Fort Smith may raise sales tax to fund sewer upgrades, avoiding higher utility rates. A special election could decide the plan.

There is some hope by Fort Smith officials that a new president in the White House or different agency oversight could give ...

A multi-million contract to increase sewer line capacity in Downtown Tyler was approved on Wednesday. According to the City ...

Guam will pay $3.9 million to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the federal agency’s past costs related to Ordot dump under a proposed partial consent decree. This is separate from an ...

Discussion of three criteria needed to keep the City of Fort Smith in compliance with a federal consent decree is on the ...

DeKalb County administrators recently proposed a 10-year extension to an agreement with state and federal regulators that currently requires the county to plug the leaky sewer system and bring it into ...

TONIGHT, FORT SMITH CITY DIRECTORS ARE CONSIDERING A THREE AND A HALF PERCENT SEWER RATE INCREASE THAT WOULD START IN JUNE AND THEN WOULD CONTINUE EVERY YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. IT ADDS UP TO A ...

More than 1,100 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency received notice this week that they were deemed to be on probationary status and warning they could be fired immediately ...

President Donald Trump’s administration announced a freeze of all ongoing civil legislation, including the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) consent decree for the Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) ...

Fort Smith’s sewer rates will rise starting June 2025. A public hearing on the increase will be held Feb. 4 to discuss the consent decree and impacts.