by - August 25, 2025 12:14 pm
Four candidates are on the Fort Smith Regional Airport director short list to be interviewed by the Fort Smith Regional Airport Commission in early September. One of the candidates is…
by - August 24, 2025 3:28 pm
Editor’s note: The Fort Smith Metro Daily News Executive Summary series is focused on looking under the title, so to speak, of a business, government, and non-profit executive in the…
by - August 21, 2025 5:27 pm
Main Street Fort Smith will bring music back to downtown Fort Smith with the Fall 2025 Levit AMP Fort Smith Music Series, starting in September. The 2025 series is the…
by - August 21, 2025 2:23 pm
In what began as a discussion about the need for a full-time director, members of the Central Business Improvement District (CBID) Commission agreed during a Thursday (Aug. 21) meeting to…
by - August 21, 2025 12:36 pm
Stephanie Cornell, executive director of the Walton Family Foundation, said she will step down at the end of this year after more than two years in the role. On Thursday…
by - August 20, 2025 4:15 pm
Specialized Real Estate Group, in partnership with the city of Fayetteville, recently broke ground on a new public pocket park located along the Razorback Greenway, adjacent to the South Yard…
by - August 19, 2025 8:23 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (Aug. 19) tabled action on options to acquire or support four cemeteries in the city that cover around 105 acres. Cemetery managers…
by - August 19, 2025 3:24 pm
First National Bank Arena, in Jonesboro will host several concerts this fall and will include Northeast Arkansas native Ashley McBride and Dwight Yoakam. “We’re incredibly excited to host four major…
by - August 19, 2025 1:46 pm
Charleston, S.C.-based The Indigo Road Hospitality Group is the new operations partner for Bentonville-based Ropeswing Hospitality Group, the firms announced Monday (Aug. 18). Indigo Road plans to open a Bentonville…
by - August 19, 2025 11:13 am
Arkansas nonfarm employment rose almost 2% in July with Education and Health Services and the tourism sectors accounting for a majority of the job gains. The state’s jobless rate in…
by - August 18, 2025 5:27 pm
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) has reached an agreement with the city of Highfill in the case that involves the airport detaching from the city. In a special meeting Monday…
by - August 18, 2025 3:18 pm
The Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) and the area host committee for the 2026 Congress are accepting applications for Legacy Projects, a program that provides pro bono urban design…
by - August 17, 2025 10:52 am
A Northwest Arkansas native is seeking a partner to build The Outlier Hotel, a 10-cabin boutique hotel geared for luxury travelers and mountain bikers, near Lake Leatherwood mountain bike park…
by - August 16, 2025 1:05 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors has a packed agenda for its Tuesday (Aug. 19) meeting, with voting items to include a job incentive package, a resolution supporting National Historic…
by - August 16, 2025 10:11 am
The Marshall Islands, which was the only United Nations-recognized country without a national soccer team, will debut its men’s team at the 2025 Outrigger Challenge Cup, hosted from Aug. 11-17…
by - August 14, 2025 5:49 pm
Luxury retreat McNelly Farms has opened on 48 acres at 8015 E. McNelly Road, north of Bentonville, according to a Thursday (Aug. 14) news release. Amenities include fire pits, patios,…
by - August 14, 2025 11:39 am
A 5,000-square-foot Mermaids restaurant recently opened at 2011 S. Promenade Blvd., No. 440, in Rogers. The new location will offer “the same heartfelt hospitality that’s made their Fayetteville location a…
by - August 14, 2025 11:37 am
The 5,000-square-foot Oak Steakhouse Rogers recently opened atop the new six-story, 170-room Hotel Avail at 4100 S. Pinnacle Hills Parkway in the Pinnacle Hills area of Rogers, according to a…
by - August 13, 2025 11:17 am
The seven-story, 131-room Moxy Fayetteville at 530 W. Streamside Bend will open in September. The $33 million hotel is a collaboration between Fayetteville-based Specialized Real Estate Group and Little Rock-based…
by - August 11, 2025 1:48 pm
The Professional and Business Services and the Leisure and Hospitality – tourism – sectors provided part of the Fort Smith metro year-over-year job growth in June, with the tourism sector…
