by - June 4, 2026 12:53 pm
Fayetteville-based production studio Blk Elk was recently named a finalist at the 2026 Mountainfilm Festival, one of the most prestigious outdoor and documentary film festivals in the United States. The…
by - June 4, 2026 12:00 pm
I recently heard the news about 36 sections of the Berlin Wall coming to Blytheville as part of the National Cold War Center’s permanent exhibit space. It’s a fantastic addition…
by - June 2, 2026 7:03 pm
Northwest Arkansas National Airport (XNA) in Benton County is exceeding its enplanement expectations this year and has appointed a new chief financial officer. Enplanements comprise passengers flying out. Tim O’Donnell, chief financial officer, is…
by - June 1, 2026 5:57 pm
The 17th Annual Delta Arts Festival will return to downtown Newport on Friday (June 5) and Saturday (June 6), bringing together one of the largest celebrations of art, music and…
by - June 1, 2026 4:21 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville will open to the public its 114,000-square-foot expansion on Saturday (June 6) and Sunday (June 7). The project, designed by Safdie Architects,…
by - May 31, 2026 1:14 pm
In the mid-1940s, 10 years before the Civil Rights movement began, oppression and racism were rife across the south. For a group of 12 young black women in Fort Smith,…
by - May 31, 2026 10:16 am
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, said he will host a field hearing in Hot Springs during the second week in June to collect testimony for the Great American Outdoors…
by - May 28, 2026 10:26 pm
There were recommendations on different reporting methods and potential changes in how financial and other metrics are reported, but an almost two-hour review of a draft report on Parrot Island…
by - May 22, 2026 12:46 pm
Amid overall job losses in the Fort Smith metro during March, the Education & Health Services and Leisure & Hospitality (tourism) sectors posted job gains compared with March 2025, according…
by - May 21, 2026 1:40 pm
Phil White said Thursday (May 21) during a Central Business Improvement District (CBID) meeting that what was just an idea a few months ago for a new historic monument in…
by - May 20, 2026 10:11 pm
My Place Hotels, a hospitality company based in Aberdeen, South Dakota, has opened its second franchise in Arkansas and it’s located in Jonesboro. The 63-unit hotel was officially opened on…
by - May 20, 2026 4:03 pm
For Andrew Meyer, the Fort Smith Regional Airport director hired in September 2025 to lead the third-largest commercial airport in Arkansas, he always knew he would build a career in…
by - May 18, 2026 12:35 pm
As the Sebastian County Director of Parks and Golf, Jay Randolph is confident that if you build and sustain a robust trail system that connects cities and other locations in…
by - May 17, 2026 11:44 am
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 - May 15, 2026 4:07 pm
Commercial traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport was up 1.36% in April, and is up less than 1% in the first four months of 2026 compared with the…
by - May 14, 2026 8:47 pm
The largest section of the Berlin Wall housed outside of Germany now resides in Northeast Arkansas. The National Cold War Center (NCWC) in Blytheville has acquired 36 original segments of…
by - May 14, 2026 2:00 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art said Thursday (May 14) that it will kick off its expansion opening celebrations on May 29 with a conversation featuring founder Alice Walton, board…
by - May 11, 2026 7:15 pm
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Monday (May 11) in North Little Rock for a pavilion in Argenta Plaza that will eventually house statues and busts of influential musicians who emerged…
by - May 11, 2026 6:54 pm
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center (HPMEC) will host poet Greg Brownderville, a professor of English at Southern Methodist University, as the writer-in-residence this summer. Each summer, HPMEC selects a…
by - May 10, 2026 12:01 pm
The University of Arkansas School of Art recently celebrated the opening of its historic Fine Arts Center after a $38 million restoration project. It coincided with the building’s 75th anniversary….
