by - December 16, 2024 7:41 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education member Talicia Richardson on Monday (Dec. 16) brought up the question of race at the board’s regular meeting when discussing the recent reassignment…
by - December 16, 2024 11:17 am
Groundbreakings for new facilities, including large flight simulator buildings, at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith could take place as early as summer 2025, and begin a four-…
by - December 14, 2024 3:32 pm
Just a week after firing Carl Geffken as city administrator, the Fort Smith Board of Directors will on Tuesday (Dec. 17) interview Interim City Administrator Jeff Dingman and Deputy City…
by - December 13, 2024 12:38 pm
With construction set to begin on a Harps Food Store on the Arkansas College of Health Education (ACHE) campus, Springdale-based Harps is looking for a tenant. A building permit valued…
by - December 13, 2024 10:13 am
The Future School of Fort Smith is going phone-free in the new year. Starting with the spring semester in January, the school will provide Yondr pouches for all students in…
by - December 12, 2024 4:54 pm
The first two F-35 fighter jets built for Poland will soon roll off the Lockheed production line in Fort Worth, Texas, and Col. Nicholas Ihde is ready to fly one…
by - December 12, 2024 11:56 am
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport between January and November totaled 56,430, up 1.3% compared with traffic in the same period of 2023. November traffic was down almost 7%…
by - December 11, 2024 10:41 am
Van Buren-based Five Rivers Distribution has acquired the Van Buren operations of Covington, La.-based Consolidated Terminal and Logistics Company, according to Five Rivers President Marty Shell. Terms of the deal…
by - December 10, 2024 8:10 pm
With a unanimous 7-0 vote, the Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Dec. 10) fired Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken, who had been in the job more than…
by - December 10, 2024 12:13 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith metro in November regained momentum with an almost 120% increase in building permit values, but it’s not enough to catch up with the record-breaking…
by - December 10, 2024 11:43 am
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) announced award recipients for the 2024 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) and Recreational Trails Program (RTP) and Booneville, Fort Smith, and Van Buren were among…
by - December 9, 2024 5:08 pm
With yet another pedestrian hit and killed in Fort Smith by a vehicle, Fort Smith Police Chief Danny Baker issued a public statement Monday (Dec. 9) saying the department is…
by - December 9, 2024 10:28 am
The 2024 Fort Smith International Film Festival had a direct economic impact of $225,000 “and generated substantial financial contributions to the local economy through visitor spending, event services, and more,”…
by - December 8, 2024 11:00 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors indefinitely tabled ordinances pertaining to public camping and vagrancy in the city at their Dec. 3 regular board meeting pending more input from the…
by - December 5, 2024 5:39 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) will start a new tuition waiver program aimed at supporting transfer students in Fall 2025 to make it easier for such students…
by - December 5, 2024 4:13 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools has named Allan Marshall as the chief communications and engagement officer for the Fort Smith Public Schools. All of the district’s communications and community engagement departments…
by - December 5, 2024 9:29 am
The University of Arkansas Fort Smith (UAFS) and the University of the Ozarks are partnering to bring more nurses to the region. The Carolyn McKelvey Moore School of Nursing formed…
by - December 4, 2024 5:16 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a plan Tuesday (Dec. 3) to pass along credit card fees to citizens. The city uses PayIt as a third party to process…
by - December 4, 2024 3:32 pm
Philip Taldo of Springdale was elected chairman of the Arkansas Highway Commission, and Keith Gibson of Fort Smith was elected vice chair, according to the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT)….
by - December 3, 2024 8:55 pm
Lee Kemp will be the new director for Ward 3 on the City of Fort Smith’s Board of Directors. He received 66.5% of the votes in Tuesday’s (Dec. 3) runoff…
