Fort Smith

Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics discusses Fort Smith's firefighter pay debate, the city's cybersecurity event, a consent decree management proposal and falling airport traffic.

Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics on the Interlock ransomware claim in Fort Smith's system attack, plus Cisterna Park plans, a $3.3 million NIH weight-loss study, manufacturing job gains.

Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics on a rejected plan to rebuild Fort Smith's original 1817 fort, slowing metro economies, a monthlong city cyberattack fallout.

Emma Makowski walks through the Chaffee Barbershop and Military Museum in Fort Smith: a World War II trench exhibit, refugee history, Elvis Presley's Army buzz cut.

Michael Tilley on a Fort Smith board recess that skipped procedure, the city's 44 Flock cameras, a Butterfield Stagecoach monument planned for Garrison Avenue plus softer hospitality tax revenue.

Michael Tilley on emails suggesting the 3,000-bed Franklin County prison is off, a fourth daily American flight for Fort Smith Regional, plus a November vote on Fort Smith's form of government.

The new UAFS Center for Book Arts opens with four Vandercook presses, letterpress type, papermaking and bookbinding. Jay Fox and Katie Waugh give a tour ahead of an open house.

Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics breaks down Fort Smith metro home sales, building permit totals, tourism job growth, plus a Fort Smith board push to restrict data centers.

A Battle of Sicily anniversary highlights Fort Chaffee's connection to the Allied campaign in Italy, including the service and sacrifice of Army nurse Ellen Ainsworth.

Michael Tilley of Talk Business & Politics on the narrowing vote to hire Fort Smith's city administrator, a packed slate of candidates on the November ballot, signatures submitted for a proposed change in city government, and more than $80 million in new military construction projects at Ebbing Air National Guard Base.