by - April 22, 2018 9:08 pm
Bentonville stepped into the international limelight this weekend to host the “Final Table” event of the World Food Championships, and the winner has close ties to Arkansas. For the first…
by - April 18, 2018 5:31 pm
U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., has been appointed to serve on the Migratory Bird Conservation Commission, the organization responsible for directing funds raised by the sale of the duck stamp…
by - April 17, 2018 4:53 pm
Many amateur pilots have a custom on Saturday mornings. They fly their planes and land in another city and enjoy a meal, often referred to as the “$100 hamburger” because…
by - April 17, 2018 4:14 pm
A Fayetteville-based startup has its sights set on becoming the Uber/Airbnb of the event parking space. FanSpotz is expanding its peer-to-peer mobile parking app, which facilitates event parking by connecting…
by - April 17, 2018 4:07 pm
Driving Arkansas Forward, the group pushing for a casinos for highway funding constitutional amendment proposal, has filed suit against Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge after she rejected their ballot measure…
by - April 15, 2018 4:47 pm
Jobs, city hospitality revenue and the state’s 2% tourism tax all showed gains in 2017, even up against tough comparisons with healthy gains in 2016, according to the Arkansas Tourism…
by - April 12, 2018 3:54 pm
Leaders across Northwest Arkansas leaders have been sought out by Rick Webb to get them to imagine the region becoming the nation’s first “smart region” equipped to bring convenience, ease…
by - April 11, 2018 4:11 pm
On the last day of Brent Morrison’s life, he woke up for a morning run, told wife Dianne he loved her, and kissed her goodbye. The Morrisons moved to Fort…
by - April 11, 2018 1:59 pm
Thai rolled ice cream has come to Springdale. Three months ago, Xyadet Symoungphone and his son, Princeton, opened Roll Up Creamery and Tea on Gutensohn Road and began serving a…
by - April 11, 2018 12:47 pm
A new grassroots organization, Let Randolph County Vote, will attempt to get the question of alcohol sales on the November ballot in Randolph County. It’s the third attempt since 2014…
by - April 10, 2018 9:26 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors are likely to take up discussion of a prepared food tax at their upcoming April 27 strategic session. The topic came up Tuesday (April…
by - April 9, 2018 7:32 pm
King cotton’s prices were on the rise, but the black sharecroppers who picked it were not benefiting. It was Sept. 30, 1919, and the harvest was about to get underway….
by - April 9, 2018 3:13 pm
Kate Osana Simonian of Texas Tech University has been selected to serve as the inaugural Writer-in-Residence for the month of June at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum & Educational Center. She will…
by - April 9, 2018 11:31 am
Chef Chrissy Sanderson found out she was named to USA Today’s “50 States: 50 Female Chefs” list not long after her wife, Leigh Helm, left her position at Lowell-based carrier…
by - April 5, 2018 5:17 pm
Author, outdoor adventure planner and speaker Georgia Pellegrini told Arkansas community and business leaders they have an “incredible opportunity” to help the state develop a brand, adding they should not…
by - April 5, 2018 11:16 am
Walton Family Foundation Home Region program director Karen Minkel says the best opportunity to strengthen Northwest Arkansas’ already growing bicycle and trail system economy lies in the further development of…
by - April 4, 2018 8:02 pm
Arkansas’ two largest cities dropped details of their annual music festivals Wednesday (April 4), with Little Rock-based RiverFest Music Festival and Fort Smith-based Peacemaker Festival announcing headliners. RiverFest will be…
by - April 4, 2018 12:16 pm
Cecil Turner remembers Bentonville before urbanization. “I could drive on Walton Boulevard any time of day, even in what you would call rush hour, and never be behind more than…
by - April 3, 2018 7:19 pm
The United States Marshals Museum announced Tuesday (April 3) receipt of an additional $350,000 gift from the family of the late Lt. Gov. Winthrop Paul Rockefeller. The Museum only has…
by - April 3, 2018 10:07 am
Experience Fayetteville, the city’s tourism bureau, has joined the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA), an organization that provides a network of free tourism resources and information for the…
