by - April 26, 2022 9:48 am
River boats filled with tourists are becoming more common along the Mississippi River and it could provide an economic spark for the city of Memphis and parts of Northeast Arkansas….
by - April 26, 2022 9:36 am
Various economic factors are critical to the state’s success, including the creative economy, which can best be summed up as the income-earning potential of creative activities and ideas. The Arkansas…
by - April 23, 2022 10:19 am
Editor’s Note: The following story appeared in the April 11 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business…
by - April 22, 2022 5:01 pm
The city of North Little Rock announced Friday (April 22) its newest economic development project that will include an electronic driving range and other entertainment options. The Maly Entertainment Center…
by - April 20, 2022 12:38 pm
The Cherokee Nation is dedicating nearly 1,000 acres of reservation land to protect culturally significant plants, and has signed an agreement with the National Park Service to allow Cherokee citizens…
by - April 19, 2022 8:17 am
The festival organizer behind one of the country’s most well-known music festivals is planning a significant tourism event in Benton County this fall that will incorporate music, art and technology,…
by - April 11, 2022 5:22 pm
Thanks to a $5,000 grant from the Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative, students from the Future School of Fort Smith will soon make things a little more pleasant for those hitting…
by - April 7, 2022 2:23 pm
The Fort Smith metro business and travel sector in 2021 saw a big rebound from the COVID-19 crash in 2020, with hospitality tax revenue in Fort Smith and Van Buren…
by - April 7, 2022 1:59 pm
Often described as the Oscars of the culinary industry, the James Beard Awards returned this year with a few familiar semifinalists from Northwest Arkansas. The James Beard Foundation announced the…
by - April 7, 2022 10:18 am
A food truck operator in Little Rock is so bullish on Bentonville that he’s relocating the business — and himself — to the city. Hayne Begley says Delta Biscuit Co….
by - April 5, 2022 9:33 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors unanimously approved spending $548,853 on a new inclusive playground at Creekmore Park. The Parks and Recreation department has removed an old structure at the…
by - April 5, 2022 4:12 pm
Musical history in the South, lynching, ghost stories, folklore, and many other topics will be broached during the Delta Symposium that will be in-person on the Arkansas State University campus…
by - April 4, 2022 4:22 pm
Waterfowl and deer hunters descend on the Arkansas Delta each year filling local business coffers to the brim. Gov. Asa Hutchinson said an estimated 100,000 waterfowl hunters visit the Natural…
by - April 1, 2022 10:24 am
A campaign committee has formed in Benton County to allow stores in Rogers and Bentonville to sell alcohol on Sundays, according to a press release sent Friday (April 1). Keep…
by - March 30, 2022 7:43 am
Dr. Michael Reinschmidt has been named director of the Arkansas State University Museum, Provost Alan Utter said. He will succeed long-time retiring director Marti Allen, and will begin April 11….
by - March 29, 2022 1:44 pm
The Levitt AMP Fort Smith Music Series will return to Fort Smith May 12 thanks to a grant from the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation. 64.6 Downtown received the grant…
by - March 28, 2022 5:37 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax set a new record in 2021, and overall hospitality tax revenues in 17 cities surveyed for the Arkansas Tourism Ticker set a new record, but job…
by - March 24, 2022 1:28 pm
The Fort Smith Convention Center operated at a loss again in 2021 thanks in some part to the late 2021 COVID resurgence, but an official with the relatively new third-party…
by - March 22, 2022 4:35 pm
With submissions open for less than two months, the Fort Smith International Film Festival is proving it is an international film festival. As of March 24, 183 entries have been…
by - March 16, 2022 5:58 pm
KASU and the Department of English, Philosophy and World Languages at Arkansas State University, together with the West End Neighborhood Association, will present the Arkansas Roots Music Festival on April…
