by - February 19, 2025 11:01 am
Four community leaders from the Fort Smith metro are part of the inaugural 75Strong cohort. The Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) program is designed to help individuals “foster entrepreneurship and…
by - February 18, 2025 3:34 pm
Felix Curry has filed a lawsuit against the Fort Smith Public School District for unlawfully being reassigned from his position as head football coach and athletic coordinator at Northside High…
by - February 18, 2025 8:49 am
Fort Smith metro home sales were up almost 7% in 2024 thanks in large part to gains in Crawford County. The 2024 increase is a recovery from an almost 15%…
by - February 17, 2025 5:37 pm
A Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) Board of Education meeting scheduled for Tuesday (Feb. 18) to discuss filling an empty board seat has been canceled due to inclement weather. The…
by - February 17, 2025 5:09 pm
The sometimes contentious effort to dissolve the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) has been quiet in recent months, but it has not been discarded, according to Barling City Administrator Steve…
by - February 16, 2025 10:23 am
Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education will have a special called board meeting Tuesday (Feb. 18) to decide how to fill the vacancy on the board, but the person…
by - February 14, 2025 11:10 am
The Fort Smith metro ended 2024 with a lower jobless rate and a net job gain of 1.3% compared with December 2023. The education and health services, manufacturing, and tourism…
by - February 13, 2025 5:11 pm
A Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) high school English teacher was placed on administrative leave Thursday (Feb. 13) after complaints of racism were made to administration regarding a test administered…
by - February 13, 2025 4:36 pm
The Cherokee Nation on Thursday (Feb. 13) announced an $8 million contribution to Mercy-Fort Smith for its planned cancer center. The hospital system has been relatively quiet about the planned…
by - February 13, 2025 10:28 am
Renovation to the pool, diving facility and bathhouse area at Creekmore Park is on budget and on schedule, with all indicators pointing to the facility opening with a regular schedule…
by - February 12, 2025 2:59 pm
There is some hope by Fort Smith officials that a new president in the White House or different agency oversight could give the city more flexibility with a federal consent…
by - February 11, 2025 10:14 pm
Fort Smith City Director Kevin Settle on Tuesday (Feb. 11) proposed increasing the city’s sales tax by 0.375% to pay for mandated consent decree work rather than use almost 40%…
by - February 11, 2025 5:54 pm
The City of Fort Smith may soon acknowledge through a negotiated court order that it engaged in inappropriate spending with area nonprofit groups, and promise that all future spending will…
by - February 10, 2025 6:35 pm
Millrose Properties Inc., a homesite purchase platform for residential homebuilders, acquired about 24,000 homesites from Fayetteville-based Rausch Coleman Homes on Monday (Feb. 10) for $900 million in cash. Miami-based Lennar…
by - February 10, 2025 5:30 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) is looking for community input to help guide the process to find the next superintendent of schools for the district. The survey is open to…
by - February 10, 2025 1:25 pm
Charter school Haas Hall Academy – Fort Smith, in its first year of operations, was ranked in the top 5% of public schools in Arkansas, along with 49 other schools…
by - February 10, 2025 11:31 am
Bass Pro Shops is bringing its Outpost retail store to Fort Smith, the Springfield, Mo.-based company announced Monday (Feb. 10). The store will be located off Rogers Avenue and along…
by - February 9, 2025 11:02 am
Discussion of three criteria needed to keep the City of Fort Smith in compliance with a federal consent decree is on the agenda for the Board of Directors study session…
by - February 9, 2025 10:12 am
Like nearly every other hospital CEO, funding challenges, policy changes at the state and federal level, and the never-ending struggle to contain rising costs and improve access are on Baptist…
by - February 8, 2025 10:04 am
Van Buren Mayor Joe Hurst said the city’s goal for 2025 is relatively simple: continue to improve what is already working. The most visible evidence of that will be when…
