Here's your local news at a glance for Tuesday, the 27th of October.
Good morning, Fort Smith.
🏘️ Community
Arkansas Tech University will host Tech-O-Ween from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
29 on Mullens Plaza at Ferguson Student Union (215 West O St.) with about 50 tables run by 13 campus departments, 22 student organizations, and 11 residence halls; admission is free and open to the public.
🎓 Education
The Fort Smith Board of Education voted 6-0 on Monday to not renew the Fort Smith Virtual Academy charter, which will expire June 30, 2027.
About 70 students in grades 6-12 will move to virtual services at Orr Learning Academy (Alternative Learning Program) and the superintendent will notify state education officials.
UAFS received a $132,000 NIH grant to buy a Sable Systems Respirometry System (a metabolic-measurement suite) to expand undergraduate research across campus.
Principal investigator Jason Ortega said the system will support multidisciplinary student projects and will be available through the university's research asset database.
🏛️ Government
Mountainburg received an $8.9 million USDA Rural Development award Monday to improve its water system and officials marked completion of phase one.
Phase one added 63 miles of new water lines serving more than 340 new customers, and phase two will add about nine miles of lines and a 100,000-gallon storage tank.
🏈 Sports
Fort Smith Southside beat Bryant in five sets on Monday, Oct.
26 at Northside Arena, using practiced short-set closing to win a Class 6A state tournament match (Class 6A).
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