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The branch blends old and new by incorporating a longtime vintage bank vault door in its architecture with cutting-edge technology, such as interactive tablets. read more >

The program is expected to bring as many as 1,500 people, counting military personnel and their families, to the River Valley. Officials estimate it could have a $1 billion annual economic impact on the region. read more >

Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken said the new mission could provide as much as $1 billion in economic activity. read more >

Hytrol Conveyor Co. Inc. of Jonesboro says it will establish a new factory in an existing 300,000-SF facility on Jenny Lind Road in Fort Smith. read more >

Fort Smith’s growth lags behind that of Little Rock and northwest Arkansas, but city leaders say there is cause for optimism. read more >

A key component of the massive I-49 project in western Arkansas is a 13.7-mile stretch near Fort Smith that includes a bridge over the Arkansas River. read more >

Phoenix Investors LLC of Milwaukee has purchased the 1.5 million-SF former Whirlpool manufacturing facility on Jenny Lind Road in Fort Smith. read more >

Trane says it will close its residential heating, ventilation and air conditioning manufacturing facility in Fort Smith and move its operations to four other U.S. facilities. read more >

In the past 18 months, Spartan Logistics of Columbus, Ohio, says it has invested approximately $20 million to buy and renovate more than 1 million SF of Fort Smith warehouse space. 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 >

Western Arkansas remains an attractive target market for American Indian tribes seeking to expand their gambling business. That’s borne out by a couple of planned and new projects. read more >

ArcBest Corp. of Fort Smith said Friday that it will buy 40 acres of land at Chaffee Crossing in Fort Smith to build a new corporate headquarters. The $30 million project will allow the firm to support 975 new jobs in Fort Smith through 2021. read more >

Whirlpool Corp., which closed its factory in Fort Smith earlier this year leaving 800 jobless, is touting itself a domestic manufacturer in an ad in the Tulsa World newspaper, much to the chagrin of Arkansans. read more >