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New public records reveal infrastructure and spending concerns around Arkansas' proposed $1 billion Franklin County prison ...
This is a second story in a question-and-answer interview with Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Amid controversy and local ...
An engineering firm says the Fort Smith's water infrastructure is not equipped to supply the prison's water needs.
Fort Smith's water distribution system does not have the capacity to serve the proposed Franklin County prison; in fact, ...
Gov. Sanders continues to back a prison site in Franklin County, but lack of permits, water and cultural surveys draw ...
A new water distribution system report ordered by the city of Fort Smith recommends leaders take caution right now in ...
A recent engineering study revealed that Fort Smith is already struggling to meet water demand during peak periods, raising ...
The prison would have 3,000 beds and be built on 800 acres about 10 miles north of Charleston.Franklin County Judge Rickey Bowman believes this isn't the right location for a large prison."Doesn't ...
A Franklin County man was sentenced to 78 months in prison for assaulting his girlfriend and a neighbor and fatally shooting his dog. He had pleaded guilty to illegal firearm possession.
He has reached out to Franklin County Judge Bowman to apologize personally, and we have removed him from any further work on the prison project." FCRVC's request yielded other emails, which it ...
Members of the Franklin County and River Valley Coalition told the Senate Children and Youth Committee that the state’s plan for a 3,000-bed prison near an area called Mill Creek Mountain won ...