by - October 27, 2021 5:17 pm
In a city founded to help push the country westward, heading east is the top challenge for Fort Smith Regional Airport Director Michael Griffin. The airport has four direct flights…
by - October 27, 2021 2:23 pm
Fort Smith city directors will meet Nov. 4 to hear budget requests from all city departments during the annual budget hearing. Going into the meeting, directors are working to study…
by - October 26, 2021 5:59 pm
The Fort Smith National Historic Site in downtown Fort Smith will reopen the doors Nov. 1 to the visitor center and museum after more than 19 months with reduced occupancy….
by - October 25, 2021 7:10 pm
The Fort Smith Public Schools Board of Education approved a resolution at its regular board meeting Monday (Oct. 25) that will establish five single-membered and two at-large zones for school…
by - October 25, 2021 4:57 pm
Fort Smith’s total sales tax revenue for the first three quarters of the year is up 15.6% compared to the first three quarters of 2020. Fort Smith’s share of the…
by - October 21, 2021 5:00 pm
A new crowdfunding service offered by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith Foundation gives student organizations the opportunity to use a dedicated platform to raise funds without the costs…
by - October 20, 2021 2:16 pm
Home sales are up almost 12% in the Fort Smith metro during the first nine months of 2021 with the average home price up almost 23%. Multifamily property sales are…
by - October 19, 2021 3:41 pm
64.6 Downtown will partner with the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith, Fort Smith Public School’s PEAK Innovation Center and the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) to…
by - October 18, 2021 6:42 pm
Sebastian County Treasurer/Collector Steve Hotz is running as a Republican for Sebastian County Judge, and Charity Gregory and Lora Rice have announced as Republicans for the Sebastian County Treasurer/Collector job….
by - October 18, 2021 5:26 pm
Robert A. Young III, the former head of Fort Smith-based ArcBest, has stepped down as chair of the U.S. Marshals Museum Foundation, with Northwest Arkansas real estate investor Laurice Hachem…
by - October 18, 2021 11:08 am
An expected rebound in river traffic emerged in recent months, with tonnage through September up 3.4% compared with the same period in 2020. Impacts from Hurricane Ida and the closure…
by - October 14, 2021 5:18 pm
With it’s new $6 million building completed, the Future School of Fort Smith is able to reach more students. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held for the now 18,000-square-feet building Oct….
by - October 13, 2021 5:07 pm
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith’s battle against COVID-19 is proving successful. As of Wednesday (Oct. 13), the university had seven active cases of the virus, all of whom…
by - October 12, 2021 6:04 pm
No information has been released on whether Fort Smith Public Schools will have opportunities for students not enrolled in virtual learning to switch to that option after the district’s mask…
by - October 11, 2021 7:23 pm
The Fort Smith School Board voted four to three during a called meeting Monday (Oct. 11) to end the district’s mandate requiring face coverings in the schools. The board voted…
by - October 11, 2021 5:02 pm
A grant from the Division of Arkansas Heritage will bring London artist Ben Eine to Fort Smith to create a mural on Garrison Avenue as part of The Unexpected, an…
by - October 10, 2021 1:11 pm
Several multi-year spending plans will be presented Tuesday (Oct. 12) to the Fort Smith Board of Directors, including almost $87 million for utility department projects in 2022 and an estimated…
by - October 8, 2021 6:05 pm
Robert Powell, a U.S. Navy fighter pilot, an officer of what was then Arkansas Best Corp., and co-founder of Van Buren-based USA Truck, has died. He was 87. In 1983…
by - October 7, 2021 1:28 pm
The pace of building activity in the Fort Smith metro area during September may be lower than it was in September 2020, but the region is still ahead of where…
by - October 7, 2021 12:40 pm
Texas-based Halff Associates Inc., an engineering/architecture consulting firm, said Thursday (Oct. 7) it is acquiring Arkansas civil engineering firm Morrison-Shipley Engineers Inc. (MSE). Financial terms of the deal were not…
