AOG estimates impact per customer if Van Buren City Council raises franchise...
A franchise rate increase proposed by Van Buren Mayor Bob Freeman would add just under $6 to the monthly bill for commercial natural gas customers of Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Corporation (AOG). Freeman...
View ArticleMethodist Village launches $55-plus million ‘Life Plan Community,’ first in...
Methodist Village CEO Harvey Leffring is relatively new to Arkansas, having lived in the Fort Smith area just one year. A Chicago transplant, he is learning to call the Hogs and adjust to a city that...
View ArticleLittle Rock chamber boss lobbies for support of ballot issue expanding...
Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jay Chesshir told members of the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce that Arkansas is not where it needs to be to compete in economic...
View ArticleNaomi Roundtree named new Fort Smith HR director, will begin Oct. 17
The city of Fort Smith has filled one of its three remaining department head vacancies almost one year to the day after the position was unexpectedly vacated. City Administrator Carl Geffken announced...
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Future School of Fort Smith students tour Unexpected, see international...
On a recent Tuesday afternoon it was business as usual at the Future School of Fort Smith. But it doesn’t take long to realize here, “usual” means anything but. The classroom isn’t rows of desks with a...
View ArticleFort Smith building activity up 119% in August thanks to more roof repair
The Fort Smith region continues to make gains in building activity through the first eight months of 2016 after a bumpy start. For the first eight months of the year, permit values in Fort Smith,...
View ArticleFort Smith Board hears about $2 billion wastewater asset, talks about rules...
The Fort Smith Board of Directors received a detailed overview of the city’s wastewater treatment program, specifically as it relates to the $480 million consent decree leveled against the city for...
View ArticleRiver Valley Sports Complex delay, food truck response, trail costs highlight...
Fort Smith officials on Wednesday (Sept. 14) addressed further delays in the River Valley Sports Complex (RVSC) as well as a “not overwhelming” response to the food truck plaza near Cisterna Park. Also...
View ArticleChaffee Crossing to be home of new Catholic high school, opening 2018
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) approved approximately $500,000 in property sales at the group’s monthly meeting in a series of transactions that included land for a new high school at...
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Gateway Planning unveils vision for downtown Fort Smith, #PropelFS opens for...
“Propelling Downtown Forward,” the effort to develop a strategic action plan for downtown Fort Smith, has a new hashtag and a fresh set of details based on the 2014 Future Fort Smith Comprehensive...
View ArticleVan Buren, RITA look at market analysis for inland port, punt on AOG rate...
The Van Buren City Council voted unanimously on Monday (Sept. 19) to throw its support behind a market assessment for a proposed inland port and intermodal project located near the city. The city will...
View ArticleFort Smith volunteers to beautify Midland, Towson Avenues, ‘Unexpected’ draws...
Believe in Fort Smith and the River Valley Economic Development Council have launched related efforts to boost beautification on the city’s north side of town from Midland to Towson Avenues. Organizer...
View ArticleRichardson, McFerran win Fort Smith School Board posts in landslides; Rebels...
The Southside Rebels issue might have been put to rest Tuesday night, Sept. 20, when Fort Smith voters opted to reelect Susan McFerran and elect Talicia Richardson to her first term. With McFerran the...
View ArticleFort Smith utilities, sanitation departments scrutinized by city directors
The utilities and sanitation departments drew fire from City Directors Tracy Pennartz and Kevin Settle at the Tuesday (Sept. 20) meeting of the Fort Smith Board of Directors. Interim Utilities Director...
View ArticleFort Smith’s utilities director pick turns down offer, search moves back to...
The city of Fort Smith is back to square one on its search for a utilities director. On Tuesday, Sept. 22, top pick Francisco Martinez turned down the administration’s $102,000 offer to take the lead...
View ArticleDr. Cole Goodman honored for career in medicine, confronting Arkansas’ doctor...
Dr. Cole Goodman unwillingly stepped away from his career as a plastic surgeon in 2009, but he had a tearful message for the community of Fort Smith Thursday night. His work is not finished. The Fort...
View ArticleFort Smith street sales tax up 1.7% compared to 2015, countywide tax up 3.3%
Fort Smith city sales tax is holding steady approximately 75 days after the Board of Directors approved a budget revision to account for lower-than-anticipated revenues. City Finance Director Jennifer...
View ArticleFort Smith Board reviews minority hiring, rising highway costs, and $456...
Police minority recruiting strategy, highway projects, and the potential for more than $70 million in Massard Wastewater Treatment Plant improvements headlined the Fort Smith Board of Directors study...
View ArticleFort Smith Board eyes controversial change to employee education...
Fort Smith city employees are facing a potential overhaul of the Employee Education Assistance and Reimbursement program, and it could get contentious. At the Tuesday, Sept. 27, study session, City...
View Article‘70%’ of Fort Smith employees did not follow procedure with city’s education...
Fort Smith Internal Auditor Tracey Shockley provided more details on the audit behind proposed changes to the city’s Education Reimbursement and Assistance program detailed during a Sept. 27 Fort Smith...
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