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Improving graduation rates, cutting ‘wasteful spending’ priority for Fort...
Greg Murray is one of four non-incumbent candidates to enter the race for the Fort Smith School Board after one of the district’s most highly publicized – and controversial – years. Most of that...
View Article$19.84 million in Fort Smith roof permits for hail damage, more expected;...
What does a hailstorm cost? While there are a number of variables that go into the answer, Fort Smith is starting to get an idea with close to $20 million in roofing repairs having been logged by the...
View ArticleCBID Commissioners again express frustration with heavy truck traffic in...
The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) met with Dallas-based Gateway Planning on Tuesday (July 19) to discuss the urban design plan for downtown Fort Smith, and one thing...
View ArticleFort Smith festival and event success focus of UAFS alumni group panel...
Fort Smith festival organizers who were part of events that created a potential $11 million economic impact for the city took part in a panel discussion Tuesday night (July 19) conducted by the...
View ArticlePinnacle, Newroads Telecom merge to form a company with 4,000 Fort Smith...
Lavaca-based Pinnacle Communications and Fort Smith-based Newroads Telecom have entered a joint venture agreement to provide voice and data services in the Fort Smith region and surrounding area with a...
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McFerran praises Fort Smith Public Schools, says a focus if re-elected to...
Susan McFerran has learned a lot since being appointed to the Fort Smith School Board in 2012. She won her first election running unopposed the following year. Her first two years were an admitted...
View ArticleLand deal for a mixed-use development related to osteopathic college OK’d by...
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) unanimously approved assignment of 200 acres from the Degen Foundation to the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) Real Estate Holdings at...
View ArticleJune report shows Fort Smith sales tax revenue remains below budget estimates
Fort Smith sales tax revenue continues to fall short of budget expectations for 2016 with June seeing only a 0.4% bump in revenue, which is 4.9% below budget estimates for the month, according to a...
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Fort Smith School Board hopeful says mascot issue is over, district needs...
Challenger Brian Means will face two opponents for the Zone 2 position on the Fort Smith School Board this September. The medical device representative for Zimmer Biomet says he is ready to look beyond...
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Arkansas Waterway Commission hosts meeting-of-minds to push river issues forward
Gene Higginbotham of the Arkansas Waterway Commission (AWC) knows that organizing an alphabet of economic development and freight transport organizations can be difficult. After all, “these people are...
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Ward 4 Fort Smith Director candidate Dawson targets need for more economic...
Robyn Dawson is one of two challengers vying for incumbent George Catsavis’ Ward 4 Fort Smith Director position. Dawson has lived in Fort Smith for 37 years and considers it her home. “It’s where I...
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Fort Smith Director Catsavis says city has ‘real potential to move forward’
George Catsavis knows about facing opposition in an election. In 2010, he took on Patrick Jacobs and won a two-year term by a 57% to 43% margin. He would face another competitor in John Cooley two...
View Article82 applicants for Fort Smith’s three top positions, two months left until...
Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken released a list of all applicants for the three open positions of human resource director, utilities director and police chief following Tuesday night’s (Aug....
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Ward 4 Fort Smith Director candidate Neal Martin aims for ‘business-friendly’...
Neal Martin is a Fort Smith native who in 2010 moved his family back to his home city. Six years have passed since that time, and he is hoping to step into the role of city director this November. He...
View ArticleJob search costs for Fort Smith police chief, utilities director and HR boss...
Fort Smith city government and Dallas-based Strategic Government Resources (SGR) continue to work toward filling the city’s top three open positions. There were 82 applicants for the positions of human...
View ArticleSen. Cotton tours osteopathic college, talks ‘Iran ransom,’ Trump’s bumpy...
Trump, Obama, Iran and federal Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding were topics Friday (Aug. 5) as U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., toured the newly constructed Arkansas College of Osteopathic...
View ArticleSen. Cotton gets look at first ‘patients’ at Arkansas College of Osteopathic...
The Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ARCOM) is a year away from opening its doors to its inaugural class of 150, but there is already activity on the sprawling 227-acre campus and,...
View ArticleExpenses with Fort Smith’s search to fill three key jobs moves past $40,000
Fort Smith administration has shed additional light on the status of job search costs for three of the city’s top positions, with those expenses already beyond $40,000. In a recent email from Lindsey...
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13 finalists announced for Fort Smith’s top jobs, Parrot Island visits down,...
Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken has announced the names of the finalists for the city’s three open department head positions. Out of 82 applicants, the city has narrowed it down to 13 picks...
View ArticleMercy Clinic-Fort Smith breaks ground on $7.9 million clinic at Chaffee Crossing
Mercy Clinic-Fort Smith joined with the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) on Tuesday, Aug. 9, for a groundbreaking ceremony on a $7.9 million, 13,500 square-foot facility at Chaffee...
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