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Fort Smith Director Good, challenger Wade talk consent decree, diversity in...
Fort Smith Ward 2 Director Andre Good faces challenger Bruce Wade on Nov. 8 in the general election. Good has served two consecutive terms with no opposition until now. Good and Wade participated in...
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Mourners gather for former Fort Smith Administrator Ray Gosack memorial,...
Gatherers at Grace Community Church said goodbye to Ray Gosack on Tuesday (Oct. 25). The former Fort Smith City Administrator died Oct. 21 at age 58 from a sudden illness. Gosack, who served as Deputy...
View ArticleVan Buren charter school approved for grades K-12 by 2021-2022 school year
The Van Buren School District has received charter approval for its planned Arkansas River Valley Virtual Academy (ARVVA), the district’s first charter school set to open to grades 4-8 for the...
View ArticleU.S. Marshals Museum will open doors Sept. 24, 2019, $60 million fundraising...
The United States Marshals Museum executive board has set Sept. 24, 2019 as its official opening day to coincide with the 230th anniversary of the U.S. Marshals Service. “The Fort Smith community came...
View ArticleParrot Island Waterpark still in the black, despite ‘sophomore slump’
Parrot Island Waterpark reported a second consecutive cash-positive year at a special study session of the Fort Smith Board of Directors and Sebastian County Quorum Court Thursday night (Oct. 27)....
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FSM Holdings finishing $3.5 million Shared Services Center expansion
Community Health Systems has expanded the reach of its Shared Services Center across the former Phoenix Village Mall property in Fort Smith, Ark., with more than $3.5 million in improvements. Talk...
View ArticleFort Smith Board approves 50/50 bond issue split, sets budget hearings,...
The Fort Smith Board of Directors revisited the topic of underwriters for bond issues at Tuesday’s (Nov. 1) regular meeting, opting to shift the split on water and sewer bonds from 80/20 in favor of...
View ArticleVan Buren High School Secular Student Alliance ends after two years, club...
In 2014, Kieran Horne and a handful of friends from Van Buren High School launched the school’s first Secular Student Alliance. Two years later, the group is no more. The SSA is a national organization...
View ArticleDoubleTree by Hilton renovations complete at former downtown Fort Smith...
The DoubleTree by Hilton Fort Smith City Center is open for business, with $10 million spent – a cost that does not include furniture, fixtures and equipment – to renovate the hotel connected to the...
View ArticleTrump and Clinton paths to White House, Arkansas ballot issues discussed at...
Hillary Clinton has the easiest path to 270 electoral votes, but Donald Trump is within viable reach, according to Talk Business & Politics CEO Roby Brock and Talk Business & Politics/Northwest...
View ArticleFort Smith building activity off 75% in October, region down 6.9% year-to-date
Fort Smith building activity momentum came to a halt in October, setting regional activity back after three strong months in July, August, and September. While the tri-city region saw gains in...
View ArticleFort Smith Board considers $5 million-plus software system, may add finance...
The Fort Smith Board of Directors weighed options on the city’s Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) computer system slated to begin implementation in 2017 and roll out over the next five years. The new...
View ArticleIncumbents win reelection in Fort Smith city director races, Blatt gets...
It was year of the incumbents in two Fort Smith city director races as Ward 2 Director André Good and Ward 4 Director George Catsavis retained their positions Tuesday night (Nov. 8) by comfortable...
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Two downtown Fort Smith structures rack up design, renovation awards
The Friedman-Mincer building – aka, OTASCO building – and the Masonic Temple in downtown Fort Smith have been awarded with special distinctions for design and renovation. The Friedman-Mincer building...
View ArticleRivervalley Artisan Market closes first season with 500% growth in...
The Rivervalley Artisan Market has outgrown its Fort Smith location at Creekmore Park, according to co-organizer Elizabeth James, who briefed the city’s Parks Commission at a Wednesday (Nov. 9)...
View ArticleTensions flare over Riley Farm Health & Rehab facility, planning commission...
The Fort Smith Planning Commission denied conditional use and variance requests for a proposed Riley Farm Health & Rehab facility at 6301 Riley Park Drive that would have employed 120. Hearing...
View ArticleChoctaw Nation to include Fort Smith as destination city, downtown planning...
The Choctaw Nation will now represent Fort Smith, Ark., as a top tourist destination in its multi-tribal promotional materials, 64.6 Downtown Executive Director John McIntosh revealed at Tuesday’s...
View ArticleFort Smith Board approves education reimbursement policy, explains budget...
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved the city’s education reimbursement policy, rescheduled both of this week’s 2017 budget hearings following a calculation error, and authorized water and sewer...
View ArticleInterest rate rise, treasury note jump won’t soon help with Fort Smith’s...
It’s not likely that rising interest rates following the surprise general election results will have a significant short-term impact on city of Fort Smith’s investments, nor the struggling LOPFI...
View Article5th Annual Veterans Day Parade at Chaffee Crossing sees 400% growth from year...
Randy DeCanter came to Chaffee Crossing in Fort Smith on Nov. 12 for a typical Saturday at the office, but paused to contact Lorie Robertson of the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) when he...
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