by - January 2, 2024 1:28 pm
An almost 24% pay raise for officers on the force has positively impacted the Fort Smith Police Department by enhancing officers’ job satisfaction and financial well-being with an increase, according…
by - December 21, 2023 8:47 pm
The Arkansas Department of Education State Board of Education gave final approval for the Institute for the Creative Arts at its meeting Dec. 15, officially starting the state’s first performing…
by - December 20, 2023 3:52 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education approved a plan at its Dec. 18 regular meeting to move students from Trusty Elementary School when the school closes at the…
by - December 20, 2023 8:55 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors wants to know more about needed water projects and details of a recent water rate study before calling a special election for a half-cent…
by - December 19, 2023 1:01 pm
Summit Utilities, the parent company of Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corp. (AOG), has officially opened a new office in Fort Smith that also provides customer service for its operations in six…
by - December 19, 2023 11:51 am
Former Sebastian County Sheriff Gary Grimes has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as U.S. Marshal for the Western District of Arkansas. The nomination, announced Tuesday (Dec. 19),…
by - December 19, 2023 10:30 am
The investigation into frequent flooding at Fort Smith Public School’s Peak Innovation facility is continuing and a report is expected for the FSPS Board of Education by February. School Board…
by - December 18, 2023 5:15 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum and the U.S. Marshals Museum Foundation announced new board leadership Monday (Dec. 18) as the museum heads into its first full year of being open to…
by - December 18, 2023 3:44 pm
As the Fort Smith Board of Directors plans for the 2024 operating budget, directors discussed the city’s $150,000 investment in 64.6 Downtown, with members saying they hoped the investment would…
by - December 15, 2023 4:07 pm
Officials with the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) and have officially opened another large commercial space in the Heritage Village area adjacent to the Fort Smith-based osteopathic college. Heritage…
by - December 15, 2023 10:16 am
Resilience in most key economic factors resulted in Arkansas and the state’s four top metro areas continuing positive trends, with broad job gains being a primary growth driver, according to…
by - December 14, 2023 3:38 pm
With fighter jets returning to Fort Smith next year, area home builders know they must be more selective about materials and design to mitigate sound transmission in certain areas of…
by - December 13, 2023 5:19 pm
A water rate study presented to the Fort Smith Board of Directors at a study session Tuesday (Dec. 12) suggests a 50% increase in residential water users within the city…
by - December 13, 2023 12:11 pm
The River Valley Film Society Board of Directors has named Lynn Wasson president of the organization, with former former president Dr. Brandon Goldsmith remaining as executive director of the society’s…
by - December 12, 2023 2:58 pm
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport totaled 50,821 between January and October, down 2.15% compared with the same period in 2022. Barring robust November and December numbers, the trend…
by - December 12, 2023 2:23 pm
Arkansas’ largest staffing agency, Fort Smith-based TEC Staffing Services, has been acquired by HireQuest Staffing Solutions, Inc. of South Carolina. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Fort Smith-based TEC…
by - December 11, 2023 3:16 pm
With 2023 drawing to a close and despite a loss of sales tax revenue thanks to a Crawford County filing error, Van Buren Mayor Joe Hurst says city goals for…
by - December 7, 2023 7:29 pm
Construction activity in the Fort Smith metro area slowed for the second consecutive month. Fort Smith, Van Buren and Greenwood had combined building permit values of $14.672 million in November,…
by - December 6, 2023 6:21 pm
After discussing the issue for almost 90 minutes Tuesday night (Dec. 5), the Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed to spend up to $15,000 on an external auditor to resolve…
by - December 6, 2023 8:46 am
The Crawford County Library System Board of Directors on Tuesday (Dec. 5) once again chose to not hire an executive director, opting instead to interview two more applicants. The board…
