The Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Smith received pre-accreditation from the American Osteopathic Association’s Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. read more >

Arkansas Colleges of Health Education CEO Kyle Parker has hired a first-rate lineup of consultants to devise the best way to build a residential-retail-commercial community. read more >

Since Dr. R. Cole Goodman became president of Mercy Clinic Fort Smith Communities in January 2010, the clinic has grown from 26 physicians to 119 and from five advanced practice nurses to 42. read more >

Mercy Clinic-Fort Smith will build a $7.9 million, 13,500-SF clinic across the street from the planned Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine on Chad Colley Boulevard in Chaffee Crossing. read more >

Arkansas State University said Tuesday that the New York Institute of Technology's plans for a College of Osteopathic Medicine on A-State's Jonesboro campus has been endorsed by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation. read more >

The two osteopathic medical schools under development in Arkansas are expected to give their areas a financial lift. read more >

Two new osteopathic medical schools preparing to open in Arkansas aim to address the state’s shortage of primary care physicians, but the pipeline of required residencies may be too narrow to handle a flood of new medical school graduates beginning in 2021. read more >

Fort Smith is not only the site of the future U.S. Marshals Museum, but also nearly 1,000 new jobs (by 2021) and a new $30 million headquarters for ArcBest Corp. on the east side of town at Chaffee Crossing. read more >

City leaders in Fort Smith are considering whether to waive $63,500 in fees for permits related to the construction of a new medical college. read more >

Fort Chaffee officials got a sneak peek at preliminary designs for a planned medical college to be built in their city. read more >

Fort Smith has approved spending $1.5 million on infrastructure for the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine. read more >

Sparks Health System has released $13.5 million for the proposed osteopathic medical school in Fort Smith. read more >

The Arkansas Colleges of Health Education of Fort Smith recently named Risley & Associates of Fort Smith as the lead architect to build the Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine, a job estimated at $75 million. read more >

The donation pushes the project's cash available for the school to $80 million including $58 million approved for the project by the Fort Smith Regional Healthcare Foundation. read more >

The proposed osteopathic medical school in Fort Smith now has a dean. Kenneth A. Heiles was named dean of the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education and the proposed Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine in Fort Smith. read more >

Kyle D. Parker has been named president and CEO of the Arkansas Colleges of Health Education and the proposed Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine at Chaffee Crossing in Fort Smith. read more >

The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority on Tuesday donated 200 acres to a project that aims to open an osteopathic medical school there by fall 2017. read more >