Fort Smith

It’s a milestone few companies can say they’ve reached, but next year ArcBest will mark its 100-year anniversary. The Fort Smith-based shipping and logistics company has stayed in business through World War II, the Cold War, The Great Depression, The…

It became a habit early on when Cowper Chadbourn and his wife, Debbie Doss, first canoed and floated the state’s rivers more than three decades ago. They’d see trash left at some of the access points, which led the pair…

Pictured: Fort Smith Southside – 7A First Place Front, from left: Sam Pritchard, Callie Shannon, Vivian Apple, Victor Nguyen Middle, from left: Tzideny Romero, Isabel Nuno, Andrea Ortega, Dipa Patel, Zain Rana Back, from left: Coach Josh Adams, Jackson Austin,…

Headquartered in Dallas but launched in Texarkana in 1964, TAC Air runs 16 aviation ground-service companies, including three in Arkansas — Fort Smith, Texarkana and Little Rock. Each fixed base operation (FBO) offers customized services such as ground handling, aircraft…

Across the great state of Arkansas, businesses are producing goods and services that are helping to drive the global economy. Arkansas produces materials for the aerospace industry, parts for the automotive industry, food products, ammunition, timber and much more. Arkansas’…

TAC Air recently made changes to its leadership team in Fort Smith. Eight-year veteran of TAC Air, Christina Lang, will now lead the company’s St Louis fixed base operation as general manager (GM) at Spirit of St Louis Airport in…

BKD CPAs & Advisors announced Thursday that Bankers Assurance, LLC will be joining BKD, effective Feb. 28. Little Rock-based Bankers Assurance was founded in 2009 and is the leading regulatory compliance consulting firm in Arkansas. It currently serves more than 75…

George McGill Mayor Fort Smith George McGill was elected mayor of Fort Smith in August 2018. As the first African American ever to be elected Fort Smith mayor, McGill is a trailblazer who has used his dedication to public service…

A University of Arkansas at Little Rock research team is investigating how a successful collaborative foster care network is run in Arkansas. The goal of the study is for the lessons learned in Arkansas to be used to help other…

At the request of the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management, 40 Arkansas National Guardsmen from the 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team will deploy to nine hospitals in eight Arkansas cities to assist local health care facilities with Covid-19 testing in…