by - May 19, 2026 10:40 am
A “slowing trend” in Arkansas job growth was evident in Tuesday’s federal report showing that only three of the seven metro areas in or connected to Arkansas posted year-over-year job…
by - May 18, 2026 7:51 pm
In a narrow vote, the Fort Smith Public School Board on Monday (May 18) approved a $15 million bond package to support work that includes an estimated $5.4 million in…
by - May 18, 2026 12:35 pm
As the Sebastian County Director of Parks and Golf, Jay Randolph is confident that if you build and sustain a robust trail system that connects cities and other locations in…
by - May 17, 2026 2:19 pm
History could be made Tuesday (May 19) as the Fort Smith Board of Directors consider ordinances that would place a change-of-government question before city voters. The options are to place…
by - May 17, 2026 11:44 am
Editor’s note: The Fort Smith Metro Daily News Executive Summary series is focused on looking under the title, so to speak, of a business, government, and non-profit executive in the…
by - May 16, 2026 12:28 pm
Following are recent news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. ARCOM Dean Dr. Christopher Loyke has been hired as dean of the Fort Smith-based Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine…
by - May 15, 2026 4:07 pm
Commercial traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport was up 1.36% in April, and is up less than 1% in the first four months of 2026 compared with the…
by - May 14, 2026 6:20 pm
Among Fort Smith metro cities with a population of more than 5,000, Barling had the highest percentage growth of 13.8% between July 1, 2020, and July 1, 2025, according to…
by - May 14, 2026 5:43 pm
Convenience stores, a Chick-fil-A store, and apartments were the top Sebastian County property transactions in the first quarter of 2026, with the combined sale price of the three deals topping…
by - May 14, 2026 9:00 am
The state’s three fastest-growing cities are in Northwest Arkansas, with Centerton continuing to grow the fastest, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Northwest Arkansas also has some of the nation’s…
by - May 13, 2026 3:58 pm
The city of Fort Smith’s finances are on good footing to begin 2026, with general fund revenue up 2.13% and general fund expenses down 17.1%, according to figures provided by…
by - May 13, 2026 1:21 pm
The number of Fort Smith metro homes sold in the first two months of 2026 was up 8% and follows a 2025 in which home sales numbers were down 8.2%….
by - May 12, 2026 9:40 pm
A discussion Tuesday (May 12) about the process to change the Fort Smith form of government produced two competing future board agenda items. One item calls for a change of…
by - May 12, 2026 1:07 pm
EnergyWorks, a Fayetteville-based oil and gas company and a segment of Rausch Companies, said Tuesday (May 12) that it has acquired 731 natural gas wells in eastern Oklahoma for $65…
by - May 11, 2026 4:07 pm
Carl Nevin is trying for a third time to land a spot on the Fort Smith Board of Directors. He came up short in a three-way race in 2022 for…
by - May 11, 2026 11:49 am
The Fort Smith Public School District on May 1 filed a lawsuit against Turn Key Construction Management seeking compensation for damages and other costs related to “defects and deficiencies” in…
by - May 10, 2026 12:58 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors is again set to review the legal process to change through a citizen vote the city’s form of government, and how a mayor-council form…
by - May 9, 2026 10:54 am
Following are recent news brief items from the Fort Smith metro. Commerce Collective Crystal Bedney, owner of Serious Fiber and a U.S. Navy veteran, has been selected as the winner…
by - May 8, 2026 11:07 am
Of the seven top job categories in the Fort Smith metro, only the tourism and the education and health services sectors posted job gains in the February report from the…
by - May 7, 2026 1:52 pm
Building activity in the Fort Smith metro area declined in April compared with the same period in 2025. Permit values in Fort Smith, Greenwood, and Van Buren totaled $13.084 million…
