by - July 16, 2024 1:16 pm
With an attendance of around 65,000, the U.S. Marshals Museum has had a good inaugural year, according to Ben Johnson, museum president and CEO. He said attendance for the first…
by - July 15, 2024 6:31 pm
Van Buren’s historic Main Street is back to normal after transforming over the weekend into an 1875 Old West town for filming of a new Western from director Johnny Remo…
by - July 15, 2024 3:18 pm
Fort Smith City Director Lavon Morton said Monday (July 15) will not seek reelection to the Ward 2 Board of Directors seat he holds. Morton was first appointed to the…
by - July 15, 2024 1:11 pm
Col. Andrew “Gus” Nash, the U.S. Air Force officer who led early basing actions with the foreign pilot training center in Fort Smith, will receive the Jack White Leadership Award…
by - July 12, 2024 10:45 am
Arkansas-Oklahoma Gas recently gave $139,000 to the Van Buren Housing Authority to help pay for the installation of 199 tankless water heaters for its tenants. The energy efficiency rebate money…
by - July 11, 2024 8:21 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Thursday (July 11) at a special meeting approved a water rate increase that will start Aug. 1 but put off a second increase…
by - July 11, 2024 8:12 pm
Future patrons and supporters of the Fort Kids Museum can get a taste of what the future children’s museum will have to offer at the Fort Kids concourse at The…
by - July 11, 2024 6:39 pm
Jerry Canfield, attorney for the City of Fort Smith, disagrees with the interpretation of how an ex-officio member’s designee can be appointed to the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority board of…
by - July 10, 2024 5:22 pm
The Fort Smith-based Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) has appointed a new vice president and provost and a new assistant provost and director of diversity, equity and inclusion. ACHE…
by - July 10, 2024 5:07 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) has said it will not recognize the Barling Board of Directors’ appointment of Steve Beam as its ex-officio member on the FCRA Board of…
by - July 10, 2024 11:01 am
Clint Schaff has been named general manager for KUAF 91.3 FM Public Radio. He is the third-ever general manager for KUAF, the National Public Radio member station that serves western…
by - July 9, 2024 7:27 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved $2.1 million for a five-slide expansion to Parrot Island Waterpark. The slides, destined for a Florida park, are available at an “aggressive discount,”…
by - July 9, 2024 4:43 pm
Proposed broad water rate increases are once again on the Fort Smith Board of Directors agenda – this time at a special meeting called for Thursday (July 11). The increase…
by - July 9, 2024 1:27 pm
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders will be the keynote speaker at the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal’s Forty Under 40 luncheon at the Embassy Suites in Rogers on Aug. 13. This year’s…
by - July 8, 2024 8:34 am
Fort Smith metro building activity continues to come in well under that of the record-breaking 2024. Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren reported combined June building permit values of $17.415…
by - July 2, 2024 1:52 pm
Military units activated during World War II to train pilots for operations in Africa and the Aleutian Islands in what was then the U.S. Territory of Alaska were reactivated Tuesday…
by - July 1, 2024 4:30 pm
While the Sebastian County Quorum Court passed an ordinance that raises the pay rate of the county’s election coordinator, the salary is still the lowest in the state for the…
by - June 28, 2024 9:06 am
Greenwood Public Schools had the highest percentage of teachers among the four largest schools in the Fort Smith metro to receive bonuses from the Merit Teacher Incentive Fund Program that…
by - June 27, 2024 4:14 pm
The almost 14-mile segment of Interstate 49 to be built in Crawford and Sebastian counties between I-40 in Alma and Highway 22 in Barling has received a $25 million federal…
by - June 27, 2024 8:22 am
The Barling Board of Directors has appointed Steve Beam as the city’s ex-officio member of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) Board of Trustees. Beam has been a vocal critic…
