Fort Smith

Michael Tilley discusses Lockheed Martin's F-35 jobs boost, a canceled Freedom Truck stop, NDA scrutiny and a push for hospital closure notice laws.

A String Fort Smith Founder and Director Lori Fay talks about their final season performance and the inspiration behind starting her organization.

Talk Business & Politics' Michael Tilley breaks down Baptist Health's latest Fort Smith cuts, a new ACHE interim president, rising wages and the Bass Reeves Legacy Loop's revised path forward.

Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics breaks down Fort Smith's rising sales tax revenue, a crowded November ballot and the city's long-deferred water infrastructure crisis.

Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics breaks down Fort Smith's tense board vote on changing its form of government, airport traffic gains and early 2026 home sales numbers.

As Baptist Health Fort Smith shuts down multiple departments, local doctors and the NAACP Sebastian County branch host a community town hall on navigating the changes.

Music director John Jeter previews the Fort Smith Symphony's 103rd season, "Dazzling Debuts," featuring Grammy-winning artists, two world premieres and a major recording project.

Crystal Bedney, owner of Serious Fiber, won the Main Street Fort Smith Commerce Collective pitch competition and plans to open a yarn shop at 409 Garrison Ave. with classes and community events.

Talk Business & Politics' Michael Tilley joins Ozarks at Large to discuss the F-35 training center groundbreaking at Ebbing, Burnham Woods upgrades, a new UAFS manufacturing lab and the death of Judge Jim Spears.

UAFS senior biology major Willow McFerran is leading a community BioBlitz this week in Fort Smith, using iNaturalist to catalog local species at parks, campus and beyond.