by - June 10, 2018 6:48 pm
When Dr. Edward Salo was growing up he loved to watch professional wrestling. During the 1980s the World Wrestling Federation, now World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), became the dominant wrestling company….
by - June 7, 2018 4:23 pm
For generations, a railroad roundhouse lured locomotives to downtown Jonesboro, and now city officials hope the same building might become a keystone attraction in the area. City officials are drafting…
by - June 7, 2018 11:40 am
The travel and tourism industry in Northeast Arkansas sent mixed signals in 2017, with the state’s 2% tourism tax posting gains in most of the key counties, but Jonesboro hotel…
by - June 6, 2018 6:01 pm
Dinner is served. The Fort Smith region welcomed a soft launch of Lake Charles, La.-based home restaurant delivery service Waitr earlier this week. The app, which launched in 2015, rolls…
by - June 5, 2018 4:36 pm
The Red Bull Pump Track World Championship Final, an international cycling event, will be held on Oct. 13 at the new Runway Bike Park at The Jones Center, Springdale Mayor…
by - June 5, 2018 10:03 am
Springdale leaders know they need private support to develop the downtown area into the vibrant, carefully-planned community envisioned in the city’s 2015 master plan. For a June 14 event, they…
by - May 30, 2018 3:02 pm
Delta Symphony Orchestra Executive Director Barbara Jiménez grew up in Jonesboro, but spent much of her professional musical career living and playing at venues all over the world. Jiménez has…
by - May 29, 2018 3:27 pm
It’s “been in the back of my head for awhile,” Jeff Gosey said of bringing another live music venue to downtown Fort Smith. That’s part of the reason he’s opening…
by - May 25, 2018 8:36 am
Northwest Arkansas’ largest hotel has a new owner, a new management company and a new general manager. A New York investment firm has officially taken over operation of Missouri-based John…
by - May 21, 2018 2:20 pm
Inside the Eddie Mae Herron Center in Pocahontas there’s a ticket on display. The ticket was fastened to a piece of property owned in 1826 by T.H. Porter, a horse…
by - May 20, 2018 10:02 am
Department of Arkansas Heritage Director Stacy Hurst lauded the collaborative effort to preserve natural land in western Pulaski County and says a north-central Arkansas project is also in the works….
by - May 18, 2018 10:48 am
Dallas-based Topgolf has officially announced plans for its first location in Arkansas. In a news release distributed Friday (May 18), the golf entertainment company said it will develop 11 acres…
by - May 17, 2018 6:01 pm
Construction is underway on a new hotel/convention center on the Arkansas State University campus, and school officials are hopeful it will serve as a springboard for a new hospitality management…
by - May 17, 2018 12:03 pm
Barring a scheduling change mandated by Southeastern Conference officials, the Arkansas Razorbacks and Missouri Tigers will play a football game at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock every other year…
by - May 16, 2018 3:08 pm
“Documentary Dogpatch USA: An Average Stone-Age Community” will have its world premiere in Harrison, Ark., on Friday (May 18). Based on the fictional village dreamed up in the Li’l Abner…
by - May 15, 2018 4:54 pm
It’s been about 60 days since dirt work began on the new convention center/hotel on the Arkansas State University campus, and the project is nearing its vertical phase, O’Reilly Hospitality…
by - May 14, 2018 4:24 pm
The Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation has announced the 2018 Arkansas Outdoor Hall of Fame inductees and recipients of its Legacy Award. Hall of Fame inductees are Jim Hinkle, Ellen Moorhead…
by - May 10, 2018 7:13 pm
Dr. Ruth Hawkins spent many years roaming the gravel roads and out-of-the-way places in the Arkansas Delta searching for ways to increase tourism in the region. Hawkins, the executive director…
by - May 10, 2018 1:50 pm
Andrew Heath came to Northwest Arkansas on business and found love. Eight years later, he lives here with his wife and two stepchildren, and has recently started his new job…
by - May 9, 2018 1:09 pm
Succession planning continues at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) as Scott Van Laningham, CEO and executive director for the Highfill-based airport, looks to retire later this year. XNA hired executive…
