by - June 14, 2011 4:25 pm
story by Luke Hobbs [email protected] In Tuesday’s (June 14) study session, one Fort Smith city director proposed that the city study the costs of updating its fire station facilities. City…
by - June 14, 2011 3:36 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Looking at survey data from the latest Arkansas Consumer Confidence Report,…
by - June 14, 2011 2:55 pm
The Trail of Tears, one of the saddest episodes in U.S. history, may be marked with a unique monument or memorial co-located with the planned U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort…
by - June 14, 2011 10:10 am
There is no certainty that a ruling from Sebastian County Circuit Court Judge Michael Fitzhugh following the June 17 hearing about the 1% prepared food tax will be the end…
by - June 14, 2011 10:07 am
story and photo submitted by the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith The week of July 10-16 is approaching quickly, but Sarah Davis of Alma will be ready as she…
by - June 14, 2011 8:31 am
Stockman says a business owner unable to step back and relax may jeopardize the future of the business.
by - June 13, 2011 5:59 pm
The national push to implement “smart” technology to the electric power grid and meters on buildings is expected to arrive in the Fort Smith area by the spring/summer of 2012….
by - June 13, 2011 4:16 pm
Manufacturing and medicine are playing a key role in what may prove to be a huge increase in the 2011 value of construction permitted in Fort Smith. For the first…
by - June 13, 2011 12:25 pm
The Pilot Club of Fort Smith will match a grant of $2,368 from the Pilot International Foundation to support the Fountain of Youth Adult Day Center. A check in the…
by - June 13, 2011 12:12 pm
A change in police pay policy and improvements to the city’s fire protection — two items to result in significant budget increases if approved — are on tap for discussion…
by - June 13, 2011 9:20 am
If there was a glimmer of hope found in our the first quarter Arkansas Consumer Confidence Report, the second quarter survey may have dashed it. Rising gasoline prices and fear…
by - June 12, 2011 6:50 pm
Riff Raff, by Michael Tilley [email protected] We FOI’d ourselves this week about secret correspondence we’ve been having with the city of Fort Smith. After our attorneys argued with themselves as…
by - June 12, 2011 6:44 pm
Is free enterprise killing innovation?
by - June 12, 2011 11:41 am
The Juneteenth event raised money for Bass Reeves’ statue, Community Clearinghouse and the Children’s Emergency Shelter.
by - June 11, 2011 10:41 am
Thousands of people traveled to Fort Smith this weekend for the annual Jehovah’s Witnesses convention. The three day event kicked off Friday morning, according to this report from KFSM 5…
by - June 10, 2011 2:16 pm
The perfect gift for Father’s Day might be a book about a father who built a boat in Arkansas and piloted it to Alaska.
by - June 10, 2011 1:54 pm
A capital campaign will soon deliver several campus to the Arkansas Tech University—Ozark Campus, to include a $100,000 walking trail around the campus scheduled for completion in October. The one-half…
by - June 10, 2011 1:29 pm
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] Rhode Island-based United Natural Foods Inc. today (June 10) announced the…
by - June 10, 2011 8:55 am
Not only does Fort Smith attorney Brian Meadors seek to force an election on Fort Smith’s 1% prepared food tax, he wants to teach the city a lesson with a…
by - June 10, 2011 8:41 am
Editor’s note: Roby Brock, with our content partner Talk Business, wrote this report. He can be reached at [email protected] While we’ve seen stability in the Arkansas unemployment rate, it has…
