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ACHE breaks ground on College of Health Sciences, updates on ‘June-or-July’...
Ask any member of the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) staff and board to choose their favorite groundbreaking ceremony since first sticking shovel in the dirt over three years ago, and the...
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New Van Buren Chamber head: Most growth ‘comes from within’
The Van Buren Chamber of Commerce’s new leader is a familiar face to the western Arkansas business community. Terry Carson accepted the job as Chamber president on March 15 after 44 years in the...
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Wayne Haver files to run for Fort Smith mayor; McGill comments on three-way...
Editor’s note: The following story is completely updated from the first report. ––––––––––––––– Until roughly two hours before the filing deadline, the race for Fort Smith Mayor was a two-way between...
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Fort Smith Board elections set: Settle safe, Pennartz out, only one contested...
Races are set for three City Director positions on the Fort Smith Board of Directors, and incumbent Kevin Settle, the current At-Large City Director Position 6, and Position 7 candidate Neal Martin can...
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Arkansas Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin: ‘Government must transform’
Arkansas Lt. Gov. Tim Griffin isn’t a fan of government as usual, and he’s telling Arkansans they shouldn’t be either. Griffin was in Fort Smith on Friday (June 1) to spread his message of...
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Fort Smith metro building activity best since 2013, region ahead year-to-date
Building activity in the Fort Smith region surged in the month of May, leading to the first year-to-date gains of 2018. While the region — Fort Smith, Van Buren, and Greenwood — struggled through the...
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Jerry Neel drops out of Fort Smith Board of Directors race
And then there were three. Jerry Neel Jr., the owner of Jerry Neel’s Bar-B-Q Restaurant & Catering has pulled out of the At-Large Director Position 5 race, exiting a crowded field that includes...
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Fort Smith Board gives Director Lau setback on real estate development;...
Fort Smith Director and real estate developer Keith Lau ran into a setback on Tuesday (June 5) with his fellow city Board members when they voted 6-0 to send his duplex development plan back to the...
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Waitr restaurant delivery service arrives in Fort Smith metro
Dinner is served. The Fort Smith region welcomed a soft launch of Lake Charles, La.-based home restaurant delivery service Waitr earlier this week. The app, which launched in 2015, rolls out...
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Statements of financial disclosures posted on city candidates; ballot...
Statements of financial disclosures are now available for the eight Fort Smith office candidates, and the city announced ballot positions based on a draw held by the Sebastian County Board of Election...
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McGill releases policy pledges for Fort Smith mayoral race
In a press release late Thursday (June 7), Rep. George McGill, D-Fort Smith, announced 11 “Policy Pledges” in his bid to be the next Fort Smith mayor. McGill faces opponents Luis Andrade, a University...
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64.6 Downtown names Talicia Richardson as new executive director
64.6 Downtown has named Talicia Richardson as executive director of the Fort Smith-based nonprofit. The job search became a focus after 2017’s approval of the Propelling Downtown Forward (PropelFS)...
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Fort Smith sales tax revenues down more than $500,000 through April
Fort Smith sales tax revenues continue to trail 2017’s numbers as well as budgeted expectations with the city reporting over $500,000 less than expected – $440,588 from the 2% city sales tax and...
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Fort Smith Finance Director explains why old police, fire pension plan...
Old Local Police and Fire (LOPFI) retirement pension plans that ended in 1983 have a new projected insolvency date of 2026 with an estimated unfunded liability of $18-20 million, according to Fort...
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MovieLounge business license filed under new name, ‘The Carter’
A business license application has been filed with the city of Fort Smith for 7601 Rogers Ave., the former site of the MovieLounge. According to the city’s planning and zoning department, the...
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Sebastian, Crawford counties post home sales increases for month, up over 14%...
Fort Smith metro home sales are trending up for the first five months of 2018 with Sebastian and Crawford counties seeing year-to-date gains of 17.31% and 8.02% in sales volume, respectively....
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New Greenwood Chamber of Commerce head sees city ‘busting at the seams’
Bob Purvis is home. After a career spanning close to 50 years in marketing and promotion, including 20 years as the executive director of the Eureka Springs Advertising and Promotion Commission and the...
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FCRA committee discusses land set aside for Fort Smith Schools, denies ‘right...
Will Fort Smith Public Schools ever build a third high school, and if so, will it be at Chaffee Crossing? According to Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) board member Paul McCollum, “I think...
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Fort Smith At-Large Director 5 candidate issues policy priorities ahead of...
Samuel Price, a candidate for Fort Smith At-Large Director Position 5, has released his “five pillars and priorities” as part of his campaign for the city post. The upcoming Aug. 14 primary race pits...
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Northwest Arkansas brewer may open taproom, brewery in former Shipley Baking...
Studio 6 Architects unveiled plans Tuesday (June 19) for a potential brewery to be housed in the former Shipley Baking facility at 63 S. Sixth St., owned by Central Business Improvement District (CBID)...
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