by - May 29, 2025 1:57 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of two stories about the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum. For the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum (FSRAM), 2025 is proving to be one…
by - May 29, 2025 10:35 am
Mac Pinkerton has been hired to be chief operating officer of the logistics subsidiary at Fort Smith-based ArcBest. The transportation industry veteran is set to begin in the new role…
by - May 28, 2025 5:51 pm
Developer Sam Seeger is again hoping to develop the former Fianna Hills Country Club into a “retirement housing” facility and also seeks to build on adjacent property a residential subdivision…
by - May 27, 2025 6:58 pm
The Fort Smith Police Department recorded a 14.07% decline in “Part 1” crime – serious offenses tracked by the Federal Bureau of Investigation – in 2024, and more than 65%…
by - May 27, 2025 11:54 am
The sale of numerous properties on Preston Wood Drive in Fort Smith was the top Sebastian County property transaction in the first quarter of 2025. The sale of a storage…
by - May 27, 2025 9:34 am
Fort Smith sales tax revenue was a little stronger in April than it had been through the first quarter of 2025, but numbers are still under those budgeted for the…
by - May 23, 2025 4:06 pm
Two Federal Reserve District presidents discussed the importance of community banks and what the Fed and other federal agencies are doing to help them, such as through programs and events…
by - May 23, 2025 9:58 am
The Fort Smith Downtown Business Association and Bar & Restaurant Committee will “proudly present” the 2nd Annual Fort Smith Food Truck Festival on June 21, at 601 Garrison Ave. Organizers…
by - May 22, 2025 6:48 pm
One can’t replace lost history, but it’s possible to build something that will become history. So believes Rick Griffin, who is working with Oklahoma City-based Bricktown Brewery to rebuild a…
by - May 22, 2025 6:21 pm
For the second consecutive time in less than 18 months, the Fort Smith Public School District has suddenly found itself without a public relations-communications leader. Allan Marshall, who was announced…
by - May 22, 2025 10:42 am
It’s been almost a year since Amanda Hager was named executive director of Main Street Fort Smith, formerly 64.6 Downtown. As the new director, she ushered in new branding and…
by - May 21, 2025 1:27 pm
A University of Arkansas team has received $10 million from the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) to create and implement a central Crisis Hub and Crisis Continuum that will…
by - May 20, 2025 7:51 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted Tuesday (May 20) to restrict tobacco and vape shops from opening within 500 feet of a school or daycare. The new ordinance does…
by - May 20, 2025 4:24 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, who has risen through the ranks of Congress to chair key committees since first being elected in 2010, announced Tuesday (May 20) his intent to…
by - May 20, 2025 11:06 am
Dr. Tiffany Bone has been named deputy superintendent of Fort Smith Public Schools, and Chuck Davis has been hired as the Southside High School head boys basketball coach, the district…
by - May 19, 2025 5:42 pm
Sebastian County Circuit Court Judge Dianna Hewitt Ladd has scheduled a hearing Thursday (May 22) that could provide some clarity about who knew what prior to the botched attempt by…
by - May 19, 2025 2:45 pm
The Fort Smith Boys and Girls Club (FSBGC) is set to officially flip the switch Tuesday (May 20) on a solar facility near its Evans unit that is expected to…
by - May 19, 2025 2:00 pm
Fort Smith is getting a new Braum’s Ice Cream and Dairy Store. A building permit for construction of a new store for the Oklahoma City-based company was issued by the…
by - May 18, 2025 3:35 pm
Arkoma Mayor Joshua Johnson is pushing back against claims by City of Fort Smith officials that the town is unable to pay for water and sewer services. He alleges that…
by - May 16, 2025 2:00 pm
Sasha Rayevskiy, better known in the art world as TigerSasha, is making bubbles in downtown Fort Smith. Rayevskiy, a Russian-born American artist from the Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk…
