-largest metro area, but the Mercy Fort Smith hospital emergency room is the busiest in…
by - May 2, 2025 10:04 am
“There’s no chance they’ll bring that mission to Fort Smith.” That was the first thought Col. Jay “Evil” Spohn had when asked to review sites for a planned new foreign…
by - May 1, 2025 11:08 am
An almost completed “solar garden” adjacent to the First National Bank of Fort Smith Phoenix bank branch in Fort Smith is also a pause point with just under $1 million…
by - April 30, 2025 2:47 pm
March traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport was up slightly compared with March 2024, but traffic numbers for the first quarter of the year are down almost 2%…
