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A Craighead County resident sued her library system Wednesday, saying it violated the state's open-meetings law.

A committee that will decide how to allocate millions of dollars in American Rescue Plan money for Crawford County set some ground rules on how to proceed.

Fort Smith Times Record An Arkansas state senator has proposed a bill that would broaden the definition of a public meeting, both in-person and electronic. Senate Bill 208, if passed, would lower the number of city directors required to constitute a "meeting," going against the Arkansas Supreme Court's 2019 decision in Wade v. City of Fort Smith that three city directors and City Administrator Carl Geffken did not violate the law in a private email exchange. The bill, sponsored by District 21 state Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, defines a "meeting" as the gathering of two or more members...

Updated: 9:20 PM CST February 11, 2021 FORT SMITH, Ark. — Harbor House, Inc (HHI), a Fort Smith-based nonprofit behavioral health agency focused on treating addiction, has a new chief executive officer (CEO).  Carl Norris was named the new CEO on January 28, 2021. He replaces Jimmie Wooding.  Credit: Harbor House, Inc Norris has served as a consultant for HHI's Board of Directors since 2018. A Fort Smith native since 1985, Norris says he is excited to lead a company that has played a monumental role in the substance abuse field in the River Valley area and across the state...