Fort Smith

Van Buren mayor presents $12.071 million 2014 budget

Van Buren Mayor Bob Freeman presented the city council a $12.071 million FY 14 budget at a special meeting Monday (Dec. 2). The budget is an increase of more than…

Icy weather predicted for NWA, Fort Smith areas

From a weather perspective, it may soon get nasty in Northwest Arkansas and the Fort Smith area – with possible “utility interruptions” part of a National Weather Service warning. AccuWeather.com…

Area building permit values up 40% year-to-date

Building permits in Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren were a combined $5.944 million for the month of November, a drop of 64.82% from the same month last year when…

Funding debate ongoing between Sebastian County officials

The fight between Sebastian County Judge David Hudson and County Treasurer Judith Miller over financial software to be used in her office continues following a vote of the Quorum Court…

$3 million gift creates endowed UA engineering chair

University of Arkansas alumnus Kevin Brown and his wife, Marie, have created an endowed department head chair within the College of Engineering thanks to a $3 million gift. The Kevin…

Plane travel up at XNA, down in Fort Smith and Little Rock

Enplanements for the first 10 months of 2013 are up almost 3% at the Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) but are down almost 5% in Little Rock and down more…

Federal bank ‘bailout’ turns five, bankers await auction

It’s been five years since the U.S. Treasury Department threw out a life line to banks as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program in an effort to stabilize the…

Arkansas tax revenue may decline in FY 2014

Economic uncertainty combined with concerns about income growth have resulted in a lower Arkansas tax revenue estimate for fiscal year 2014 and a small projected increase for fiscal year 2015….

Tusk to Tail: Lessons from a 9,000-mile Hog trek

Coming into Friday's game at LSU, Tusk to Tail had traveled more than 9,000 miles to follow the Razorback football team this season. Five of us had made it to…

A nod to the traveling man

Lots of folks retire to keep from being on the road, but not Richard Hudson. Hudson, the vice chancellor for government and community relations at the University of Arkansas, will…