by - January 5, 2025 10:19 am
Brian Crowne has been promoted to vice president of the Walmart AMP and strategic initiatives. The AMP, which began at the Northwest Arkansas Mall parking lot in 2005, is located…
by - January 4, 2025 1:01 pm
The first two of many fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets roared into Fort Smith in late December to mark another milestone in the foreign pilot training center at Ebbing Air National…
by - January 3, 2025 12:25 pm
A $700 million investment in health care, a 2,700-acre land sale, and a new CEO, basketball coach and mayor comprise some of the top Northwest Arkansas business stories of 2024….
by - December 30, 2024 5:42 pm
Fort Kids Children’s Museum has reached its goal of exceeding $2 million in fundraising as 2024 comes to an end and has set a goal of raising another $1 million…
by - December 30, 2024 11:54 am
A planned 16-story hotel to be built in Rogers on the site that was once a Ruth’s Chris Steak House will not be built after Hunt Ventures bought the land…
by - December 19, 2024 2:16 pm
Since its inception in 2015, the Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program of the Walton Family Foundation has provided $28 million to support the design of 20 projects for community gathering…
by - December 19, 2024 2:07 pm
Brightwater: A Center for the Study of Food, a department of NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville, is accepting applications for its new artisanal butchery program. Application deadline is Jan….
by - December 18, 2024 5:07 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors passed an ordinance at the regular board meeting Tuesday (Dec. 17) to pay for the second half of the cost of new slides at…
by - December 18, 2024 4:00 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved $522,579 for Miss Laura’s Brothel Museum during its regular board meeting Tuesday night (Dec. 17). The Fort Smith Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB)…
by - December 18, 2024 3:29 pm
Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport officials and Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott broke ground Wednesday (Dec. 18) on a $5.24 million project that will expand the airport’s curbside canopy….
by - December 18, 2024 2:52 pm
A $50 million pickleball development is planned for east of Interstate 49 along the new segment of Emma Avenue in Springdale, according to a partnership group. The first-of-its-kind project in…
by - December 18, 2024 10:33 am
City officials in Benton County continue to plan for economic development and work together to tackle infrastructure challenges in the region, based on comments at the Build Bentonville event held…
by - December 17, 2024 2:54 pm
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Highfill expects to exceed 2023 enplanements – people flying out of the airport – by about 14% in 2024, officials said. Through November, XNA…
by - December 17, 2024 10:28 am
Springdale-based Cromwell Architects Engineers recently worked with NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville to design its $2.7 million Cycling and Trail Education Center. The 10,184-square-foot center is the new home…
by - December 16, 2024 11:28 am
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) has awarded $3.72 million to support 12 projects related to trails and transportation alternatives across Northwest Arkansas. Transportation alternatives include pedestrians, cyclists, and other…
by - December 12, 2024 11:56 am
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport between January and November totaled 56,430, up 1.3% compared with traffic in the same period of 2023. November traffic was down almost 7%…
by - December 12, 2024 9:05 am
The Rogers-based club looking to bring men’s and women’s professional soccer teams to Northwest Arkansas plans to build its stadium at a different site but still in the Pinnacle Hills…
by - December 11, 2024 1:57 pm
An alert has been issued by the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission asking waterfowl hunters and wildlife watchers heading to the field to keep an eye out for any sick…
by - December 10, 2024 11:58 am
Artists in Central Arkansas and the Arkansas Delta now have the chance to receive $10,000 fellowships to support their creative work through Catalyze, a program of the Mid-America Arts Alliance….
by - December 10, 2024 11:43 am
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) announced award recipients for the 2024 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) and Recreational Trails Program (RTP) and Booneville, Fort Smith, and Van Buren were among…
