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Organizers of the Bentonville Film Festival look to expand the annual event’s focus on inclusion by adding an international element to the film competition for the 2019 festival. The fifth…
by - December 9, 2018 12:59 pm
Walton Arts Center (WAC) in Fayetteville will continue in the coming months its history of hosting and supporting new national tours during their technical rehearsals. WAC will host technical rehearsals…
by - December 9, 2018 12:54 pm
When a Portland, Ore.-based artist needed help last spring constructing an exhibit at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, museum officials in Bentonville called upon the University of Arkansas. To…
by - December 9, 2018 12:48 pm
Northwest Arkansas is well known for Razorback athletics, and it’s ground zero for retail and supply chain logistics. Very few, though, would think the region is on the minds of…
by - December 7, 2018 6:56 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum will go before the Fort Smith board of directors Tuesday (Dec. 11) to ask for a special election to ask the voters for a one-time, non-renewable,…
by - December 7, 2018 12:55 pm
The Momentary announced Friday (Dec. 7) a $1 million gift from Australian-based audio company Rode Microphones. As part of the funding, Rode Microphones will provide audio equipment to assist musicians,…
by - December 6, 2018 5:30 pm
Steve Clark, chief executive officer of Fort Smith’s Propak Corp. and founder of 64.6 Downtown, was selected as a recipient of the 2019 Governor’s Arts Award. Clark will be awarded…
by - December 6, 2018 10:30 am
Two new parking lots are in the works near the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) in Rogers’ Pinnacle Hills area that planners say should alleviate any concerns of a parking…
by - December 4, 2018 5:04 pm
Jonesboro is about to get its first convention center and a new hotel, and now the project has a new general manager. Embassy Suites by Hilton Jonesboro, owned and operated…
by - December 3, 2018 1:35 pm
The investment of millions of dollars to help pass an amendment expanding Arkansas’ casinos may pay off in a bigger way for a Quapaw Nation-based gaming operator. Local leaders in…
by - December 2, 2018 11:40 am
Arkansas State University student Mary Ann Sloan was taking an archaeology course in 1968 when she decided to record information about a Native American site in rural Greene County. The…
by - November 29, 2018 8:12 pm
Arkansas State University received a $450,000 grant from the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT) under the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) to fund the second phase of a planned campus-wide multi-use…
by - November 28, 2018 7:34 pm
The Delta Queen, an overnight steamboat that once travelled many rivers including the Mississippi and Arkansas, will be back in action soon. The ship had been beached since 2008 when…
by - November 27, 2018 3:49 pm
The Momentary, a contemporary arts venue scheduled to open in 2020 in Bentonville, has announced several key hires including Pia Kishore Agrawal, curator, performing arts; Cynthia Post Hunt, programmer, theater/dance;…
by - November 26, 2018 7:06 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation has announced the award recipients for its Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) and Recreational Trails Program (RTP) for 2018. The TAP projects total $8,059,000 and the…
by - November 26, 2018 12:04 am
Michael Tolson was earning a living as a real estate professional in New York and he never dreamed he would return to the restaurant business. He had a problem, however….
by - November 20, 2018 10:11 pm
Flames may have wiped away city leaders’ hopes of an interactive museum in downtown Jonesboro. A fire Saturday afternoon destroyed the roundhouse, an iconic building on Church Street the city…
by - November 20, 2018 4:52 pm
Cavanaugh Elementary School Principal Hank Needham celebrated the realization of a dream when the school hosted its dedication ceremony for Cavanaugh Park Tuesday (Nov. 20) afternoon. The park, located across…
by - November 20, 2018 3:19 pm
A Garrison Avenue building constructed around 1900 is scheduled for the wrecking ball. The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) gave George Catsavis, acting as an agent for the…
by - November 19, 2018 3:42 pm
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a statement from the Neumeier family. Bill Neumeier, a longtime downtown Fort Smith restaurant owner and promoter who helped launch the Peacemaker…
