by - April 19, 2017 1:29 pm
Miss Arkansas pageant will air live on KATV
For the first time in its history, the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant will be broadcast on live television this year. The show will air at 7 p.m. June 17 on…
Tourism / Heritage
by - April 18, 2017 4:12 pm
Jonesboro Mayor hopes for two convention centers in 2018 despite problems
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin told Talk Business & Politics he thinks two proposed convention centers in Northeast Arkansas’s hub city could still be completed by next year. Northern Arkansas Hotel…
by - April 18, 2017 1:17 pm
Unexpected mural and arts event to partner with Peacemaker music festival this July
The Unexpected unexpectedly hits Fort Smith early this year. At Tuesday’s (April 18) meeting of the Central Business Improvement (CBID), event director Claire Kolberg announced the previously-held-in-September art festival would…
by - April 16, 2017 6:40 pm
Southern hospitality founded Randolph County’s seat Pocahontas; where its name comes from is still a mystery
It took booze, barbeque, and Cinderella’s husband to establish modern-day Pocahontas as the county seat in Randolph County. The city will celebrate its 11th annual Founder’s Day Festival on May…
by - April 13, 2017 5:10 pm
Fort Smith Parks Director outlines $11.8 million in construction plans through 2022
Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Director Doug Reinert shared with the Fort Smith Board of Directors detailed plans on approximately $11.8 million in trails and greenways work the city will…
by - April 13, 2017 12:31 pm
Gasoline prices expected to be 10% higher than last summer
U.S. gas prices will rise 23 cents to an average of $2.46 per gallon this summer, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook. The price for a…
by - April 12, 2017 3:09 pm
Second convention center project in Jonesboro delayed; Officials eye fall 2018 completion date
A proposed convention center/hotel/restaurant project on the Arkansas State University campus has been delayed. O’Reilly Hospitality Management of Springfield, Mo., is waiting for the city of Jonesboro to approve construction…
by - April 11, 2017 5:04 pm
Visit Rogers hires digital marketers to promote tourism
Visit Rogers is now working with destination digital marketers Miles Partnership of Sarasota, Fla., the organization announced March 24 at a Tourism Talk event at Pinnacle Hills Promenade mall. In…
by - April 11, 2017 3:35 pm
Willie Nelson, the Outlaw Music Tour to play the Walmart AMP in Rogers
Willie Nelson & Family will headline a concert July 6 at the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion in Rogers, the AMP announced Tuesday (April 11). The Outlaw Music Festival Tour also…
by - April 11, 2017 12:25 pm
Longtime golf pro Paul Eiserman leaves Pinnacle Country Club
Pinnacle Country Club, the private club in Rogers whose core clientele is the executive set, has had a shakeup in its management team. Longtime golf professional Paul Eiserman left the…
by - April 10, 2017 7:32 pm
Merchants beginning to take shape, secure space in 8th Street Market
The primary tenant of the culinary hub known as 8th Street Market in Bentonville has long been touted. “Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food” is the culinary school…
by - April 10, 2017 7:04 pm
Fort Smith-based Beaty Capital buys Masonic Temple in Cleveland, closer to opening Fort Smith Temple
Beaty Capital Group, the parent company managing the renovation of the historic Masonic Temple in Fort Smith, has acquired the Masonic Temple and Performing Arts Center in Cleveland with plans…
by - April 7, 2017 1:53 pm
AHTD report: One-third of Arkansans cycle almost every day
A new Arkansas Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan released by the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department calls for better pedestrian accommodations, increased safety awareness and more planning on both the regional…
by - April 5, 2017 4:50 pm
Jonesboro may lose one of its two convention center projects
Plans to build a 165-room Hyatt Place Hotel and an adjoining 78,000-square-foot convention center near Jonesboro’s hotel row off Caraway Road are in peril. Dirt work has been begun at…
by - April 5, 2017 1:19 pm
Springdale links its hotels to the NWA golf scene with a new website
The Springdale Advertising and Promotion Commission on Wednesday (April 5) announced the launch of a new regional website designed to promote Northwest Arkansas’ golf tourism. NWAGolfTrail.com provides online booking for…
by - April 4, 2017 1:51 pm
Fayetteville tourism bureau reveals new branding, ad campaign
Experience Fayetteville has a new logo and website, and it will soon launch a new marketing campaign aimed at attracting more tourism to the city. Agency officials revealed the updated…
by - April 4, 2017 1:33 pm
Jamey Johnson, Gov’t Mule headline 3rd Annual Peacemaker Music & Arts Festival
The 3rd Annual Peacemaker Music & Arts Festival will hit downtown Fort Smith on July 28 and 29 with headlining acts Gov’t Mule and Jamey Johnson leading a lineup of…
by - April 3, 2017 11:46 am
Dates set for Main Street Food Festival and Food Truck Fridays in Little Rock
The Downtown Little Rock Partnership announced on Monday (April 3) the dates for the upcoming event series, Main Street Food Truck Fridays, and also for Main Street Food Truck Festival…
by - March 30, 2017 1:42 pm
Fayetteville Parks Department seeks public input for 5-year plan
The city of Fayetteville will seek public input on parks planning through three drop-in events in April. Park Planning Superintendent Alison Jumper said the city is in the initial stages…
by - March 28, 2017 1:40 pm
January-February enplanements up at Fort Smith and XNA, flat in Little Rock
Traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport is off to a good start in 2017, with numbers up almost 14% year-to-date and building upon a 2016 that saw marginal…