by - February 3, 2025 3:18 pm
Arkansas tourism grew to a $9.9 billion industry in 2024 and the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism is expecting business and tourism travel growth to continue in 2025….
by - February 3, 2025 3:08 pm
Philanthropist Alice Walton and restaurant owner Joe DeVito will be inducted into the Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame during the 51st annual Arkansas Governor’s Conference on Tourism, officials announced Monday…
by - February 2, 2025 1:53 pm
The Museum of Discovery, located in Little Rock’s River Market, has added Karen Flake and Brendon Bailey to its board of directors. Flake is a distinguished business leader and community…
by - January 30, 2025 9:14 pm
The Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts (AMFA) announced Andrea Moon as the new director of the museum’s Windgate Art School. Moon brings over 27 years of professional expertise to AMFA…
by - January 30, 2025 5:36 pm
The 275,000-square-foot Cox Business Convention Center in Tulsa will be renamed Arvest Convention Center after Fayetteville-chartered Arvest Bank reached a 10-year agreement for the naming rights, according to a Thursday…
by - January 30, 2025 12:23 pm
A $50 million pickleball development planned for southeast of Interstate 49 and Elm Springs Road in Springdale is projected to attract 25,000 to 30,000 tourists to the state each year,…
by - January 29, 2025 6:53 pm
Jonesboro is slated to host a youth volleyball tournament in the coming weeks, and more than half of the 85 teams slated to play are not from the area, Mayor…
by - January 29, 2025 1:24 pm
Hotels can be seen as a measure of a city’s prosperity. Along east Phoenix Avenue, for example, the construction of numerous hotels suggests business and tourism travel growth – in…
by - January 29, 2025 8:45 am
A new Heartland Forward study shows the country’s most dynamic metro areas are strong in artificial intelligence (AI) investments, advanced manufacturing, tourism, and energy sources. Most Arkansas metros fell in…
by - January 28, 2025 12:35 pm
The Bar and Restaurant Committee of the Downtown Fort Smith Business Association has announced they will host the second annual Fort Smith Food Truck Festival on June 21 from 10:30…
by - January 25, 2025 3:20 pm
It was the moment Gladys and Vernon Presley had been waiting for. She was set to give birth to the couple’s first child in the early morning hours on Jan….
by - January 25, 2025 3:13 pm
The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra (ASO) announced the conclusion of its Crescendo Campaign, which raised $13.35 million to fund its new ASO Stella Boyle Smith Music Center, which opened in September,…
by - January 24, 2025 6:32 pm
There is about $40 million in federal grant funds awarded to the City of Fort Smith in limbo following an executive order by President Donald Trump to freeze certain infrastructure…
by - January 23, 2025 6:30 pm
Rogers-based Beaty Capital Group (BCG), which invested in its first TempleLive property in downtown Fort Smith, has partnered with the Fischer Companies on a $23 million renovation of an historic…
by - January 23, 2025 3:53 pm
The Central Business Improvement District (CBID) Board of Directors is making headway on promises to make downtown Fort Smith look better, though implementation of projects is different than originally anticipated….
by - January 23, 2025 1:29 pm
Traffic at the Fort Smith Regional Airport increased in 2024 compared with 2023, but the numbers are still well below pre-pandemic trends. Traffic at the airport also fell more than…
by - January 22, 2025 1:07 pm
A total of 4.62 acres of commercial land on U.S. Highway 412 in Siloam Springs recently changed hands in three transactions for a combined $2.96 million, according to a Wednesday…
by - January 22, 2025 12:54 pm
The James Beard Foundation has named three Northwest Arkansas chefs as semifinalists for the 2025 James Beard Awards, the foundation announced Wednesday (Jan. 22). This year marks the 35th anniversary…
by - January 21, 2025 11:18 am
The City of Van Buren is making plans for the city parks and getting the community involved in doing so. MAHG Architecture of Fort Smith is leading the planning process…
by - January 20, 2025 4:49 pm
The 23rd annual Arkansas Delta Byways Awards Banquet will be held Jan. 31, in Stuttgart. This event is held each year to recognize those with outstanding tourism achievements across the…
