Arkansas is the right place for the aerospace and defense industry, Gov. Asa
Hutchinson told attendees of the 2021 Mid America Aerospace and Defense Summit
in Fort Smith on Wednesday...
The Massard Water Reclamation Facility (formerly the Massard Wastewater
Treatment Plant) is in dire need of updating, renovation and expansion, Fort
Smith Director of Utilities Lance McAvoy told the Fort...
Fort Smith’s sales tax revenue rebounded in April, coming in around 37% higher
than the same period in 2020. Sales tax revenues have in recent months
consistently come in higher...
The Fort Smith Police Department had to rethink its approaches to policing and
implement changes quickly during the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, but it was
able to do so while upholding...
Fort Smith’s ABB, NEMA Motors Division, announced Monday (May 24) it will make a
$1 million investment in the Peak Innovation Center, a regional career and
technology center in Fort...
Is an indoor sports complex something Fort Smith needs? The Fort Smith
Advertising & Promotion Commission is poised to find out. The A&P commission
approved $7,250 toward a feasibility study...
Rebounding from seeing most of last year’s West Virginia Veterans’ Reunion
activities canceled due to the pandemic, residents of Rainelle stand ready to
welcome the event’s return next week. L.Z.
Thanks to contributions from the community, the White Sulphur Springs Public
Library will host a book sale on May 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., with a bag sale
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Trustees has approved the sale
of 21 buildings, a gravel parking lot and 0.75 acres in the Chaffee Historic
District. The move takes...
The demand for aircraft hangars has exceeded Greenbrier Valley Airport’s supply,
and at least one member of the facility’s governing body wants to restart the
conversation about meeting
The board of directors of the Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Corporation
has named Ruthana Beezley as the executive director of the agency, effective
June 1.
The 330 acres the city of Fort Smith purchased from Kansas City Railroad to
develop into soft surface trails more than 2 years ago might go a little higher,
more...
The Fort Smith Board of Directors has approved an appeal that reverses a
Planning Commission denial of a conditional use for a technical or trade school
at Central Mall, 5111...
The University of Arkansas at Fort Smith plans to have its hub of economic
development up and running at The Bakery District in downtown Fort Smith by Nov.
1. The...
The Fort Smith metro area’s three biggest cities had $68.728 million in April
building permits, a 245.7% jump from the $19.879 million in March building
activity. The April total was...
University of Arkansas at Fort Smith students engaged in an upper level
leadership class that works to develop community improvement didn’t just come up
with ideas to benefit the region,...