by - February 25, 2025 11:03 am
Fayetteville-based Rausch Coleman Homes, the nation’s 21st-largest homebuilder, was recently acquired in a more than $1 billion transaction. The deal was first announced in early Febuary, with more detail recently…
by - February 24, 2025 7:10 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education at its board meeting Monday (Feb. 24) appointed Gregory Carthon to the school board, filling the seat left vacant when Talicia Richardson…
by - February 24, 2025 11:07 am
Fort Smith metro apartment property, commercial property, and land sales in 2024 are significantly below post pandemic levels, but apartment and land sales recovered slightly from 2023 lows. The region…
by - February 22, 2025 9:17 am
An indoor sports facility that could bring thousands of visitors a year and generate more than $1 million in sales tax revenue will be discussed at Tuesday night’s (Feb. 25)…
by - February 21, 2025 7:36 pm
The May 13 election will include for Fort Smith residents a ballot item to change the city’s sales tax uses to pay for $385 million in bonds to meet a…
by - February 20, 2025 6:05 pm
The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) Board voted Thursday (Feb. 20) to contribute $77,000 to the Garrison Courtyard project in hopes a project using assessment dollars will be…
by - February 20, 2025 1:28 pm
Businessman and philanthropist Thomas E. “Tommy” Boyer of Fayetteville died Wednesday (Feb. 19). He was 84. Gov. Asa Hutchinson appointed Boyer to the University of Arkansas Board of Trustees in…
by - February 20, 2025 12:25 pm
The second annual Fort Smith General Darby Challenge will be April 27, starting in Cisterna Park downtown. The event is hosted by the Fort Smith Museum of History, the new…
by - February 19, 2025 5:07 pm
The Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus has 31 students on track to graduate in May from the nursing program, above 23 in May 2024. Students in the program have also posted…
by - February 19, 2025 11:01 am
Four community leaders from the Fort Smith metro are part of the inaugural 75Strong cohort. The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) program is designed to help individuals “foster entrepreneurship and…
by - February 18, 2025 3:34 pm
Felix Curry has filed a lawsuit against the Fort Smith Public School District for unlawfully being reassigned from his position as head football coach and athletic coordinator at Northside High…
by - February 18, 2025 8:49 am
Fort Smith metro home sales were up almost 7% in 2024 thanks in large part to gains in Crawford County. The 2024 increase is a recovery from an almost 15%…
by - February 17, 2025 5:37 pm
A Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) Board of Education meeting scheduled for Tuesday (Feb. 18) to discuss filling an empty board seat has been canceled due to inclement weather. The…
by - February 17, 2025 5:09 pm
The sometimes contentious effort to dissolve the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) has been quiet in recent months, but it has not been discarded, according to Barling City Administrator Steve…
by - February 16, 2025 10:23 am
Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education will have a special called board meeting Tuesday (Feb. 18) to decide how to fill the vacancy on the board, but the person…
by - February 14, 2025 11:10 am
The Fort Smith metro ended 2024 with a lower jobless rate and a net job gain of 1.3% compared with December 2023. The education and health services, manufacturing, and tourism…
by - February 13, 2025 5:11 pm
A Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) high school English teacher was placed on administrative leave Thursday (Feb. 13) after complaints of racism were made to administration regarding a test administered…
by - February 13, 2025 4:36 pm
The Cherokee Nation on Thursday (Feb. 13) announced an $8 million contribution to Mercy-Fort Smith for its planned cancer center. The hospital system has been relatively quiet about the planned…
by - February 13, 2025 10:28 am
Renovation to the pool, diving facility and bathhouse area at Creekmore Park is on budget and on schedule, with all indicators pointing to the facility opening with a regular schedule…
by - February 12, 2025 2:59 pm
There is some hope by Fort Smith officials that a new president in the White House or different agency oversight could give the city more flexibility with a federal consent…
