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Propelling Downtown Forward plan for downtown Fort Smith gets pushback from...
The Fort Smith Planning Commission unanimously approved the Propelling Downtown Forward strategic plan from Gateway Planning on Tuesday night (June 13), pushing the item through for future voting...
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Fort Smith Vice-Mayor wants city to ‘think big’ in Harry E. Kelley Park redesign
Fort Smith Director Kevin Settle believes the city needs to be “thinking big” when it comes to the future of Harry E. Kelley Park along the riverfront in downtown Fort Smith. At a Tuesday (June 13)...
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Fort Smith Civil Service Commission chair recuses, unlikely to address police...
The Fort Smith Civil Service Commission will punt for at least another month on addressing a request from city Police Chief Nathaniel Clark to hire external applicants for upper level positions within...
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Fort Smith junior high team wins national quiz bowl title, places second team...
A quiz bowl team from Fort Smith Chaffin Junior High has captured the Junior National Academic Championship in the Middle School and Junior High Division. The school sent three teams — Gold, Green, and...
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Fort Smith’s Central Business Improvement District endorses Propelling...
The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) voted unanimously to recommend the Propelling Downtown Forward plan for the Board of Directors’ consideration at a Tuesday morning (June 20)...
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Fort Smith Board of Directors agrees on recycling plan, will begin June 21
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (June 20) approved a new recycling agreement with Third Rock Recycling, and their partner Pen Sales, for recycling services. In a 4-1 vote at the regular...
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Fort Smith business group approves demolition at 900 block of Garrison Avenue
General Pallets owner Phil White cleared a preliminary hurdle with the Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) with his planned redevelopment of the 900 block of Garrison Avenue. White...
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Entrepreneur proposes land buy at Chaffee Crossing for equine therapy expansion
For one family in Greenwood, Ark., giving up on their daughter with autism was not an option. Children diagnosed with the condition seldom show emotion, and moments every parent lives for – like having...
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Fort Smith utilities director explains drinking water protection program
For Fort Smith Utilities Director Jerry Walters, one of the city’s most important programs is also one you hear little about — the Lake Fort Smith Watershed Protection Area. A watershed in the...
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Fort Smith recycling program resumes on June 26, city to look for a long-term...
The city of Fort Smith will resume its recycling program on Monday (June 26), according to a Friday (June 23) press release. At a recent Fort Smith Board of Directors meeting, city directors signed off...
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Fort Smith School Board tables sanitation contract with city amid recycling...
The Fort Smith recycling issue spilled over to a school board meeting Monday night (June 26) when the Fort Smith Public School (FSPS) Board voted to table acceptance of a $250,035 bid for the school...
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Arkansas Colleges of Health Education announce second college, more than $21...
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) announced on Tuesday (June 27) the follow-up to its Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM). The new 60,000 square-foot facility will be called...
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Barling, Fort Smith will share ‘close to even split’ on taxable sales from...
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) President and CEO Kyle Parker said the school’s new planned zoning development (PZD) announced Tuesday (June 27) in coordination with the announcement of...
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Fort Smith Board of Directors to discuss removing Chip Sexton from civil...
The Fort Smith Board of Directors will hold an executive session at the July 11 regular meeting to discuss removal of chairman and Fort Smith attorney Chip Sexton from the Civil Service Commission for...
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Efforts begin to rebuild trust in Fort Smith with recycling program
The city of Fort Smith restored its recycling program on Monday (June 26), but the fight to rebuild trust with residents will be a challenge. Fort Smith Director Keith Lau told Talk Business &...
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Fort Smith sales tax revenues up almost 10% for May, ‘too early to tell’ if...
Fort Smith revenues were up significantly for May on city and county sales tax sides, but it may be too early to call it a trend, according to Fort Smith Finance Director Jennifer Walker. “While we...
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Fort Smith metro building activity continues decline, down more than 10%...
A relatively inactive June pushed Fort Smith metro building permit values down compared to 2016. While Van Buren and Greenwood continued to perform above expectations, Fort Smith faltered with a 71.2%...
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Fort Smith Parks Department, philanthropists team up for next portion of...
“Slowly, but surely” might best describe the public-private partnership between the city of Fort Smith parks department and the Friends of Recreational Trails (FORT). In July 2015, FORT — led by First...
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Fort Smith police and fire pension issue includes ‘Old Plans’ and ‘New Plans’
The Local Police and Fire (LOPFI) retirement fund for the city of Fort Smith has 13 years before insolvency for “Old Plans” (i.e. retirees prior to Jan. 1, 1983). While “New Plans,” or the programs for...
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Effort fails to stop possible removal of chairman of Fort Smith Civil Service...
A planned executive session of the Fort Smith Board of Directors to discuss removal of attorney Chip Sexton from the city’s Civil Service Commission for potential conflict of interest will move...
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