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Issue 1 supporters look to the Arkansas Supreme Court for decision by...
Issue 1, the contentious tort reform constitutional amendment on the November ballot, may be down after a Thursday ruling by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Mackie Pierce, but it’s definitely not out....
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Fort Smith sales tax collections improve in July, still down for the year
Fort Smith sales tax revenues continued to improve in July but not by much, with $3.729 million collected from the city’s 2% tax, 1% of which goes to streets, 0.75% to bond issues, and 0.25% divided...
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Sebastian, Crawford home sales post more gains despite ‘signs of weakness’
The Fort Smith region — Sebastian and Crawford counties — experienced an uptick in month-to-month and year-to-date home sales through values and unit sales, but it’s showing signs of weakness in the...
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Fort Smith Schools summer reading camp delivers reading gains for struggling...
Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) launched a pilot program over the summer to target reading deficiencies in students from grades 5-7. The district extended 40 invitations and received 34 enrollees....
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U.S. Marshals Museum fundraising target down to $17.1 million
The United States Marshals Museum (USMM) continues to make progress on fundraising targets ahead of its Sept. 24, 2019 opening day. At a quarterly meeting on Tuesday (Sept. 11), USMM President and CEO...
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City of Fort Smith loses $200,000 jury verdict in River Valley Sports Complex...
Eleven of 12 jurors ruled against the city of Fort Smith on Tuesday night (Sept. 11) in a lawsuit involving the River Valley Sports Complex (RVSC) and adjudicated before Sebastian County Circuit Court...
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64.6 Downtown, Fort Smith chamber to hold ‘Invest Fort Smith’ summit
64.6 Downtown has partnered with the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce to host Invest Fort Smith, a one-day summit designed to build awareness of downtown economic development opportunities. The...
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Riverfront Drive Skate and Bike Park set for ‘soft open,’ Millspaugh voted...
The Riverfront Drive Skate and Bike Park slated to open by Memorial Day will have to wait another two weeks, according to Bobby Aldridge of Frontier Engineering, Inc. Aldridge, the lead engineer on the...
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188th activated on mission to assist Hurricane Florence responders
The Arkansas Air National Guard 188th Wing based in Fort Smith has been activated starting Thursday (Sept. 13) along with other remote support units nationwide to provide support for federal, local,...
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Streets CIP committee member likens Kelley Highway extension to buying ‘toys...
Fort Smith’s planned Kelley Highway extension tentatively scheduled for construction in 2021 commanded the most attention from members of the capital improvement plan (CIP) advisory committee for...
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Arkansas District 77 candidates duel over guns, corruption, and school safety
Arkansas Rep. Justin Boyd, R-Fort Smith, met Stephen Edwards, a libertarian, and Luke Pruitt, a Democrat — his two challengers for the District 77 House seat — at a public forum on Monday (Sept. 17)...
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Downtown developers eye event-based open houses, receive an update on ‘The...
Commercial open houses and future plans for The Bakery event center were the focus of a Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) meeting on Tuesday (Sept. 18). Leading off, 64.6 Downtown...
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Arkansas Colleges of Health Education receives first NIH grant for enzyme...
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) will receive its first national grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH). The three-year award totals $323,628, and it will be under the...
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UAFS details fall 2019 fixed tuition program
Officials with the University of Arkansas at Fort Smith (UAFS) shed more light on the university’s new fixed tuition program for first-year entering students. UAFS Director of Government and Community...
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Healthcare Award recipient Flippin touts immunotherapy advancements: ‘I wish...
For Dr. Tony Flippin, now is a great time to be a young physician, particularly when it comes to treating cancer patients. Flippin received the 2018 Healthcare Award presented by the Fort Smith...
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Gus’s Bar and Grill opens this October in the former Saké location
Gus’s Bar and Grill will be the new tenant at 823 Garrison Ave., the former site of Saké Martini & Sushi Bar. The new owners are Karen and Mike Stephenson of Greenwood, Ark., who also own and...
View ArticleHollywood vs. AI: Why their fight could be our own
On May 2, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) ceased negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). Chief among their concerns was the rise of artificial intelligence...
View ArticleUniversal Basic Income: Fiscal fantasy or AI necessity?
In 2020, Democratic presidential hopeful Andrew Yang suggested Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a potential answer to job displacement from artificial intelligence. In those days, the general public had...
View ArticleThe AI executive order and the backlash
On Oct. 30, President Joseph Biden unveiled a sweeping Executive Order to steer the burgeoning field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) toward, what he hopes will be, a path of safety, innovation, and...
View ArticleArcBest reports AI cost-benefit of $13 million on route optimization
In an April 2024 interview with MIT, Matthias Winkenbach, a principal research scientist and director of research at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, said artificial intelligence (AI)...
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