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A century of death: 196 executions, 15 governors, and Arkansas’ deadliest day
On July 25, 1902, Arkansas sent six men to the gallows — Lathe Hembree, Dee Noland, Tom Simms, Dave McWhirter, Jim Johnson, and Cy Tanner, or, as the July 26 edition of the Arkansas Gazette put it,...
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Fort Smith metro building activity up over 58% through first quarter of 2017
Fort Smith, Van Buren, and Greenwood, posted building permit value gains through the first three months of 2017 compared to the same period last year. Overall the three cities added $59.697 million in...
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Jamey Johnson, Gov’t Mule headline 3rd Annual Peacemaker Music & Arts Festival
The 3rd Annual Peacemaker Music & Arts Festival will hit downtown Fort Smith on July 28 and 29 with headlining acts Gov’t Mule and Jamey Johnson leading a lineup of eight bands at Riverfront Park....
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Fort Smith’s CDBG, HOME programs for low-income citizens could be cut in 2018
Each year the Fort Smith Board of Directors reviews recommendations from its citizen-led Community Development Advisory Committee (CDAC) on how to allocate federal funding to area nonprofit programs...
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Fort Smith Public Schools to address minority representation gap in hiring
Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) will ramp up efforts to close the minority hiring gap for teachers and administrators, according to FSPS Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources and Support...
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Fort Smith Schools Superintendent on career readiness: There’s more we could...
First-year Fort Smith Public Schools (FSPS) Superintendent Dr. Douglas Brubaker is ready to address the career readiness gap for high school students, he told audience members at the Fort Smith...
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The Fort Smith consent decree: How it got here, and what happens next
Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken knows he has a sizable task on his hands navigating the city’s federal consent decree for years-long violations of the Clean Water Act, and a major part of...
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Trump’s EPA drops stipulated penalties on Fort Smith’s federal consent decree
Fort Smith officials are seeing the first signs of a more willing partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the direction of President Donald Trump appointee and former Oklahoma...
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Whirlpool exec reports property settlements, says company will ‘continue to...
Representatives from Whirlpool and Ramboll Environ, the company’s environmental consulting firm, reported progress on multiple fronts to the Fort Smith Board of Directors on cleanup efforts at the...
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Fort Smith Director files theft report against Sen. Jake Files, Files responds
On March 6, 2017, Fort Smith City Director Keith Lau filed an offense report against Arkansas State Sen. Jake Files, R-Fort Smith, alleging Files defrauded Lau’s KCP Property Management of $33,200....
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Fort Smith Parks Director outlines $11.8 million in construction plans...
Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Director Doug Reinert shared with the Fort Smith Board of Directors detailed plans on approximately $11.8 million in trails and greenways work the city will perform...
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Fort Smith School Board considers teacher salary bump for next school year
The Fort Smith Public School (FSPS) Board eyed an increase to teacher salaries at Monday’s (April 17) committee meeting. A recommendation was presented to board members for an average annual increase...
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Unexpected mural and arts event to partner with Peacemaker music festival...
The Unexpected unexpectedly hits Fort Smith early this year. At Tuesday’s (April 18) meeting of the Central Business Improvement (CBID), event director Claire Kolberg announced the...
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Fort Smith Board okays $18 million utilities CIP for 2017, addresses other...
The Fort Smith Board of Directors authorized appropriations for the utilities department’s capital improvement plan (CIP) for 2017 to the tune of $18.325 million in water and sewer upgrades and...
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Fort Smith businessman announces major overhaul of downtown property
Specifics are not ready, but one Central Business Improvement District (CBID) commissioner has big plans for the 901-911 block of Garrison Avenue with announcements expected in the next 30 to 60 days....
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U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy calls U.S. Marshals Museum ‘living monument’ to law...
The U.S. Marshals Museum is “a living monument to women and men, who are willing to risk their lives” for the rule of law. That was the message from an emotional U.S. Rep. Trey Gowdy, a Republican from...
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Fort Smith Regional Airport director job down to five finalists
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission is closer to naming a replacement for former Director John Parker, who announced his retirement last November and officially stepped away from the position on...
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Fort Smith School Board approves teacher pay increases for 2017-2018
Teachers in the Fort Smith Public School (FSPS) district will see pay increases for the 2017-2018 School Year after a 5-0 vote of School Board members at Monday night’s (April 24) regular meeting....
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Doctors bring unique heart procedure to the Fort Smith region
A two-physician heart procedure has been successfully administered at Fort Smith-based Sparks Health System. Dr. German Kamalov of the Cardiology Center at Sparks and Dr. Ronald Kantola of the...
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Michael Griffin hired as next director of the Fort Smith Regional Airport
The Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission named Michael Griffin as the facility’s new airport director during Tuesday night’s (April 25) meeting. Griffin replaces former director John Parker, who...
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