by - June 12, 2023 10:31 am
Former KLEK radio host Qubilah Jones’s goals when she joined the non-profit station was to organize a Juneteenth celebration in Jonesboro. The host of “Community Conversations” got her wish and…
by - June 12, 2023 7:47 am
The University of Arkansas released a report Monday (June 12) showing that Northwest Arkansas’ cycling industry contributed $159 million to the economy in 2022 through cycling-related jobs, tourism revenue and…
by - June 7, 2023 11:04 am
Following a four-year national search, the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) has appointed Geoffrey Robson as music director to lead the performing arts organization into its 58th season. Robson has been…
by - June 5, 2023 12:44 pm
The Bradbury Art Museum (BAM) at Arkansas State University has hired a new director. Ann Prentice Wagner will take over July 1. “I am deeply honored to have been chosen…
by - June 2, 2023 10:46 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced late Friday (June 2) that Parks, Heritage and Tourism Secretary Mike Mills would be stepping away from her administration. In the interim, Shea Lewis, director of…
by - June 2, 2023 11:47 am
Arkansas Tourism Director Travis Napper is leaving the post in June after more than three years of helping manage the state’s leisure and hospitality sector survive and pull through a…
by - May 31, 2023 8:18 am
The 14th annual Delta Arts Festival will be held this Friday (June 2) and Saturday in Newport, but there will be significant changes this year, Jon Chadwell, executive director of…
by - May 28, 2023 10:18 am
The renovated Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts in Little Rock is the centerpiece of a new Forbes travel review, in which the former Arkansas Arts Center is referred to as…
by - May 25, 2023 6:59 am
A total solar eclipse is slated to occur April 8, 2024, and parts of Northeast Arkansas will be in the direct viewing path. Civic and business leaders are anticipating that…
by - May 24, 2023 12:07 pm
Fort Smith’s Director of Parks and Recreation Doug Reinert will leave the city June 9 to take the position of city administrator for Fairfield, Iowa. Reinart started as the director…
by - May 22, 2023 8:43 pm
Riverfront RV Resort on Riverfront Drive in Fort Smith is expected to be open by end of summer. Phil White, who owns the facility with Richard Griffin with Griffin Properties,…
by - May 22, 2023 2:43 pm
Rosanne Cash will headline a new performance series later this summer. The Sunken Lands Songwriting Circle will be held Aug. 12 in Riceland Hall at the Fowler Center on the Arkansas…
by - May 18, 2023 5:18 pm
The Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) Board of Directors discussed that if they were to deed Chaffee Crossing property now operated as Deer Trails Golf Course to the city of…
by - May 16, 2023 8:56 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (May 16) unanimously passed a resolution requesting the Fort Chaffee Redevelopment Authority (FCRA) donate the property that has operated as many years…
by - May 16, 2023 6:40 pm
An effort by the Fort Smith International Film Festival is part of the community outreach to foreign nations that U.S. Rep. Steve Womack, R-Rogers, has said will be vital now…
by - May 15, 2023 4:14 pm
The National Cold War Center (NCWC) project has received a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Federal Highway Administration’s National Scenic Byways Program, in conjunction with the…
by - May 12, 2023 1:15 pm
The Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Commission voted to “enthusiastically support” the concept of a park in the former Acme Brick Yard during its meeting Wednesday (May 10) and agreed…
by - May 11, 2023 4:03 pm
The question of whether Deer Trails Golf Course in Chaffee Crossing will remain a golf course or be sold to be developed is once again a hot topic and a…
by - May 11, 2023 1:32 pm
The state’s leisure and hospitality (tourism) sector continues in early 2023 with the significant gains posted in 2022. Arkansas’ tourism tax is up 15.7%, with tourism sector jobs up almost…
by - May 11, 2023 11:46 am
The Scott Family Amazeum is expanding with the help of a $10.35 million gift from the Lee and Linda Scott family. Details were announced Thursday (May 11) at the Bentonville…
