by March 25, 2024 6:27 pm
-Fort Smith sales tax revenue dips in February report
Fort Smith sales tax took a downward turn in February. The February sales tax report shows the city’s share of the 1% Sebastian County sales tax was down more than…
by March 25, 2024 6:27 pm
-Fort Smith sales tax took a downward turn in February. The February sales tax report shows the city’s share of the 1% Sebastian County sales tax was down more than…
by March 25, 2024 4:40 pm
-Two more candidates have thrown their hat into the ring in the race for Fort Smith City Director Ward 3. Carl Nevin and Russ Bragg have announced they are running…
by March 22, 2024 4:13 pm
-Editor’s note: Story updated to include news of Senate approval of the budget bill. The U.S. House approved Friday (March 22) a federal budget bill that could not only avoid…
by March 21, 2024 6:06 pm
-Baptist Health has named Brandi Stewart the chief nursing officer for Baptist Health hospitals in Fort Smith and Van Buren as well as the system’s clinics in Fort Smith metro….
by March 21, 2024 8:37 am
-Lee Kemp, pastor of Forefront Church in Fort Smith, has announced his candidacy for Fort Smith City Director for Ward 3. Ward 3 Director Lavon Morton said he has not…
by March 20, 2024 3:14 pm
-Steve Clark, founder and former CEO of Fort Smith-based Propak, has been named CEO of Dallas-based PLA, the pallet-management and supply chain logistics company that bought Propak in June 2022….
by March 20, 2024 1:52 pm
-The beneficiaries of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) – Sebastian County and the cities of Barling, Fort Smith and Greenwood – have turned their thoughts toward the dissolution of…
by March 19, 2024 5:54 pm
-The Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) has launched a specialized traffic unit in hopes of making streets in the city a little safer, curtailing the number of traffic accidents and…
by March 19, 2024 10:30 am
-Fort Smith’s PayIt program that allows customers to pay their utility bills online allows customers to divide bills into manageable payments. But beware, the city’s program is not a payment…
by March 18, 2024 7:22 pm
-On the same day NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang announced in a broadly-watched speech new AI (artificial intelligence) “omniverse” products and services, Fort Smith-based ArcBest said it is a first-mover in…
by March 18, 2024 6:03 pm
-The Steel Horse Rally is partnering with the U.S. Marshals Museum to add a new event to Fort Smith’s annual motorcycle event – the Bikes and Badges antique motorcycle show….
by March 14, 2024 5:01 pm
-The City of Fort Smith will receive $12 million to help with a 48-inch water transmission line from Lake Fort Smith thanks to appropriations bills signed by President Joe Biden…
by March 13, 2024 4:46 pm
-Data from the fourth quarter The Compass Report shows that building activity, sales tax revenue and slightly muted job growth helped support healthy economies in Arkansas and the state’s top…
by March 13, 2024 3:50 pm
-The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith has hired Brooke Magallanes as its new associate vice chancellor for enrollment management. She will begin her role at UAFS March 18 with…
by March 13, 2024 9:34 am
-The year’s recipient of the Book of Golden Deeds Award, Keley Simpson, is described as someone “simply consumed with helping others” and does most of her work out of the…
by March 12, 2024 7:54 pm
-The Fort Smith Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday (March 12) unanimously approved an amendment to the Master Land Use Plan that paves the way for an “upscale, high-end” active…
by March 12, 2024 2:57 pm
-Members of the Future Fort Smith Committee agreed Monday (March 11) that the Future Fort Smith Comprehensive Plan is still a quality guide for the City of Fort Smith, even…
by March 12, 2024 11:43 am
-Federal legislation that delivered $83 million for a foreign pilot training center in Fort Smith also brings to Arkansas $67 million to help complete Interstate 49 between Alma and Barling….
by March 11, 2024 5:12 pm
-Fort Smith-based ArcBest is the presenting sponsor of the newly formed Fort Smith Marshals baseball team. No terms were disclosed on the sponsorship amount, which will cover the 2024 and…
by March 11, 2024 2:02 pm
-“Significant” federal funding has been approved for work in the ongoing effort to establish a foreign pilot training center in Fort Smith, but more will be needed for the estimated…