by - February 17, 2016 5:49 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted to drop Travelers Insurance for municipal property and vehicle coverage on $300 million of assets Tuesday night (Feb. 16), opting instead to enter…
by - February 9, 2016 4:50 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors met Tuesday (Feb. 9) for one final study session devoted to the renewal of city insurance on an estimated $300 million in fleet and…
by - February 2, 2016 11:25 pm
A sanitation department audit, an impassioned response from a Fort Smith Police officer accused of perjury, a plea to continue supporting the Fort Smith Museum of History, and microbreweries, topped…
by - January 26, 2016 5:28 pm
Lance Beaty, one of the developers behind the renovation of Phoenix Village Mall and who is now in the process of redeveloping the Masonic Temple in downtown Fort Smith, has…
by - January 26, 2016 4:26 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Jan. 26) moved closer to a decision on whether to continue with Travelers Insurance for vehicle and property coverage on the city’s…
by - January 19, 2016 10:26 pm
The Future School of Fort Smith moved closer to a planned August 2016 opening during the Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting Tuesday night (Jan. 19) from the city’s Public…
by - January 5, 2016 9:49 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors moved one step closer to hiring a city administrator Tuesday night (Jan. 5) at its meeting from the Fort Smith Public Schools Service Center,…
by - December 29, 2015 3:24 pm
The application deadline for Fort Smith city administrator candidates was extended from Dec. 2 to Jan. 8 in an effort to find a few more “very good applicants.” Colin Baenziger,…
by - December 1, 2015 11:27 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved the 2016 operating budget of more than $47 million at Tuesday night’s (Dec. 1) meeting – with two small changes – that one…
by - November 23, 2015 9:15 pm
Those interested in being the next Fort Smith City Administrator need to apply no later than Dec. 2, with the job info indicating that the next person hired will work…
by - November 17, 2015 10:47 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Nov. 17) backtracked on its controversial decision to disallow microbreweries, microwineries, and microdistilleries from commercial-heavy (C-5) zones. At a Nov. 3 meeting,…
by - November 17, 2015 5:27 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors added approximately $416,000 in expenses to the city’s 2016 budget on Monday night (Nov. 16) in a marathon review that involved more than four…
by - November 12, 2015 11:05 pm
Fort Smith Police Chief Kevin Lindsey and City Director Tracy Pennartz dueled over the elimination of personnel incentive pay at Thursday night’s (Nov. 12) budget meeting held in the Police…
by - November 3, 2015 11:05 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors bowed to pressure from religious groups to deny commercial zoning for a proposed microbrewery in the Ninth Street area at Tuesday night’s (Nov. 3)…
by - October 27, 2015 2:50 pm
Editor’s note: story by Aric Mitchell, special to Talk Business & Politics At least one City Director was angry with the “poor planning” of city officials at the Tuesday (Oct….
by - October 20, 2015 10:05 pm
Steve Parke, director of utilities for the city of Fort Smith, continued to be a target for the Board of Directors while the Fort Smith Housing Authority found itself losing…
by - October 13, 2015 5:36 pm
Fort Smith Director Tracy Pennartz took Whirlpool representatives to task at the Tuesday (Oct. 13) study session of the Fort Smith Board of Directors and also began the process of…
by - October 6, 2015 10:33 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors denied another request from Steve Parke, the city's director of utilities, Tuesday night (Oct. 6) at its regularly scheduled meeting from the Fort Smith…
by - September 15, 2015 9:59 pm
You win some, you lose some. For Steve Parke, director of utilities for the city of Fort Smith, the losses are starting to pile up. Parke has faced a firing…
by - August 25, 2015 11:23 pm
It soon became apparent Tuesday (Aug. 25) that at least four members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors are not happy with a pitch by city Human Resources Director…
