by - November 26, 2023 5:24 pm
Editor’s note: This is the first of two articles about the challenges of maintaining and preserving the more than 94,000 acres in the Buffalo National River system. The Buffalo National…
by - November 20, 2023 3:06 pm
Tourism continues to be good business. Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax revenue between January and August was $17.482 million, up 7.2% compared with the same period of 2022. The sector posted…
by - November 20, 2023 1:59 pm
The 50th Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism is slated to be held in Jonesboro this February and the son of Hall of Fame musician Johnny Cash is slated to give…
by - November 16, 2023 4:44 pm
Riverfront RV Resort on Riverfront Drive is the newest attraction to open along the Arkansas River in Fort Smith. At the resort’s dedication Thursday (Nov. 16), Rick Griffin said the…
by - November 15, 2023 2:29 pm
Arkansas State University has named an assistant director of the Heritage Sites. Penny Toombs will take on the role after serving as the director of two of the A-State Heritage…
by - November 12, 2023 7:27 am
National Cold War Center 2023 Northeast Arkansas Outstanding Business of the Year Startup Business award Blytheville-Gosnell Regional Airport President Barrett “Barry” Harrison had a unique situation. The National Parks Service…
by - November 12, 2023 7:22 am
Marr Street Productions 2023 Northeast Arkansas Outstanding Business of the Year Nonprofit Business award Marilyn Hogan was an avid clogger and decided she wanted to start a class to teach…
by - November 10, 2023 10:20 am
Downtown Fort Smith has “incredible bones,” and a corporate headquarters building in the area would build on recent momentum. But business and civic leaders need to do all they can…
by - November 9, 2023 12:56 pm
The newly formed Mid America League has selected Fort Smith as one of six team locations expected to play ball in May 2024. A Fort Smith team owner or owner…
by - November 7, 2023 3:59 pm
Jill Wagar, a member of the founding executive team of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, is the new director at the Momentary, a Crystal Bridges sister organization…
by - November 6, 2023 4:52 pm
Downtown Fort Smith will soon have a new dining option with the planned Nov. 14 opening of Prima Italia at 720 Garrison Ave. – inside the building that was once…
by - November 2, 2023 8:25 am
Hotels in the city of Jonesboro set an all-time collections record in September. Collectively, the city’s 31 hotels had receipts of $3.7 million in September, a 15% increase compared to…
by - November 1, 2023 3:46 pm
A statue honoring influential African American magazine publisher John H. Johnson was unveiled Wednesday (Nov. 1) at Delta Heritage Trail State Park in Arkansas City, Arkansas. Johnson, who published Ebony…
by - October 31, 2023 10:58 am
The Jonesboro Advertising and Promotion Commission has hired Craig Rickert as its first executive director. Rickert comes to the A&P after serving six years as director of communications for Jonesboro…
by - October 30, 2023 5:16 pm
While the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Board of Trustees have remarked often in meetings that they want to see Deer Trails Golf Course in Chaffee Crossing stay a golf course, no…
by - October 30, 2023 4:46 pm
Cherokee Nation Businesses (CNB) looks to have an advantage in what will be a new process to grant a casino license in Pope County thanks to an endorsement letter from…
by - October 26, 2023 11:57 am
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday (Oct. 26) affirmed a lower court ruling that said Cherokee Nation Businesses was not a qualified applicant when granted a casino license in Pope…
by - October 24, 2023 5:39 pm
Shortly after kicking off its capital campaign, the Fort Kids Museum has already raised close to $1.5 million for a new children’s museum in Fort Smith. A recent luncheon pushed…
by - October 23, 2023 11:35 am
Gov. Sarah Sanders has appointed Dalaney Thomas to be the director of tourism at the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism. Thomas previously worked at Arkansas-based ad agency CJRW…
by - October 19, 2023 7:28 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority Board of Trustees dealt two blows to the City of Fort Smith in the span of 90 minutes at its board meeting Thursday (Oct. 19)….
