by - November 20, 2013 6:09 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved an ordinance Tuesday (Nov. 19) authorizing the issuance of taxable industrial development bonds for Gerber Products in the amount of $150 million. According…
by - November 18, 2013 10:54 pm
No budget is set to be adopted at the Dec. 3 regular meeting of the Fort Smith Board of Directors following Monday's (Nov. 18) budget session. At issue is how…
by - November 14, 2013 9:59 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors got their first in-depth look at the proposed fiscal year 2014 budget Thursday night (Nov. 14) and it did not take long for questions…
by - November 12, 2013 6:29 pm
Outside agency funding award recommendations were presented to the Fort Smith Board of Directors at today's (Nov. 12) study session. The 2014 proposed budget is $162,000, though $310,000 in funding…
by - November 6, 2013 1:28 pm
It was just in August that Fort Smith City Director Philip Merry began publicly toying with the idea of running for mayor. But Merry's ambition for the top job on…
by - November 6, 2013 8:43 am
Members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors were presented with a copy of the proposed city budget at Tuesday night's (Nov. 5) regular meeting. The proposed 2014 budget totals…
by - October 15, 2013 9:10 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors wants more time to consider a recently proposed plan by Whirlpool to clean up pollution at and around the company’s shuttered manufacturing plant. Prior…
by - October 8, 2013 8:28 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed Tuesday (Oct. 8) to move forward with funding a portion of the River Valley Sports Complex (RVSC). The next steps in the project,…
by - October 1, 2013 10:04 pm
Trash has once again reared its ugly head at a Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting, but the issue of where to store curbside residential sanitation containers is not going…
by - September 24, 2013 4:03 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors hit on three different items at the body's noon study session – the city's capital improvement program, the work already in-progress on the 2014…
by - September 17, 2013 8:54 pm
Twenty-three minutes. That is how long the Fort Smith Board of Directors spent discussing a stop sign. And that was why Director Keith Lau spoke up during the Board's discussion…
by - September 10, 2013 8:43 pm
Citizens of Fort Smith may not notice anything different, but following today's (Sept. 10) Board of Directors study session, the city will begin attempts to incorporate compressed natural gas vehicles…
by - September 9, 2013 11:17 pm
Members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors met for nearly three hours on Monday night (Sept. 9) to discuss and try to narrow the focus of priorities identified during…
by - August 27, 2013 6:39 pm
Members of the Fort Smith Board of Directors discussed city finances at today's noon study session, where they learned that the city's 2014 budget would likely stay at levels similar…
by - August 20, 2013 9:02 pm
After more than 30 minutes of discussion at their regular meeting, the Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Aug. 20) reversed a city policy in place more than 45…
by - August 14, 2013 10:04 am
Fort Smith city politics may heat up well before the 2014 election. Fort Smith City Director Philip Merry Jr., has said he may run for Mayor. Merry previously told The…
by - August 13, 2013 5:21 pm
An issue that is sure to spur a heated debate at next Tuesday's (Aug. 20) regular Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting is a proposal that would give City Administrator…
by - August 6, 2013 8:51 pm
A Tuesday (Aug. 5) vote by the Fort Smith Board of Directors has put a temporary halt on a business expansion that could create up to seven jobs, according to…
by - August 5, 2013 6:18 pm
The city of Fort Smith's system of checks and balances will be put to work tomorrow night (Aug. 6) as the Board of Directors hear an appeal to the city's…
by - August 5, 2013 4:48 pm
Arkansas’ legislative and constitutional office contests have nabbed the headlines as of late, but in Fort Smith headline-grabbing races are likely the races to be the races for the three…
