by - September 23, 2014 9:31 pm
An awards banquet held Tuesday night (Sept. 23) in Fort Smith honored the legacy of a man some say is single-handedly responsible for Fort Smith becoming the heart of manufacturing…
by - August 19, 2014 4:06 pm
U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., said during a visit to Fort Smith Tuesday (Aug. 19) that while he is against higher taxes, the gasoline tax that funds the Highway Trust…
by - August 8, 2014 2:13 pm
Fort Smith area business leaders, politicians and other local stakeholders got a first hand glimpse of the United States' largest diesel tugboat as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers brought…
by - July 23, 2014 11:44 am
Tonnage shipped along the Arkansas River is down for the first half of 2014, but it is not necessarily bad news according to a Fort Smith-area river operator. According to…
by - April 15, 2014 3:00 pm
Tonnage shipped along the Arkansas River is down for the first three months of 2014 compared to the same period in 2013 and at least one operator along the river…
by - March 25, 2014 6:56 pm
The Congressional delegations from Arkansas and Oklahoma released a letter Tuesday (March 26) requesting funding for a study that would allow the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to fix a…
by - October 24, 2013 2:33 pm
Just a week after the government shutdown ended, lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives found a reason to come together and it may result in long overdue improvements to…
by - September 24, 2013 2:07 pm
The University of Arkansas will receive $1.4 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to create a Maritime Transportation Research and Education Center (MarTREC). The center will expand the U…
by - September 18, 2013 3:59 pm
It was just late last month that two barges went on a directionless journey down the Arkansas River in Little Rock, striking the Interstate 30 bridge and a pedestrian bridge…
by - August 27, 2013 5:26 pm
The U.S. Corps of Engineers says some infrastructure on the navigable Arkansas River is becoming critically old, with a waterway official suggesting a modernization investment could run as much as…
by - August 22, 2013 3:53 pm
It was a meeting that ranged from sequestration to the Affordable Care Act to the federal budget deficit and U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Westville, who represents much of eastern Oklahoma…
by - June 7, 2013 1:01 pm
In a wide-ranging speech to the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce's First Friday Breakfast today (June 7), U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., spoke about the housing market, the overall…
by - February 19, 2013 9:35 am
Paul Latture Jr., executive director Port of Little Rock, says December, January and February are the three “screwiest months” of the year, and advises against reading too much into Arkansas…
by - August 8, 2012 6:46 pm
Money is “getting tight” for the Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority (RITA), but according to RITA board member Keith Hefner, president and CEO of Citizens Bank (Van Buren), “It should be…
by - May 9, 2012 9:27 pm
The Arkansas River Connection, scheduled for May 15 and 16 at the Fort Smith Convention Center, has been postponed until “the second or third week of October,” said Maryl Koeth,…
by - April 23, 2012 6:35 pm
The future of the Lavaca Slackwater Harbor project and tax issues were the only points of contention for Rep. Denny Altes, R-Fort Smith, and Mat Pitsch at Monday’s (April 23)…
by - April 18, 2012 3:54 pm
A United States Congressional moratorium on earmarks has placed the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS) 12-foot channel project on indefinite hold. The MKARNS 12-foot channel project is part of…
by - March 7, 2012 8:06 pm
The Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands (COSL) office is breathing a sigh of relief, according to Director of Public Relations Nikki Heck. On Wednesday (March 7), Heck told The City…
by - March 5, 2012 6:06 pm
The McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System 12-foot channel project is in danger of de-authorization if it cannot attain the $180 million in funding needed for construction, the Arkansas Commission of…
by - February 2, 2012 6:33 pm
A spring conference is being planned as a follow-up to 2011’s Arkansas River Revival Flotilla, according to Van Buren Advertising & Promotion Commission Executive Director Maryl Koeth. Koeth said she’s…
