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ArcBest invests $1 million in Fort Smith based career and technology center Peak Innovation Center will focus on innovative instructional strategies within the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics disciplines. Author: 5NEWS Web Staff Updated: 11:19 AM CDT May 8, 2021 ArcBest announced a $1 million investment in the Peak Innovation Center, a state-of-the-art regional career and technology center in Fort Smith. Peak Innovation Center will focus on...

(Kat Wilson) ArcBest Corp. of Fort Smith has invested $1 million in the Peak Innovation Center in Fort Smith. The career and technology center will open in the fall as part of the school districts Vision 2023 Capital Improvement Program. The center will be located in the former Hutcheson Shoes building at the intersection of Zero Street and Painter Lane in east Fort Smith; the community room of the center will be named after ArcBest. ...

ArcBest Announces Investment In Peak Innovation Center Community room at career and tech center to be named for ArcBest News provided by Share this article Share this article FORT SMITH, Ark., May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- ArcBest® (Nasdaq: ARCB), a leader in supply chain logistics, is pleased to announce a $1 million investment in the Peak Innovation Center, a regional career and technology center in Fort Smith. The state-of-the-art Peak Innovation Center, which will have a focus on innovative...

Print NOTE: Some city councils and school boards have begun to reopen their meeting spaces to the public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public participation is still possible by phone links to the meetings, livestreaming meetings and/or emailing comments. Visit each agency’s website for details, usually found under “Meetings” or “Agendas.” CITY COUNCILS CARLSBAD The Carlsbad City Council is scheduled to meet in closed session at 1 p.m. Tuesday and in open session at 3 p.m. Advertisemen...

Efficiency will drive us out of transit problem Your Feedback Yes By Letter to the Editor on April 30, 2021. Editor: Over the past several months, the Lethbridge Transparency Council has observed that the majority of City of Lethbridge buses are driving around empty, or with only a handful of riders.   Figures from City sources indicate that a fleet of 42 buses (about 36 passenger capacity each) operate on 14 routes, logging around 970,000 kilometres per year.  40% of these are spares...

click to enlarge Anna Jo Beck The last year has seen a call to defund the Chicago police and reallocate funds to mental health and community services. And while that call has not been answered, it has placed the citys budget under a magnifying glass. Residents want to have a say in where the money goes and participatory budget...

Groton — The Town Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a fiscal year 2022 budget of $137,736,367, which includes a $7,282,383, or 5.6%, increase over the current year’s budget. The council sent the proposed spending plan to the Representative Town Meeting for its review and set a tentative tax rate for next year of 25.99 mills, a 0.88-mill increase over the current rate of 25.11 mills. Finance Director Cindy Landry said the council will set a final tax rate once the RTM completes its bu...

Stafford’s Board of Supervisors adopted its Fiscal Year 2022 Budget and Fiscal Year 2022–31 Capital Improvement Program. The FY2022 Budget takes effect on July 1, 2021, and includes a tax rate of $0.97 and a personal property tax rate of $6.10. Before this meeting, the Board of Supervisors did vote to advertise the real estate tax rate at $1.01, per the County Administrator’s Proposed Budget. Federal funding for COVID impacts through the American Rescue Plan Act and increases in the Gener...

NEW PORT RICHEY — Coronavirus-related restrictions loosening and vaccination numbers increasing are resulting in an increase of social gatherings and events. In an effort to accommodate guests, now and into the future, the New Port Richey City Council voted April 20 to expedite the reconfiguration of the Nebraska Avenue parking lot at a cost not to exceed $90,000. The 5-0 vote of approval increases the cost of the project by 12.5%, from $721,942.50 to $811,942.50. It also tasks Largo-based...

Council back to public attendance on Monday By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com PORTSMOUTH — Portsmouth City Council will convene on Monday, taking a look at seven items on its agenda primarily in first reading. For the first time in more than a year, the council and the City Managers session following its conclusion will be open to the public. Starting at 6 p.m. at the Shawnee State University Ballroom, all attendees are expected to wear masks and to practice social distancing. Procl...