by - December 6, 2019 7:33 am
Jimmy Bryant has been named director of Arkansas Heritage, a division of the Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism. ADPHT Secretary Stacy Hurst made the announcement on Friday (Dec….
by - December 5, 2019 3:33 pm
Anthony Sonnenberg was living in Seattle in 2014 when Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art presented State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now. After its opening at Crystal Bridges,…
by - December 4, 2019 1:53 pm
The unique opportunity led Gerry Snyder to become the first executive director of the School of Art at the University of Arkansas. Snyder was named to the position in May…
by - December 4, 2019 8:10 am
Mississippi River State Park took home the top award of 2019 Overall Park of the Year in the Arkansas State Park system, according to the Arkansas State Parks department. DeGray…
by - December 2, 2019 4:21 pm
Business and tourism travel in the Fort Smith metro is trending higher compared to a flat 2018, with Fort Smith Regional enplanements up almost 6% between January and October. Hospitality…
by - December 2, 2019 10:56 am
Allyson Esposito is a connector. She’s one of those people that author Malcolm Gladwell identified in “The Tipping Point,” who knows many different worlds and has a special gift for…
by - November 26, 2019 9:17 pm
Discussion of the River Valley Sports Complex became heated as Fort Smith city directors discuss selling the property during a Fort Smith City Directors study session Tuesday (Nov. 26). “When…
by - November 26, 2019 2:28 pm
The Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) in Rogers sold over 7,000 more tickets, and top-line revenue increased 8.7% this year, from last year. Meanwhile, construction started Nov. 1 on a…
by - November 25, 2019 5:12 pm
Arkansas Tourism, in partnership with Innovate Arkansas, is accepting applications for Ark Tank, a business pitch competition to be held March 2 at the Fort Smith Convention Center as a…
by - November 20, 2019 2:13 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax revenue between January and August was up 6.2% compared with the same period in 2018, and also a gain from the 5.2% year-over-year increase through the…
by - November 19, 2019 6:36 pm
More bicycles could be coming to downtown Fort Smith in early 2020. Griffin Hanna, acting as an agent for Fort Smith businessman Bennie Westphal, requested a variance for the Central…
by - November 18, 2019 6:52 pm
U.S. consumers may have strong financial balance sheets but they still seek value with the purchases they make and the restaurants they chose. Coupon usage at restaurants is up 5%…
by - November 17, 2019 2:48 pm
Taylor Harrison Speegle has been promoted to fill the position of vice president of development at Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. Speegle has served as the interim director since January 2019,…
by - November 14, 2019 6:09 pm
A lawsuit concerning land use changes in the historic district at Chaffee Crossing was dismissed Thursday (Nov. 14). A lawsuit was filed May 17 in Sebastian County Circuit Court concerning…
by - November 12, 2019 5:59 pm
The Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission on Tuesday (Nov. 12) named longtime staffer Bryan Malinowski as the executive director of Arkansas’ largest airport following a nationwide search. Malinowski, 49, was…
by - November 12, 2019 10:50 am
A Fayetteville man is among 60 artists from across the country who have been selected for a new exhibition in Bentonville next year. The works of Anthony Sonnenberg, a Texas…
by - November 11, 2019 11:51 pm
Fayetteville is set to host the annual Arkansas High Country Race, a self-supported 1000-mile ultra-endurance gravel bikepacking event, in 2020 and 2021. Borrowing from multi-day backcountry hiking or backpacking, bikepacking…
by - November 6, 2019 11:29 am
The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission is an independent state agency that oversees the protection, conservation and preservation of various species of fish and wildlife in Arkansas. The agency generates…
by - November 3, 2019 6:06 pm
Fishing legend Jerry McKinnis, former B.A.S.S. co-owner and founder of JM Associates, died Sunday morning (Nov. 3), according to a report from BASSMaster.com. He was 82 years old and had…
by - October 31, 2019 4:45 pm
Discussion ranged Thursday (Oct. 31) at a study session of the Central Business Improvement District Board of Directors on how many mills would be needed and what exactly they would…
