by - July 19, 2023 4:35 pm
As it faces two federal lawsuits, the Crawford County Library Board has created a new Request for Reconsideration to move books into a special 18 and older section of the…
by - July 18, 2023 7:53 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved a resolution at its regular meeting Tuesday (July 18) that would amend one passed in March to provide approximately $4.925 million in incentives…
by - July 18, 2023 11:38 am
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal is actively seeking nominations of qualified honorees for its final recognition program in 2023, the C-Suite Awards. In its ninth year, the program is designed…
by - July 18, 2023 9:16 am
Tonnage on the Arkansas River totaled 6.297 million tons between January and June, up 19%, with inbound traffic on the navigable water up 38% in the first six months, according…
by - July 17, 2023 5:25 pm
Fort Smith Public School’s Peak Innovation Center flooded again during rains that caused flooding in many Fort Smith areas Friday morning (July 14). The extent of flooding is unknown. District…
by - July 17, 2023 11:34 am
With the Adult Art Competition exhibit opening July 14 and auditions set for its youth theater performance at the end of the month, Arts on Main in Van Buren is…
by - July 13, 2023 12:02 pm
Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Tim Allen has been selected to receive the 2023 Jack White Leadership Award. The award was created as a tribute to…
by - July 13, 2023 8:30 am
Fort Smith Center for Economic Development and the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Foundation announced July 12 an investment of nearly $200,000 for use as seed funds to help…
by - July 12, 2023 7:54 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education voted five to one to appoint Susan Krafft to the Zone III board vacancy during a special called board meeting Wednesday (July…
by - July 12, 2023 11:08 am
Mercy broke ground a new clinic in Greenwood Tuesday (July 11) in a move to expand family medicine to the city. Construction of the new $7.96 million facility is expected…
by - July 11, 2023 8:07 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted unanimously Tuesday night (July 11) to amend the city’s fowl regulations that will limit the number of fowl on certain size lots. After…
by - July 11, 2023 11:56 am
Cynthia Coughlin, a member of the U.S. Marshals Museum Foundation Board, has committed $500,000 to the recently opened U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith to support static and interactive exhibits…
by - July 10, 2023 6:54 pm
Twelve Fort Smith residents have applied to fill an open seat on the Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education. The Zone III position on the board was left vacant…
by - July 10, 2023 11:30 am
Ingeborg Investments founder and CEO Olivia Walton, the chairperson of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and co-founder of the Heartland Summit, will be the keynote speaker at the…
by - July 10, 2023 11:17 am
With Artificial Intelligence (AI) advancing by leaps and bounds seemingly every day, it’s easy to have a bit of apprehension mixed in with the excitement of seeing what happens next,…
by - July 7, 2023 12:13 pm
After six months on the job, Sebastian County Judge Steve Hotz says his office is busier than he could have imagined, he feels like he’s finally past the learning curve,…
by - July 5, 2023 4:09 pm
Construction rebounded in the Fort Smith metro in June with permitted building activity four times greater than in June 2022. Fort Smith, Greenwood and Van Buren combined for $91.877 million…
by - July 5, 2023 1:07 pm
The Northwest Arkansas Business Journal has announced the Forty Under 40 honorees for 2023, a list that includes young business and community leaders from throughout the NWA and Fort Smith…
by - July 3, 2023 11:31 am
International Brotherhood of Teamsters members employed by Fort Smith-based ABF Freight have “overwhelmingly” approved a five-year labor contract, with two supplemental agreements set for a vote in the near future,…
by - June 29, 2023 5:49 pm
Taking three lessons she learned by digging through boxes of her grandfather’s documents, Stephanie Stuckey not only brought a family business back into the family, she turned an in-debt business…
