by - March 11, 2025 1:10 pm
Work is set to begin on installing a new waterslide complex at Parrot Island Waterpark at Ben Geren Regional Park that is estimated to support overall park activity for 600…
by - March 10, 2025 6:55 pm
The manufacturing sector weakness and nationwide freight recession pricing that hampered ArcBest’s financials in 2024 are continuing into 2025, according to the Fort Smith-based shipping and logistics company. ArcBest on…
by - March 10, 2025 8:57 am
Building activity in the Fort Smith metro continued to rise in February, though building slowed a bit from the start of the year. February building permit values were up 7.9%…
by - March 8, 2025 2:17 pm
Ty Barrett is director of the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) Regional Office at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, the university has announced. Barrett, 55,…
by - March 7, 2025 4:36 pm
Suggested changes to an ordinance attempting to address homelessness that failed to gain approval in 2024 and other discussion on the issue are on the agenda for the Fort Smith…
by - March 6, 2025 3:47 pm
Gregory Carthon, who was appointed to the Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education on Feb. 24, filed for upcoming annual school elections for the board, but not for the…
by - March 5, 2025 4:03 pm
Two members of Arkansas’ Congressional delegation are not concerned about the future of a foreign pilot training center in Fort Smith, even with U.S.-NATO relations in new and uncertain territory,…
by - March 5, 2025 3:15 pm
More than 50 people gathered Wednesday (March 5) in cold and windy conditions to ceremonially break ground on the 2025 showcase home that is part of a promotion effort of…
by - March 4, 2025 8:49 pm
Fort Smith Vice Mayor and City Director Jarred Rego is pushing plan to reduce and reprogram city spending, and he’s hoping the rest of the Fort Smith Board of Directors…
by - March 4, 2025 11:28 am
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) Board of Trustees agreed during its recent meeting to repurchase two tracts of land. The property is zoned mixed use industrial/office, said Daniel Mann,…
by - March 3, 2025 7:03 pm
Talk Business & Politics has expanded its coverage of the Fort Smith metro with an expanded regional landing page that includes more news about the region, obituary postings, and feature…
by - March 3, 2025 6:30 pm
The cost of the proposed 3,000-bed state prison in Franklin County is now estimated at $825 million, more than double the approximate $405 million state officials said it would cost…
by - March 3, 2025 10:35 am
Fort Smith sales tax revenue was down again in January, continuing the trend that started in 2024. The city’s share of the Sebastian County sales tax was $2.271 million in…
by - March 1, 2025 4:51 pm
The Arkansas Tech University (ATU) robotics team, which has student members from the Fort Smith and Northwest Arkansas areas, is set to compete in May at the world’s largest robotics…
by - March 1, 2025 4:10 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) still has high hopes that its newly restarted associate of applied science-nursing (AAS) degree will help to meet the nursing needs of…
by - February 27, 2025 5:31 pm
The Levitt AMP Fort Smith will return in April with a spring line up and a pop-up concert at The Bakery District to help celebrate the fifth anniversary of the…
by - February 27, 2025 9:09 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors want to expedite the process of hiring an internal auditor, a position open for almost a year. Tracey Shockley resigned as internal auditor after…
by - February 26, 2025 12:58 pm
There will be no tax increase on the shot of whiskey you may consume in a Fort Smith sports bar and restaurant to celebrate a Razorback victory or, more likely,…
by - February 25, 2025 8:33 pm
A presentation to the Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Feb. 25) indicates that an indoor sports facility could not only support itself with revenues within two years, but…
by - February 25, 2025 8:08 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) named a new head football coach at Northside High School on Monday (Feb. 24), and on the same day a second lawsuit was filed regarding…
