by - August 8, 2024 2:32 pm
UAFS professor buys former Carnegie Library, KFSM building
Diana Sims on Wednesday (Aug. 7) was the top bidder with $149,000 in a public auction to buy the former KFSM-5 facility in downtown Fort Smith. She is not yet…
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by - August 7, 2024 4:55 pm
Most Fort Smith city director positions go unchallenged
Of the four Fort Smith city ward – city director – positions up for election this year, three have been declared the winners because they have no opposition. Ward 3…
by - August 7, 2024 11:06 am
Institute for the Creative Arts prepping for inaugural opening
The Institute for the Creative Arts (ICA), Arkansas’ first performing and visual arts high school, is moving into its completed space along the Arkansas River in downtown Fort Smith in…
by - August 6, 2024 8:38 pm
Fort Smith Board tables action on $4.2 million waterpark expansion, lease proposal
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Aug. 6) tabled a vote on spending $4.2 million to expand the Parrot Island Waterpark, and tabled a vote on a waterpark…
by - August 6, 2024 4:07 pm
Wear named Van Buren police chief
Captain Jonathan Wear of the Van Buren Police Department has been selected by Van Buren Mayor Joe Hurst to replace Chief Jamie Hammond as the new chief of police for…
by - August 5, 2024 5:15 pm
Building permit values down more than 60% in Fort Smith metro through July
Building activity in the Fort Smith metro continues to come in well under that of the record-breaking 2023. Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren reported combined July building permit values…
by - August 5, 2024 3:47 pm
Waterpark lease, $4.2 million for slides on Fort Smith Board agenda
The Fort Smith Board of Directors will not only once again take up the subject of new slides at Parrot Island Waterpark, but is expected to consider a lease proposal…
by - August 2, 2024 8:19 am
ArcBest second quarter income up 16%, revenue down 4.3%
In the face of “macroeconomic headwinds,” Fort Smith-based ArcBest was able to post a 16% gain in second quarter net income compared to the same quarter in 2023. Much of…
by - August 1, 2024 6:40 pm
2% complaint against FCRA boss is dismissed
The Arkansas Real Estate Commission has dismissed a complaint against the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) and its executive director related to a 2% payment to the executive director with…
by - August 1, 2024 5:30 pm
Art and design program expanding for year two at Peak Innovation Center
Though Fort Smith Public Schools Emerging Art & Design program has been active for a year, when students return to school in August they will enter the newly completed space…
by - August 1, 2024 2:48 pm
Arkansas River commercial tonnage down 2% through June
Arkansas River traffic tonnage totaled 6.19 million between January and June, down 2% compared with the same period in 2023. Declines in inbound traffic contributed to the overall decline, according…
by - July 31, 2024 5:29 pm
Fort Smith Public Schools in the hunt for an in-house attorney
The Fort Smith Public School District is looking for an attorney. The district posted a job listing on its website in July for an attorney – with a salary of…
by - July 31, 2024 3:48 pm
Duck Dynasty CEO to speak at UAFS inaugural family and small business awards event
Willie Robertson of Duck Dynasty fame will be the celebrity speaker at the the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) Center for Economic Development (CED)’s inaugural Excellence in Family…
by - July 31, 2024 9:00 am
Fort Smith Animal Haven presents plan for a new animal shelter
Fort Smith Animal Haven presented plans for a new $6.2 million animal shelter to the Fort Smith Board of Directors at a study session Tuesday (July 30). The project includes…
by - July 30, 2024 6:07 pm
Sebastian County Judge proposes Fort Smith lease the Parrot Island Waterpark
Sebastian County has suggested they lease Parrot Island Waterpark to the City of Fort Smith for $1 a year. The facility is now jointly owned by the two governments, with…
by - July 30, 2024 10:45 am
Design firm soon to be hired for new park at former ACME Brick yard site
Fort Smith city officials are planning by the end of the week to select a professional services firm that will develop a master plan for a future park on the…
by - July 29, 2024 5:30 pm
Firms push back on Envista report about Peak Center flooding
At least four of the firms involved with the planning and construction of Fort Smith Public School’s Peak Innovation Center disagree with the findings of an investigation earlier this year…
by - July 29, 2024 1:42 pm
Port of Fort Smith to receive $500,000 grant for warehouse
The Port of Fort Smith will receive $500,000 from the more than $3.475 million in grants recently approved by the Arkansas Waterways Commission. The money will help Fort Smith officials…
by - July 25, 2024 7:49 pm
Sebastian County Quorum Court again rejects funds for Waterpark expansion
The Sebastian County Quorum Court in a special meeting Thursday (July 25) once again voted against funding its part of a slide expansion at Parrot Island Waterpark. The connected slide…
by - July 25, 2024 5:28 pm
Walmart leases health care clinics in Fort Smith, Northwest Arkansas to Mercy
Mercy said Thursday (July 25) it will move into three former Walmart Health Centers in supercenters in Fort Smith, Rogers and Springdale. Mercy said the clinics will offer primary care…