by - July 15, 2025 10:23 am
Amanda Hagar said when being named executive director of Main Street Fort Smith in July 2024 she wanted to learn more about opportunities within the downtown area and what visitors…
by - July 14, 2025 1:05 pm
Meetings expected in March to restart efforts toward dissolution of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) didn’t happen, and those involved say such efforts are on a slower track because…
by - July 14, 2025 11:39 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors is set Tuesday (July 15) to interview two candidates – James Carter and Jason Mitchell – for the long-vacant internal auditor position. The board…
by - July 13, 2025 10:58 am
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…
by - July 12, 2025 1:20 pm
Education and Health Services sector jobs in the Fort Smith metro rose more than 5% between May 2024 and May 2025, the largest percentage growth among major metro job categories,…
by - July 12, 2025 12:44 pm
Following are news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. Creative Arts The Institute for the Creative Arts (ICA) has announced that in the fall of 2025 concurrent enrollment will…
by - July 10, 2025 3:33 pm
High water levels and Trump’s tariffs are key factors in the almost 20% decline in Arkansas River tonnage in the first half of 2025. Commercial river tonnage in June was…
by - July 10, 2025 10:44 am
Fort Smith metro building activity in June rose along with the temperatures. Building permits issued in Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren totaled $58.484 million in June, up 236% from…
by - July 9, 2025 4:05 pm
ArcBest officials said a recent electric semi-truck test indicates “meaningful progress” in the technology, but more evaluation is needed before the Fort Smith-based shipping and logistics company adds the vehicles…
by - July 9, 2025 9:32 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (July 8) held an executive session to interview a director of internal audit but refused to provide information about the candidate. The…
by - July 8, 2025 4:46 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, on Tuesday (July 8) made a few calls in an effort to help ensure the slackwater harbor project in Van Buren remains on track for…
by - July 8, 2025 3:26 pm
The Fort Smith Boys & Girls Club (FSBGC) has suspended a planned after-school program following the U.S. Department of Education’s (DOE) decision to freeze funds approved by Congress. U.S. Rep….
by - July 7, 2025 4:30 pm
The City of Fort Smith, now considering a big investment in new water meters, spent more than $5 million between 2017 and 2019 to replace meters. That process was stalled…
by - July 7, 2025 1:25 pm
The City of Fort Smith received a “clean” audit opinion of its 2024 financial statements from Springfield, Mo.-based Forvis Mazars. The city had a “net position” of $1.069 billion in…
by - July 6, 2025 10:27 am
Consideration of a new master land use plan amendment tied to redevelopment of the almost 32 acres around the former Fianna Hills Country Club is on the Fort Smith Board…
by - July 6, 2025 10:20 am
The 2024 annual report from the engineering firm hired by Whirlpool to monitor cancer-causing pollution at the former Whirlpool site in Fort Smith indicates the presence of harmful chemicals remains,…
by - July 3, 2025 2:18 pm
Shelley Simpson, president and CEO of Lowell-based carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services Inc., will be the keynote speaker at the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 luncheon at the…
by - July 2, 2025 3:23 pm
Include more than 9,400 Arkansas teens among the more than 1.4 million nationwide who may lose access to after-school programs as a result of a surprise hold on federal funds…
by - July 2, 2025 3:11 pm
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank raised $616,100 and hit its goal of 3 million meals in the bank’s 15th annual Million Meals campaign. The money will benefit more than 80 food partners…
by - July 1, 2025 12:30 pm
Destiney Cameron, a co-owner and manager of AJ’s Oyster House in downtown Fort Smith, plans to soon open Digs, a new restaurant just a few blocks away in the Bakery…
