by - May 5, 2025 1:30 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s longest-running awards program, Forty Under 40, is accepting nominations. The nomination deadline for the class of 2025 is Friday, May 23, and nominees must not…
by - May 5, 2025 9:53 am
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, says he is waiting to see details of committee markup bills before deciding if he will support certain cuts to Medicaid, SNAP and taxes. The…
by - May 5, 2025 8:00 am
Younger talent is in high supply in Northwest Arkansas, and that’s a good thing because there is also an enormous demand for that talent pool. Northwest Arkansas is increasingly recognized…
by - May 3, 2025 2:55 pm
Maria Martinez and Dan Williams are candidates in the Zone 4 race for the Fort Smith Public School District Board of Education. The election is set for May 13. Early…
by - May 3, 2025 2:50 pm
Gregory Carthon and Brad Harding are candidates in the At Large Zone 6 race for the Fort Smith Public School District Board of Education. The election is set for May…
by - May 2, 2025 5:55 pm
The botched attempt by the City of Fort Smith to hire an internal auditor is not going away quietly. Fort Smith attorneys Joey McCutchen and Stephen Napurano filed a lawsuit…
by - May 2, 2025 5:02 pm
Fort Smith may arguably be the third-largest city in Arkansas and center of the state’s third-largest metro area, but the Mercy Fort Smith hospital emergency room is the busiest in…
by - May 2, 2025 10:04 am
“There’s no chance they’ll bring that mission to Fort Smith.” That was the first thought Col. Jay “Evil” Spohn had when asked to review sites for a planned new foreign…
by - May 1, 2025 11:08 am
An almost completed “solar garden” adjacent to the First National Bank of Fort Smith Phoenix bank branch in Fort Smith is also a pause point with just under $1 million…
by - April 30, 2025 2:47 pm
March traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport was up slightly compared with March 2024, but traffic numbers for the first quarter of the year are down almost 2%…
by - April 29, 2025 10:11 pm
Despite a proposed resolution from the Fort Smith Board of Directors to revisit sales tax allocations for police funding and the street tax program, a group opposing the tax may…
by - April 29, 2025 9:02 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (April 29) did not fire Rick Lolley, the city’s human resources director. Lolley was on the hot seat following a failed attempt…
by - April 29, 2025 11:23 am
Fort Smith-based Burton Pools & Spas has acquired Mid South Pools and Spas in Hot Springs, and company co-owner Caleb Burton said they may not be finished acquiring other operators…
by - April 29, 2025 10:10 am
ArcBest first-quarter net income and revenue fell below expectations thanks in part to ongoing manufacturing sector “weakness” and higher labor and other input costs. The report also included insight into…
by - April 28, 2025 8:18 pm
Voters in Fort Smith will on May 13 have the chance for the first time to adequately fund federally-mandated sewer system work and allow city leaders to “move on” to…
by - April 28, 2025 11:18 am
The first class of Polish Air Force pilots who are set to graduate from the foreign pilot training center at Ebbing Air National Guard Base in Fort Smith are the…
by - April 26, 2025 3:31 pm
In the aftermath of a botched effort to hire an internal auditor, the Fort Smith Board of Directors is looking for answers as to why they claim to not have…
by - April 26, 2025 10:38 am
Fort Smith sales tax revenue was down once again in March, making city revenues generated from sales and use taxes down around 2% from last year for the first quarter….
by - April 24, 2025 8:01 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Thursday (April 24) voted during a special called meeting to not hire Rebecca Cowan as the city’s internal auditor. The unanimous vote followed…
by - April 23, 2025 10:33 pm
Rebecca Cowan, the person the Fort Smith Board of Directors hired to fill the position of internal auditor, is out of jail on a signature bond for a fugitive of…
