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The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) board of directors voted Tuesday (Aug. 20) to proceed with plans for property assessment within the district. “Our downtown is the face…
by - August 19, 2019 5:02 pm
The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID) board members will on Tuesday (Aug. 20) discuss the potential of raising almost $39,000 in revenue from CBID property assessments within the…
by - August 18, 2019 3:51 pm
About 5,000 people are expected to attend a hot air balloon festival at Drake Field in Fayetteville this week, said Kelly Sampson, development director for Rogers-based nonprofit Open Avenues. SOAR…
by - August 15, 2019 5:04 pm
The proposed $225 million Pope County casino parlay is back on again, so says the seven commissioners at the Arkansas Racing Commission. The Arkansas Racing Commission on Thursday (Aug. 15)…
by - August 15, 2019 3:59 pm
The 1989 film “Field of Dreams” includes one of the more memorable lines in movie history: “If you build it, he will come.” Kevin Costner heard the mysterious voice while…
by - August 15, 2019 2:37 pm
Several key tourism and travel numbers indicate growth in the Fort Smith metro leisure and hospitality sector, with Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements up almost 5% between January and July….
by - August 13, 2019 8:56 pm
With one vote to spare, the Cherokee Nation Businesses received the blessing of the Pope County Quorum Court on Tuesday night (Aug. 13) for a license to open a casino…
by - August 13, 2019 6:34 pm
The Unexpected art mural project will again be held during the time of pumpkin spice lattes, Friday night football and hopefully a break in soaring temperatures. The festival will be…
by - August 13, 2019 4:13 pm
The Arkansas Arts Center (AAC) named Dr. Victoria Ramirez as its new executive director on Tuesday (Aug. 13). Ramirez comes from her position as director of the El Paso Museum…
by - August 12, 2019 7:51 pm
Talk Business & Politics is expanding its Tusk to Tail product with a separate website, tailgating merchandise and more content about Razorback sports written primarily from the fans’ perspective. Now…
by - August 12, 2019 12:44 pm
After five days of teaser ads, Cherokee Nation Businesses and Legends unveiled their plans for a proposed resort and casino in Pope County. The $225 million Legends Resort & Casino…
by - August 10, 2019 9:50 am
5-4-3-2-1. The countdown is on for major developments in the effort to put a casino resort – and much more – in Pope County. A series of Russellville Courier newspaper…
by - August 8, 2019 8:05 pm
The Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, an A-State Heritage Site in Tyronza, has been accepted into the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, a global association of museums, historical sites and…
by - August 8, 2019 11:33 am
Fayetteville chef and restaurant owner Maudie Schmitt will make her national television debut next week. Schmitt, who is a co-owner of Café Rue Orleans on College Avenue, is set to…
by - August 7, 2019 6:30 pm
The United States Marshals Museum (USMM) announced Wednesday (Aug. 7) it has received gifts of $295,000 in the past two months toward a near-term fundraising goal of $2 million in…
by - August 7, 2019 3:03 pm
Experience Fayetteville Visitors Center at 21 S. Block Ave. recently reopened after a $111,000 renovation project. The center had been closed since March and it reopened July 22. Molly Rawn,…
by - August 6, 2019 11:41 am
January-April hospitality tax collections among 17 cities surveyed for the Arkansas Tourism Ticker were up 3.9% compared with the same period in 2018, and the state’s 2% tourism tax revenue…
by - August 5, 2019 2:01 pm
Poor, black sharecroppers in Phillips County had tolerated low wages and terrible work conditions since the end of the Civil War, but after World War I ended they’d had enough….
by - August 4, 2019 10:18 am
Arkansas’ tourism industry has been on a roll for a decade. Following a dip — experienced in nearly every state during the Great Recession — the Natural State rebounded quickly…
by - August 1, 2019 8:01 am
Thirty-three organizations from around Arkansas received a Small Museum Grant from the Department of Arkansas Heritage (DAH) at a ceremony held at DAH’s headquarters in Little Rock on July 24….
