Fort Smith

Foreclosure numbers decline 25% in the Fort Smith metro

The number of Fort Smith metro properties in some form of a foreclosure filing is down 25% in July compared with a year ago and much better than the national…

Fort Smith Board to seek applicants for city administrator

The search is set to begin for the next Fort Smith city administrator. The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Aug. 19) directed the city’s human resources office to…

Fort Smith Board tables action on acquiring, managing cemeteries

The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Aug. 19) tabled action on options to acquire or support four cemeteries in the city that cover around 105 acres. Cemetery managers…

Trane Technologies to expand Fort Smith plant, add more than 60 jobs

Trane Technologies plans to invest almost $6 million to expand manufacturing capacity at its Fort Smith plant. The expansion is expected to add 63 jobs to the 272 jobs now…

Work begins to rebuild Shamrock Liquor

Shirley Yeager and a few Shamrock Liquor Warehouse employees gathered Monday (Aug. 18) to celebrate a building permit that puts them on a path toward Yeager’s aggressive goal of re-opening…

UAFS sees big increase in freshmen, transfer enrollment

Changes in student recruitment, better access to financial support, and a new student “portal” at the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) are factors in big enrollment gains among…

Job support, historic site funding, water meter money on Fort Smith board agenda

The Fort Smith Board of Directors has a packed agenda for its Tuesday (Aug. 19) meeting, with voting items to include a job incentive package, a resolution supporting National Historic…

Fort Smith Metro Daily News Briefs: UAFS award program, and the United Way campaign

Following are news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. UAFS Business Awards The College of Economic Development of the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is accepting nominations for…

Groundbreaking set for work on I-49 Arkansas River bridge

With some prep work either finished and underway, state and local officials are set to gather Aug. 22 in Barling to ceremonially break ground on construction of the Interstate 49…

Apartments, dealership property part of top Sebastian County land sales

The April sale of Harbortown Apartments on Meandering Way in east Fort Smith was the top Sebastian County property deal in the second quarter of 2025, according to information from…

More space needed for foreign pilot training center in Fort Smith

The U.S. Air Force plans to lease six more acres from the Fort Smith Regional Airport to support the foreign military pilot training center now active at Ebbing Air National…

Fort Smith Board set to hire Amanda Strange as internal auditor

The City of Fort Smith is on track to once again have an internal auditor. The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted during a special meeting Tuesday (Aug. 12) to…

J.B. Hunt CEO Shelley Simpson says Forty Under 40 ‘a big deal’

Shelley Simpson, president and CEO of Lowell-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., quickly put into perspective the significance of being a Forty Under 40 honoree. “It’s a big deal,” she…

Fort Smith reiterates call for water conservation measures

The City of Fort Smith on Monday (Aug. 11) issued another call for water conservation measures initially resulting from an Aug. 3 water main break. The city notice said too…

Meet the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s 2025 Forty Under 40 class

The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal proudly introduces the 29th class of Forty Under 40 honorees. Our annual list recognizes emerging leaders for achievements in their professional lives and their community…

Fort Smith metro tourism sector sets employment record in June

The Professional and Business Services and the Leisure and Hospitality – tourism – sectors provided part of the Fort Smith metro year-over-year job growth in June, with the tourism sector…

Executive Summary: Riley first learned life lessons working in an animal sale barn

Editor’s note: The Fort Smith Metro Daily News Executive Summary series is focused on looking under the title, so to speak, of a business, government, and non-profit executive in the…

Property sales, police fleet leasing, internal auditor on Fort Smith Board agenda

The ongoing discussion about what to do with certain Fort Smith-owned properties will be discussed further Tuesday (Aug. 12) during a Fort Smith Board of Directors’ study session. The board…

Fort Smith Metro Daily News Briefs: Miller Cottages, airport ‘PreCheck,’ and Taco Bell money

Following are recent news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. Affordable Housing Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) provided a $90,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) grant through…

Mercy Fort Smith breaks ground on $41 million cancer center

The response to a “plague on our community” that is cancer, which is faced by more than 5,000 in the Fort Smith medical service area, will be improved with Mercy…