by - February 10, 2015 7:02 pm
A more than $230,000 difference between two bids for the city of Fort Smith’s auto and property insurance did not present an easy choice for members of the Fort Smith…
by - February 3, 2015 10:54 pm
The majority of the Fort Smith Board of Directors voted to overturn Mayor Sanders’ veto of funding the Steel Horse Motorcycle Rally at the Feb. 3 regular meeting, but they…
by - January 30, 2015 5:03 pm
Less than 18 months after the Fort Smith Board of Directors granted the City Administrator broader authority to hire and fire department heads and other key personnel, City Director and…
by - January 27, 2015 10:05 pm
On the agenda was sex, violence and toxic water. Nope, it was not the latest original show from Netflix, but Tuesday’s study session of the Fort Smith Board of Directors….
by - January 20, 2015 11:35 pm
Civic involvement and undoing a 2015 budget item were front-and-center at the Fort Smith Board of Directors Jan. 20 regular meeting. A full house packed the Fort Smith Schools Service…
by - January 13, 2015 6:55 pm
A majority of the Fort Smith Board of Directors appear open to the idea of redirecting a portion of the city’s sales tax revenue for streets to help fund a…
by - January 12, 2015 5:08 pm
There have emerged two problems with an effort by the city of Fort Smith to raise $89,000 through hikes in alcohol permits and fees as part of a plan to…
by - December 23, 2014 5:51 pm
The last four years of my life have been filled with such civic education, citizen interaction, addressing private and public sector needs, desires and wants, and have been filled with…
by - November 18, 2014 8:15 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors Tuesday (Nov. 18) voted unanimously to approve a resolution regarding the issuance of $55 million in bonds for Dixie Consumer Products that will add…
by - October 15, 2014 9:36 am
The chance of the Arkansas General Assembly providing some sort of legislative relief to benefit Fort Smith and other cities facing funding shortfalls in pension contributions fund is "less than…
by - September 23, 2014 7:47 pm
It was announced Tuesday (Sept. 23) that an important link in future infrastructure development along the Arkansas River could become a reality by the end of the decade. According to…
by - September 2, 2014 9:13 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors voted Tuesday (Sept. 2) to close a portion of Veterans Avenue in Chaffee Crossing to make way for possible future expansion plans for the…
by - August 26, 2014 9:48 pm
The city of Fort Smith will make the leap into the modern age in September with the launch of livestreams – video of event available via the Internet – of…
by - August 26, 2014 8:38 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 26) revisited a Board governance policy that had previously died when no members of the Board made a motion for passage…
by - August 25, 2014 10:12 pm
A brainstorming session was held Monday evening (Aug. 25) for the Fort Smith Board of Directors at the city's sanitation department headquarters, with a wide range of topics receiving attention…
by - August 12, 2014 9:00 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors dove into the region's economy and attempted to understand why the city has some of the highest numbers of households depending on welfare and…
by - August 5, 2014 9:24 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors passed an ordinance at its Tuesday (Aug. 5) meeting that would restrict the location of temporary signs in rights of ways, a decision the…
by - July 31, 2014 8:44 am
The city of Fort Smith has responded in a court filing to a lawsuit alleging that the city had violated the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act when City Clerk Sherri…
by - July 22, 2014 5:15 pm
The City of Fort Smith has already begun preparations of the fiscal year 2015 budget and members of the city's Board of Directors had their first public opportunity to weigh…
by - July 15, 2014 9:35 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors defeated an ordinance Tuesday night (July 15) that would have repealed a section of city code which allows a majority of the Board to…
