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…
by - March 11, 2024 11:27 am
Sara Deuster is officially the director of parks and recreation for the city of Fort Smith, having served as the interim director for more than eight months. Her initial challenges,…
by - March 7, 2024 3:55 pm
A proposed change in the number of ArcBest shareholder votes required to approve a sale or merger is giving life to previous conjecture that the Fort Smith-based shipping and logistics…
by - March 7, 2024 2:36 pm
With two major construction projects underway Harbor House is working to boost the number of people they reach in the Fort Smith area. The agency has treatment centers and transitional…
by - March 6, 2024 1:46 pm
Three women who integrated a New Orleans public school as six-year-olds in 1960 while being escorted by U.S. Marshals, including one from Little Rock, formed a lifelong bond in that…
by - March 6, 2024 11:16 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors passed resolutions at its regular meeting Tuesday night (March 5) approving a five-year lease of the building used as City Hall and requesting a…
by - March 5, 2024 10:31 pm
U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, defeated challenger Arkansas Sen. Clint Penzo, R-Springdale, in Tuesday’s Republican primary race for the 3rd Congressional District. With 44% of the 3rd District area reporting…
by - March 5, 2024 9:18 pm
Three incumbents in contested races sailed to victory Tuesday night in Sebastian County, with the Sebastian County Clerk’s office showing 13,661 total votes cast among 68,819 registered voters. In the…
by - March 5, 2024 7:48 pm
Sam Seeger is planning to invest up to $40 million to build an “upscale, high-end” active lifestyle community in Fort Smith for those age 55 and older that would be…
