by - June 29, 2023 3:02 pm
The relief was palpable among many of the 350 who gathered Thursday (June 29) to open the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith. It was a project 16 years in…
by - June 28, 2023 6:12 pm
During the 2023 budget-writing process in fall 2022, the Fort Smith Board of Directors decided it would be beneficial for the city if they board members had the opportunity to…
by - June 28, 2023 5:52 pm
The land announced in December 2021 as the site for what was to be a $30 million movie studio at Chaffee Crossing is up for sale again, but plans for…
by - June 27, 2023 9:42 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed during a study session Tuesday night (June 27) to put a proposed fowl amendment that would make the maximum number of chickens or…
by - June 27, 2023 11:38 am
Nine of the top 10 Sebastian County property sales in May were home sales, but the largest transaction was a $1.55 million sale of a corrugated box production plant and…
by - June 26, 2023 5:24 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education is looking for a company to investigate the causes of and remedies for flooding at the FSPS Peak Innovation Center. The search…
by - June 26, 2023 3:00 pm
The city of Fort Smith is asking to apply for a $20 million grant through the Department of Defense (DOD) to fund water line work along about four miles of…
by - June 26, 2023 2:52 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith is set to join the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association, making it the first Arkansas university to be a full member of the Kansas…
by - June 22, 2023 8:20 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenues in May once again came in higher than this time last year and higher than expected, with the city’s share of the Sebastian County tax…
by - June 21, 2023 9:40 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education voted during a special called meeting Wednesday (June 21) to have an independent third-party investigation into drainage failures at the Peak Innovation…
by - June 21, 2023 10:50 am
Owens Corning on June 13 received its fourth building permit in the past two years at its new facility at 5401 Excelsior Drive. The recent permit issued by the city…
by - June 20, 2023 8:28 pm
The Crawford County Quorum Court has approved a $60,000 appropriation for anticipated legal costs to defend against two lawsuits alleging unconstitutional library censorship. If the amount is spent, it would…
by - June 19, 2023 8:47 pm
A drainage assessment on what might have caused at least the last two flood incidents at Fort Smith Public Schools’ Peak Innovation Center recommends abandoning below slab drainage pipes along…
by - June 19, 2023 2:06 pm
The president of the Fort Smith Public School Boards unexpectedly resigned her board position Monday (June 19) , effective immediately. The school board will discuss options of filling the vacancy…
by - June 17, 2023 9:18 pm
A children’s museum may grace Fort Smith’s ever growing landscape by the Arkansas River in the next few years. Costs for a planned 20,000-square foot facility are unknown, as is…
by - June 16, 2023 1:01 pm
International Brotherhood of Teamsters members who work for ABF Freight are set to vote on a new five-year labor agreement that includes an immediate per hour raise of $3.50, and…
by - June 15, 2023 6:10 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Trustees tabled further discussion of Deer Trails Golf Course for another month in order to give all parties another chance to negotiate a…
by - June 15, 2023 12:43 pm
Friends of Recreational Trails (FORT) in partnership with Park Partners of Fort Smith announced a $250,000 commitment to the Maybranch Trail at the Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Commission meeting…
by - June 14, 2023 2:13 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (June 13) unanimously approved a resolution adopting the Fort Smith Energy Master Plan, including centralization of energy usage tracking and projects for efficiency…
by - June 14, 2023 10:29 am
The cardiac sonography program offered through Arkansas Tech University-Ozark Campus will move to the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education Research Institute Health and Wellness Center beginning July 1. “We are…
