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Arkansas Colleges of Health Education taps Dr. Ray Stowers as provost
The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education (ACHE) has hired Dr. Ray Stowers as provost. His responsibilities will include “the creation and implementation of the academic priorities for all colleges in...
View ArticleFort Smith Board of Directors discuss possible water rate hikes, hold millage...
The Fort Smith Board of Directors eyed possible water rate increases for the utilities department at Tuesday’s (Oct. 4) meeting, and also approved more than $400 million in capital improvement...
View ArticleFort Smith building activity boosts metro activity up 15.88% through...
Fort Smith building activity continues to build on its come-from-behind performance after starting the year soft due to the absence of a new construction equivalent to 2015’s $22 million permit issued...
View ArticleFirst National Bank of Fort Smith remains No. 1 bank in Fort Smith metro...
Consumers in the Fort Smith market have made $230 million more in local bank deposits in 2016 compared to 2015, with deposits up over 10% since 2014. Deposits stood at $4.542 billion as of June 30,...
View ArticleEminent domain looms in Fort Smith’s 12-year consent decree, issue could get...
Land acquisitions will play a role in the city of Fort Smith’s $480 million consent decree for years-long violations of the federal Clean Water Act. While a necessity for ensuring the city has the...
View ArticleFort Smith street improvement program includes $137 million in work planned...
Fort Smith’s engineering department is about to enter the most cost-heavy year in a five-year infrastructure plan with $43.6 million in improvements budgeted for 2017. The number is an uptick of close...
View ArticleOklahoma manufacturing advocate says President Obama did more for...
President Barack Obama’s administration has done “more for the advancement of manufacturing” than previous administrations, according to Dave Rowland, president and CEO of the Oklahoma Manufacturing...
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Pernod Ricard, Wal-Mart bring Malibu Rum production line to Fort Smith
The Fort Smith distillery for France-based Pernod Ricard has assumed bottling of the company’s popular Malibu Rum label, Gov. Asa Hutchinson and executives from Pernod Ricard USA and Wal-Mart Stores...
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Fort Smith taps former Pine Bluff Police Chief Nathaniel Clark as new chief...
Nathaniel Clark, the former police chief of Pine Bluff and deputy police chief of Albany, Georgia, has been hired as the new Fort Smith Police Chief, filling a position that has been vacant since...
View ArticleFort Smith Board reviews rising employee insurance fees at special study session
The Fort Smith Board of Directors mulled dwindling options for the 2017 healthcare plan for city employees at a special study session on Monday (Oct. 10), with Jerry Guy of Gallagher Benefit Services,...
View ArticleFuture Fort Smith Comprehensive Plan a ‘constant sales job’ for...
The Future Fort Smith comprehensive plan is “a constant sales job,” according to Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee member John Cooley. The sales job is already in motion, Cooley noted Tuesday...
View ArticleFort Smith Parks Department updates on grant money, introduces new recreation...
Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Director Doug Reinert will make a play for a $250,000 grant from the Arkansas Department of Tourism to help develop the 51 acres at Riverfront Drive which have been set...
View ArticleFort Smith Chamber announces $2 million economic development campaign, U.S....
Officials with the Fort Smith Regional Chamber of Commerce announced a $2 million fundraising goal for 2017 to help fund job recruitment and retention efforts in the larger metro area. The...
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Lavaca High School interior design students ‘stage’ Parade of Homes entry
A school bus carrying the housing and interior design class from Lavaca High School pulls up to the new house at 204 Honeysuckle Street in Alma, Ark., just before 9 a.m. on Monday (Oct. 17). Off climbs...
View ArticleFort Smith City Director candidates make their case for election at League of...
Four Fort Smith city director positions will be on the ballot Nov. 8, but only two will appear as contested races — Ward 2 with incumbent Andre Good versus challenger Bruce Wade and Ward 4 with...
View ArticleFort Smith Board critical of lack of CNG consideration of new vehicle purchases
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved $744,267 for the purchase of 12 new fleet trucks and vehicles for the city’s engineering and street departments Tuesday night (Oct. 18), but it wasn’t without...
View ArticleFort Smith Parade of Homes sees double the entries for 2016, event kicks off...
The 2016 Parade of Homes, presented by the Greater Fort Smith Association of Home Builders (GFSAHB), will kick off Thursday night, Oct. 20, with a VIP reception from this year’s Showcase Home at 8508...
View ArticleVan Buren Original launches ‘tactical urbanism’ project downtown
Van Buren Original (VBO), the effort to revitalize the city’s historic downtown area, has made it a goal from the beginning to play the short game as well as the long, according to organizers. Meetings...
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Martin receives Dawson endorsement in race against Fort Smith Director George...
Ward 4 City Director George Catsavis will face challenger Neal Martin on Nov. 8 following the Aug. 9 primary in which the incumbent scored more votes than his three opponents, but ultimately fell below...
View ArticleFuture Fort Smith implementation chair talks committee challenges, hears from...
Fort Smith’s Comprehensive Plan Implementation Committee (CPIC) has only held a handful of meetings since its formation in mid-2015, following passage of the Future Fort Smith Comprehensive Plan in...
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