Fort Smith city directors discuss public reimbursement for flash flooding damage
FORT SMITH -- City directors are considering reimbursing homeowners who had personal property damaged in a flash flood last summer.
FORT SMITH -- City directors are considering reimbursing homeowners who had personal property damaged in a flash flood last summer.
FORT SMITH -- Girls Inc. in Fort Smith celebrated 90 years of teaching future women how to be strong, smart and bold by holding a ribbon-cutting Friday to kick…
FORT SMITH — Police responded to a robbery at Cadence Bank, located at 3117 Grand Ave., at 9:20 a.m. Monday.
FORT SMITH -- Local entities are organizing the inaugural Fort Smith General Darby Challenge to honor Gen. William O. Darby and Fort Smith's twin cities -- Cis…
FORT SMITH – U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., discussed the upcoming Foreign Military Sales program Friday, telling attendees to not underestimate the piece tha…
FORT SMITH -- The Christmas Honors program is changing its clean-up schedule to get ahead of the rain predicted for Friday.
FORT SMITH -- A project at the Fort Smith Regional Airport aims to provide an extra level of safety for military aircraft.
FORT SMITH -- A local program is asking for the public's help Friday to clean and store roughly 17,000 wreaths that honored veterans this holiday season at For…
The School Board unanimously voted to adjust the Howard and Morrison Elementary lines to match the existing middle school boundary once Trusty Elementary Schoo…
Rates will remain as they are for customers of the city's water utilities -- for now.
The city's Parks Department is improving Tilles Park's walking trail, basketball court and disc golf areas.
FORT SMITH -- Police arrested two people Tuesday on charges of package theft as part of Operation Nab-a-Grinch, a joint effort of the Fort Smith Police Departm…
MAYFIELD, Ky. — Kentucky State Police have positively identified remains found nearly 25 years ago to be Roger Dale Parham of Fort Smith, who had been facing c…
City Directors are considering a sales tax election and/or raising water rates for customers in order to afford various needed water projects.
The Community School of the Arts is asking the city to give $1 million for the Center for the Creative Arts downtown.
Details on the Fort Smith Ice Rink.
FORT SMITH -- The city is asking the public to help make the city an even better place to walk and bike by participating in one of two community input sessions…
FORT SMITH -- City directors are taking five evenings to discuss the proposed 2024 operating budget before considering approval at their Dec. 19 meeting.
FORT SMITH -- The Police Department is less than a month into using the My90 app by Axon and has already received community feedback from over 250 people.
FORT SMITH -- In a 4-3 vote and after nearly 90 minutes of conversation, the city directors approved having a third-party review of the Fort Smith Animal Haven…
The School District has announced it will close Trusty Elementary School in 2024 due to low enrollment and a dilapidated building.
City directors unanimously decided to extend an agreement with the AquaLaw law firm to provide assistance with sewer consent decree matters in 2024.
FORT SMITH -- The School District has announced it will close Trusty Elementary School in 2024 due to low enrollment and a dilapidated building.
FORT SMITH -- The Police Department and Sebastian County Sheriff's Office are helping to stop Grinches from stealing Christmas this year by launching Operation…
FORT SMITH — AT&T representatives gathered in the Fort Smith Boys & Girls Club’s Evans Unit on Thursday to donate 165 laptops to local families and students as…
FORT SMITH -- The Christmas Winter Wonderland began at Chaffee Crossing this weekend with crafts with elves, stories with Mrs. Claus, and photos with Santa and…
FORT SMITH -- Organizations All the Lost Girls and the Who Killed Melissa Witt Investigative Team are offering a $29,000 reward for information regarding Witt'…
A local program is asking for the public's help in preparing to honor veterans in a ceremony Saturday, which includes displaying roughly 17,000 wreaths at Fort…
The annual holiday light display at Creekmore Park will brighten Fort Smith more than ever this year, with more lights and an extra week of operation.
Two ice skating rinks are preparing to glide into Fort Smith and Van Buren to benefit local organizations over the holidays.
FORT SMITH -- After weeks of discussion and revisions, the city directors approved the Parks Department's Capital Improvement Plan for 2024-2028.
FORT SMITH -- Northside High School senior and Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Cadet Lt. Col. Nha Ho was awarded the Legion of Valor Bronze Cross …
City directors are waiving downtown parking meter rates from Nov. 24 to March 31 instead of the usual end date of Jan. 5 to gather information on parking habit…
Community members gathered at The Bakery District on Thursday evening to hear a panel discussion from leaders in downtown Fort Smith about the past, present an…
FORT SMITH -- Ballman Elementary School students returned to their campus last month after starting their school year at Fairview Elementary School.
FORT SMITH -- The city is preparing a new initiative, Fort Smith Focus, to give people monthly updates on important topics impacting the city.
FORT SMITH -- A case of Legionnaires' disease has been confirmed at the Methodist Village Senior Living facility in Fort Smith, according to its member facilit…
City directors on Tuesday decided to expand the area and duration of a moratorium on residential construction to aid the Ebbing Air National Guard Base with th…
The Donald W. Reynolds Crisis Intervention Center is adding adult beds to its emergency shelter to better accommodate victims of domestic violence, sexual assa…
FORT SMITH -- The School District is looking to improve student and staff attendance to improve its schools' letter grades from the state.
Students are engaged in and concerned about the future of their city, Mayor George McGill surmised after meeting with over 100 Northside and Southside high sch…
FORT SMITH -- The city is considering department priorities for the coming year before approving its 2024 budget.
FORT SMITH — Rheem Manufacturing celebrated the grand opening of its $5 million Innovation Learning Center on Thursday.
FORT SMITH -- The Arkansas Department of Transportation is looking for public feedback on the proposed improvements to Zero Street and Interstate 540/Arkansas …
The Maximum Quotient Track Club is hosting a groundbreaking ceremony Friday for its new training facility.
City directors unanimously approved appropriating roughly $2.88 million from the city's 2023 budget to buy land for a mountain bike and multipurpose trail park…
FORT SMITH -- Three Fort Smith schools have improved a letter grade, three others have gone down a letter and 19 have maintained their grades, according to the…
The School Board is considering Illinois-based company Envista Forensics to investigate the multiple Peak Innovation Center drainage system failures and determ…
FORT SMITH -- A man was hit and killed by a car on Towson Avenue on Thursday, according to police.
FORT SMITH -- The River Valley is no longer having Pride Month this year, as the celebration previously scheduled for October has been postponed to next year.