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…
by - February 7, 2025 4:05 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors may have approved the formation of the utility advisory Committee in December, but the failure to pass an ordinance adopting the committee’s charter at…
by - February 6, 2025 3:42 pm
Following a significant decline in 2024, building activity gained momentum in the Fort Smith metro as 2025 started. January building permit values were up 160% in the three regional cities…
by - February 6, 2025 12:14 pm
For Greenwood Mayor Doug Kinslow, the word that might best describe his expectations for the year 2025 is “infrastructure.” The most visible example at present is the bypass that, when…
by - February 5, 2025 5:17 pm
Crain Investments is making a sizable investment in Fort Smith with a new dealership for Crain Hyundai to be built near Interstate 540 and U.S. Highway 71 South near other…
by - February 5, 2025 1:29 pm
Springdale-based Harps plans to soon open one of its 10Box Cost-Plus Food Stores in the Cloverleaf Plaza in Van Buren. It will be the 14th 10Box location for the grocery…
by - February 4, 2025 7:53 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Feb. 4) tabled an ordinance that would raise sewer rates by 3.5% beginning in June and raising rates every year for the…
by - February 4, 2025 6:31 pm
OZ Trails will open a mountain bike park with more than 20 miles of trails in Bella Vista, the organization announced Tuesday (Feb. 4) following remarks from Gov. Sarah Sanders….
by - February 4, 2025 3:52 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith hosted an estimated 85,000 visitors in 2024 from all 50 states. They also counted visitors from every U.S. territory and from at least…
by - February 4, 2025 2:46 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education agreed during a special called meeting Monday (Feb. 3) to expedite the search for a new superintendent of schools, setting a Feb….
by - February 3, 2025 6:07 pm
It’s flu season and the Fort Smith region is experiencing high numbers of the winter illness. Local hospitals and clinics and are doing what they can to treat the increased…
by - February 3, 2025 12:16 pm
November 2024 sales and use tax revenue for Van Buren totaled $734,865, up 2.1% over $719,808 in November 2023. However, year-to-date tax revenue for the Crawford County city is down…
by - February 1, 2025 11:20 am
Electric and hybrid vehicles registered in Crawford and Sebastian counties are growing in number, with electric vehicles up more than 300% in Sebastian County since 2019, according to figures from…
by - January 31, 2025 12:45 pm
Greenwood sales tax revenue through November 2024 totaled $4.018 million, up 7.07% compared with the same period in 2023, and up 38.6% compared with the same period in 2020, according…
by - January 31, 2025 10:22 am
Higher input costs and a “prolonged” weakness in the manufacturing sector pushed fourth quarter net income down more than 40% at Fort Smith-based ArcBest. However, quarterly earnings per share of…
by - January 30, 2025 5:51 pm
Local school districts are confident they will be able to implement any changes to policies needed in order to stay compliant with state laws governing cell phone usage in Arkansas…
by - January 30, 2025 4:07 pm
An appropriations bill recently filed for the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith places a limit of $118.28 million for spending in the next fiscal year, but it’s rare that…
by - January 29, 2025 6:07 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors have asked city administration to take another look at budget allocations in hopes of taking less money from city departments – especially the utilities…
by - January 29, 2025 1:24 pm
Hotels can be seen as a measure of a city’s prosperity. Along east Phoenix Avenue, for example, the construction of numerous hotels suggests business and tourism travel growth – in…
by - January 28, 2025 6:58 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education has 30 days to fill the position left vacant when board member Talicia Richardson resigned Monday (Jan. 27) or the position could…
