by - January 18, 2024 5:12 pm
Connectivity in downtown Fort Smith with attractions along the Arkansas River is the main focus of a study by MAHG Architecture for the Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District. The…
by - January 16, 2024 2:00 pm
Traffic at the Fort Smith Regional Airport fell off the pace of post-COVID-19 recovery with total 2023 enplanements down 1.7% compared with 2022 numbers. Fort Smith enplanements are also off…
by - January 16, 2024 11:59 am
Rogers-based Beaty Capital Group, the company behind renovation of the Masonic Temple in downtown Fort Smith, has acquired a Masonic Temple in Columbus, Ohio. Terms of the all stock deal…
by - January 15, 2024 12:18 pm
The city of Jonesboro now has finite cost estimates for its proposed, 200,000 square-foot sports complex. The estimate for the building and equipment for the proposed Jonesboro Sportsplex is $77.2…
by - January 11, 2024 6:09 pm
The Arkansas Supreme Court ruled Thursday (Jan. 11) it will not rehear a lower court decision that blocked granting of a casino license in Pope County to Cherokee Nation Businesses….
by - January 10, 2024 9:10 pm
For several years, cotton gin owner Bo Adams put up Christmas displays on his property in Mississippi County. As the years passed, the displays grew larger and more elaborate and…
by - January 10, 2024 10:07 am
The El Dorado Film Festival announced its 2024 line-up for this year’s event taking place on Feb. 8-11, 2024, at the South Arkansas Arts Center in El Dorado. This year’s festival…
by - January 8, 2024 12:45 pm
Congress has designated the National Cold War Center (NCWC) in Blytheville as an official museum of the Cold War. The designation aims to protect the work of the NCWC –…
by - January 4, 2024 4:10 pm
The long-awaited opening of the U.S. Marshals Museum and the final decision to place a foreign pilot training center in Fort Smith were two of the top news stories in…
by - December 18, 2023 5:15 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum and the U.S. Marshals Museum Foundation announced new board leadership Monday (Dec. 18) as the museum heads into its first full year of being open to…
by - December 18, 2023 3:44 pm
As the Fort Smith Board of Directors plans for the 2024 operating budget, directors discussed the city’s $150,000 investment in 64.6 Downtown, with members saying they hoped the investment would…
by - December 18, 2023 2:59 pm
An estimated 2 million people will drive in and around Arkansas on April 8, 2024, to see the total solar eclipse. Such movement will result in an estimated 700,000 extra…
by - December 17, 2023 8:47 am
The second-highest number of Americans are expected to travel over the holidays amid the lowest gas prices in nearly a year, according to AAA. Over the holidays, 115.2 million people…
by - December 14, 2023 11:00 am
A private development group is closer to bringing another cycling amenity to Benton County. On Dec. 5, Bentonville city planners granted a conditional use permit to Bentonville developer Blue Crane…
by - December 13, 2023 12:11 pm
The River Valley Film Society Board of Directors has named Lynn Wasson president of the organization, with former former president Dr. Brandon Goldsmith remaining as executive director of the society’s…
by - December 12, 2023 2:58 pm
Enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport totaled 50,821 between January and October, down 2.15% compared with the same period in 2022. Barring robust November and December numbers, the trend…
by - December 11, 2023 3:16 pm
With 2023 drawing to a close and despite a loss of sales tax revenue thanks to a Crawford County filing error, Van Buren Mayor Joe Hurst says city goals for…
by - December 11, 2023 1:38 pm
Russellville-based Arkansas Tech University has received a $500,000 grant from the Arkansas Department of Transportation to help establish the Arkansas Trail Management Institute. The funds were made available through the…
by - December 11, 2023 12:45 pm
As its fourth anniversary approaches, a lot is happening at the Momentary in Bentonville — a new director, remodeled spaces and a new exhibition. Jill Wagar, a member of the…
by - December 10, 2023 9:54 am
The Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) in Rogers posted record ticket sales this year, rising by 15.8% to 318,521. The sales exceeded the previous record of 275,000 last year. Ticket…
