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FCRA director responds to Chaffee criticisms ahead of Aug. 31 meeting
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) has been in the middle of a boon in economic development on the east side of Fort Smith over the last decade with more than $1.5 billion in...
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FCRA director faces city advisory committee after ‘unwound’ statements
Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) Executive Director Ivy Owen found himself at the head of the table following pointed remarks he made to Talk Business & Politics in an interview last...
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Artist Kevin Arnold returns home to collaborate with Barling students on...
Kevin Arnold still remembers the name of the teacher, who set him onvthe path to becoming a professional artist. “Kay Holmes. She was a substitute teacher for years in Fort Smith.” Holmes still lives...
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ERC announces $8 million luxury duplex development at Chaffee Crossing
ERC announced Tuesday (Sept. 5) the rollout of Stonecrest — an $8 million luxury duplex development at Chaffee Crossing. The units will be located at Wells Lake Road. and Custer Boulevard across the...
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Fort Smith Board expands civil service commission, supports internet tax...
The Fort Smith Board of Directors will move forward adding two civil service commissioners after a contentious Tuesday night (Sept. 5) vote. Directors George Catsavis, Don Hutchings, and Kevin Settle...
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Arkansas health policy analyst says ‘something is amiss’ with state’s...
Arkansas Center for Health Improvement (ACHI) Health Policy Director J. Craig Wilson said despite the state’s role as a leader in implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), “something is amiss.”...
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Van Buren developer Jim Petty talks Pasta Grill, plans for food truck court
Downtown Van Buren will welcome the third Pasta Grill restaurant in Arkansas joining previous locations at Conway and Russellville. The Italian eatery, which also serves steaks and seafood, will open...
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Fort Smith metro building activity up 3% through August
Fort Smith metro building activity was up big in its smallest sectors for August, pushing what were negative year-to-date numbers into the black. Normally what happens in Fort Smith has too much weight...
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Fort Smith home sales market posts gains for year, Sebastian down in August
The Fort Smith metro home sales market is up 10% through the first eight months of the year despite soft August numbers. While the region which consists of Sebastian and Crawford counties was off by...
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McCutchen to pursue lawsuit against the city after Fort Smith Board rejects...
Fort Smith city attorney Jerry Canfield advised the Board of Directors to not accept a settlement offer from attorney Joey McCutchen that would acknowledge a violation of the Arkansas Freedom of...
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New Fort Smith area Dollar General hits citizen-led roadblock
A new Dollar General location at the southwest corner of the intersection of Arkansas Highway 253 and Durham Avenue will not move forward, at least not without an appeal to the city’s Board of...
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Fort Smith police, fire unions push for recall of city’s Board of Directors:...
The Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 39 and Fort Smith Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 33 have united to recall members of the city’s Board of Directors. The local police and fire unions...
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Fort Smith Board approves land acquisitions, annual Parrot Island meeting date
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Sept. 19) approved a request from the city’s utilities department to proceed with the acquisition of properties related to a federal consent decree item,...
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After eight years of study, it’s ‘now or never’ for efforts to build Fort...
The Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority (formerly known as the Regional Intermodal Transportation Authority, or RITA) has just turned eight years old and is facing increasing pressure to produce a...
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Fort Smith Northside film wins best documentary at Fayetteville Film Festival
Brenda Yelvington never told herself she wanted to make a movie. Yet on Saturday night (Sept. 16) she received a message on Facebook informing her she had won Best Documentary at the Fayetteville Film...
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Health college president says school is ‘getting ready to make announcements’
Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) President and CEO Kyle Parker hinted the newly opened medical colleges were on the verge of announcing new developments on the Barling side of its 228 acres...
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Fort Smith School Board president bids farewell after 12 years, Rebels...
Fort Smith School Board President Dr. Deanie Mehl stepped away from her post for the first time in 12 years on Monday night (Sept. 25) during the Board’s regular meeting. Mehl started her tenure as a...
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Fort Smith residential sanitation customers safe from rate increase, for now
Fort Smith residential customers should not see any rate increases for at least another four years, if findings from third-party consulting firm Arcadis have any influence over the city’s Board of...
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Fort Smith homeless shelter director talks measuring success, ‘making...
The Riverview Hope Campus opens on Friday (Sept. 29) after approximately eight years of planning and development. The effort behind the $3.9 million campus — bringing together various agencies in the...
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Fort Smith Police Chief asks for $750,000 in new equipment, units
The Fort Smith Police Department (FSPD) has asked the city’s Board of Directors to consider approval of approximately $790,000 in unplanned expenditures that may help bridge the equipment gap in the...
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