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Baseball Recap: Midland snaps four-game streak of wins on the road
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Midland can now relate to. They fell 7-2 to the West Side Eagles on Friday. Midland was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as West Side apparently hadn't forgotten their defeat the last time these teams played back in March.
Fort Smith Parks and Rec commission discusses priority projects
The Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Commission discussed a $46 million wishlist of projects for the next five years during at Tuesday (May 14) study session with the Fort Smith Board of Directors. The top items on the desired projects for parks and greenways in the city from 2025-2029 as...
There are some new Marshals in Fort Smith — slinging fastballs, not lead
The inaugural season for a new pro baseball team in Fort Smith has arrived and people in the city are meeting their newest Marshals. In a city built on a legacy of frontier law and order, the Fort Smith Marshals will begin playing at the University of Arkansas–Fort Smith’s Crowder Field, 5600 Kinkead Ave.
Shoes collected during annual 'Walk a Mile' drive to be displayed, donated May 16
Across Fort Smith, new and slightly worn shoes have been collected to and made ready for the feet of foster children. There are 380 foster children being raised in Sebastian County. During May, National Foster Care Month, volunteers from The Arkansas Family Alliance have been busy collecting donated shoes at various locations across Fort Smith, according to a news release.
January-April traffic at the Fort Smith airport up 7.6%
The traffic trend continues to be positive at the Fort Smith Regional Airport in early 2024 after a disappointing 2023. Airport enplanements through April total 18,745, up 7.6% compared with the same period in 2023. April enplanements totaled 4,928, up 2.2% compared with 4,824 in April 2023, according to data...
Fort Smith Planning Commission denies proposal for military compatibility area overlay district
The proposed military compatibility area overlay district in Fort Smith was not approved by the city's planning commission at its meeting on May 14.
Apartments, Sonic restaurants among top Sebastian County property deals in February
Duplexes near the Arkansas River Valley Nature Center at Chaffee Crossing sold for $7.195 million, making the deal the largest Sebastian County property sale in February, according to the office of Sebastian County Assessor Zach Johnson. The property was sold by Platinum Building Group, owned Fort Smith-based Norris Group, to...
Arvest Bank promotes Shepard to regional executive
Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank has tapped longtime executive Rodney Shepard of Fort Smith as regional executive, effective immediately. According to a news release Monday (May 13), he will oversee the company’s banking operations in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas. Shepard has been with Arvest for 30 years and most recently was...
US Department of Labor finds Fort Smith restaurant operator illegally fired worker
The U.S. Department of Labor found a Fort Smith restaurant illegally fired a worker who used federally protected medical leave, according to a news release.
Fort Smith dermatologist shares tips on how to spot signs of melanoma
FORT SMITH, Ark. — We are in the middle of Melanoma Awareness Month, a month set aside to bring awareness to a preventable yet deadly form of cancer. While finding and treating this type of cancer has gotten better, it still leads to thousands of deaths each year. "One...
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