by - August 30, 2024 5:31 pm
The City of Fort Smith faces a possible $25 million penalty if state and federal officials do not approve a city plan to modify a federal consent decree mandating sewer…
by - August 29, 2024 4:57 pm
Eight U.S. Air Force F-35 fighter jets will roar into Fort Smith for a September exercise that follows the branch’s “Agile Combat Employment” (ACE) doctrine, and provides an early test…
by - August 29, 2024 4:31 pm
Developers included in a lawsuit filed in July by the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) have filed a counterclaim saying FCRA engages in deceptive practices and the original lawsuit was…
by - August 28, 2024 7:26 pm
Fort Smith Mayor George McGill has been appointed to the first class of the U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Civic Leader Program. He will represent Ebbing…
by - August 28, 2024 3:57 pm
Main Street Fort Smith is working to bring a unique art activation to connect historic areas in downtown Fort Smith, but it needs the right artist to make it happen….
by - August 28, 2024 12:58 pm
Glass recycling in Fort Smith is not getting off to the fast start city administration hoped. The city’s sanitation department has added only 10 customers since the onset of the…
by - August 27, 2024 10:26 pm
The City of Fort Smith has a tall task in front of it to convince federal agencies to give the city relief on a consent decree mandating sewer system work….
by - August 27, 2024 7:50 pm
City Administrator Carl Geffken has been authorized by the Fort Smith Board of Directors to seek two federal grants to implement parts of a safety action plan designed to reduce…
by - August 27, 2024 3:42 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education during its regular board meeting Monday (Aug. 27) approved the district hiring a Texas law firm to pursue potential lawsuits related to…
by - August 27, 2024 9:01 am
All parties are working toward a financial settlement in the August 2021 death of Larry Price Jr., in the Sebastian County Jail, with a deal possibly being reached soon, according…
by - August 26, 2024 7:25 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education agreed Monday (Aug. 26) to work toward closing Orr Elementary School at the end of the school year. The space, according to…
by - August 26, 2024 5:07 pm
The Levitt AMP Fort Smith Music Series will kick off Friday (Aug. 30) with soul singer Nadjah Nicole. The series will showcase a live concert at 6 p.m. Friday through…
by - August 26, 2024 11:26 am
Fort Smith Coffee Co. is expanding its footprint yet again, this time opening inside the U.S. Marshals Museum on the Arkansas River in downtown Fort Smith. A grand opening is…
by - August 26, 2024 11:01 am
All of the top 10 Sebastian County property deals in May involved residential and agricultural transactions, with most of those in Fort Smith, according to the office of Sebastian County…
by - August 24, 2024 12:25 pm
The City of Fort Smith could receive an extension to 2036 on a federal consent decree mandating costly sewer system improvements. If provided, it would total 10 years of extensions…
by - August 22, 2024 6:35 pm
Fort Smith sales tax revenue is relatively flat through 2024. The July report shows the city’s share of the countywide tax is 1.3% above the budgeted estimate for the month…
by - August 21, 2024 4:47 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) is using a $500,000 contribution from First National Bank of Fort Smith to support strategic development that will result in better engagement…
by - August 21, 2024 4:30 pm
The Sebastian County Quorum Court voted Tuesday (Aug. 21) for an ordinance that gives the county judge authority to complete a Parrot Island Waterpark lease agreement with the City of…
by - August 21, 2024 11:50 am
The Fort Smith-based Degen Foundation in July awarded $622,836 in grants to four regional nonprofit organizations, including a significant grant to the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) for student…
by - August 20, 2024 8:34 pm
Crawford County has paid approximately $385,300 in legal fees for two lawsuits against the county and its library over attempts to censor certain books. The legal tally does not include…
