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Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday (June 21) the creation of the Arkansas Office of Outdoor Recreation and the expansion of outdoor recreation in the state that includes an agreement with…
by - June 18, 2021 12:15 pm
The Fort Smith International Film Festival has 396 film submissions from 43 countries for its inaugural event. The festival welcomed United Nations Art Ambassador Ibiyinka Alao at a press conference…
by - June 15, 2021 1:21 pm
Fort Smith’s Central Business Improvement District commissioners have begun work getting signatures on a petition for property assessment for operation, maintenance and repair and improvements within the CBID – primarily…
by - June 14, 2021 3:03 pm
Arkansas is ready to change its sculptures in the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol, and sculptors have been selected. The two statues in the Hall, those of…
by - June 7, 2021 3:39 pm
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, formerly known as the Arkansas Arts Center, has selected Bob Tarren as its new Chief Marketing Officer. In a letter to supporters on Monday…
by - June 4, 2021 3:13 pm
A nearly 13-foot tall bronze monument by Sallisaw artist Daniel Horsechief arrived at the U.S. Marshals Museum Friday (June 4), checking off one more box for the future museum that…
by - June 2, 2021 4:02 pm
The Delta Arts Festival, Arkansas’ largest multi-disciplinary arts festival, will be held in downtown Newport on Friday (June 4) and Saturday, according to Jon Chadwell, executive director of the Newport…
by - May 30, 2021 10:33 am
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (AHPP) updated its listings from the National Park Service regarding the National Register of Historic Places. New listings for the state include: U.S. 65 Expressway…
by - May 27, 2021 1:46 pm
The commissioners of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission unanimously voted Thursday (May 27) to approve Austin Booth, a native of Scott, to become the agency’s 19th director in its…
by - May 25, 2021 2:48 pm
Arkansas Delta Byways, one of the 12 regional tourist associations recognized by Arkansas Tourism, has introduced two new interactive games – a trivia game and a National Scenic Byways Challenge…
by - May 24, 2021 8:49 pm
Quantia “Key” Fletcher has been named as the new director of the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism announced Monday (May 24). “Key has…
by - May 24, 2021 3:50 pm
Is an indoor sports complex something Fort Smith needs? The Fort Smith Advertising & Promotion Commission is poised to find out. The A&P commission approved $7,250 toward a feasibility study…
by - May 23, 2021 7:28 am
Rock Region Metro announced last week it will resume its public transit streetcar service Tuesday, June 1 in North Little Rock. Streetcar service was suspended March 17, 2020 as part…
by - May 20, 2021 9:17 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Trustees has approved the sale of 21 buildings, a gravel parking lot and 0.75 acres in the Chaffee Historic District. The move takes…
by - May 20, 2021 11:31 am
The COVID-19 pandemic canceled nearly all festivals and entertainment events that would draw crowds. Some of those events in Northeast Arkansas are on their way back. KASU and the department…
by - May 19, 2021 1:45 pm
The Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home is seeking presentations as part of the virtual 2021 Johnny Cash Heritage Festival scheduled for Oct. 15-16. The event, in its 10th…
by - May 18, 2021 9:05 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (May 18) approved resolutions allowing part of the Fianna Hills Country Club golf course to be replatted and included into residential lots….
by - May 13, 2021 4:35 pm
The 330 acres the city of Fort Smith purchased from Kansas City Railroad to develop into soft surface trails more than 2 years ago might go a little higher, more…
by - May 13, 2021 10:48 am
Mary Miller of Oxford, Miss., has been selected as the 2021 writer-in-residence at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum & Educational Center in Piggott. HPMEC is an Arkansas State University Heritage Site. According…
by - May 12, 2021 11:50 am
The Sunken Lands Water Trail, created by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, the St. Francis Lake Association, and the Trumann Area Chamber of Commerce, shouldn’t exist. It took one…
