by - August 24, 2020 1:10 pm
Officials with the Peacemaker Music Festival, which recently held its 6th annual event in downtown Fort Smith, have announced awards of more than $150,000 at five, ten and twenty thousand-dollar…
by - August 20, 2020 11:56 am
A $17.2 million project to expand the Walmart Arkansas Music Pavilion (AMP) in Rogers is complete, backed by a number of significant funders, including Oklahoma-based Choctaw Casinos & Resorts. Venue…
by - August 18, 2020 5:09 pm
The Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District Board of Directors is recommending city directors approve a permanent entertainment district downtown. The city’s board of directors approved an ordinance establishing temporary…
by - August 16, 2020 2:45 pm
Hospitality, travel, and tourism have been the hardest hit industries during COVID-19. Think restaurants, hotels, caterers, meeting facilities, trade shows and the cottage industries that support those businesses ranging from…
by - August 13, 2020 12:54 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to reduce airline traffic with July enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport totaling 2,957, down 67.3% compared with July 2019. Delta flights had the biggest…
by - August 13, 2020 10:36 am
It’s one of the most notorious and unusual deaths recorded in Lawrence County. Businessman John A. Rhea was riding his horse near Stewart Park on Feb. 15, 1893, when both…
by - August 12, 2020 10:54 am
The travel industry came to an abrupt halt because of the COVID-19 pandemic as travelers canceled or rescheduled trips, yet travel agents said when travel returns, it will come back…
by - August 11, 2020 7:25 pm
Downtown Springdale will have an entertainment district to allow those who are at least 21 to consume alcoholic beverages while within its boundaries. In a 5-3 vote, Springdale City Council…
by - August 11, 2020 10:22 am
The Symphony of Northwest Arkansas (SoNA) has named D. Riley Nicholson as its executive director. SoNA announced Monday (Aug. 10) the arts administrator, composer and musician will start in the…
by - August 10, 2020 4:41 pm
Perhaps Kraig Pomrenke’s middle name should be “Patient.” Pomrenke, the general manager of the Embassy Suites-Red Wolf Convention Center on the Arkansas State University campus, experienced construction delays due to…
by - August 9, 2020 10:14 am
Pocahontas High School and Hendrix College graduate Graydon Carter was living in New York City working toward his master’s degree in international affairs when the COVID-19 pandemic began to ravage…
by - August 7, 2020 1:27 pm
Fayetteville-based TheatreSquared (T2) has named Simmons Foods CEO and Vice Chairman Todd Simmons its new board president. Simmons replaces Lynn Donald Carver, who was board president for six years as…
by - August 7, 2020 7:00 am
Saracen Casino Resort said Thursday (Aug. 6) it will hire approximately 800 new workers in the next few weeks as it prepares for an upcoming grand opening in early October….
by - August 6, 2020 4:20 pm
Spartan Adventure Park of Fort Smith is set to open Sept. 15 in the former Movie Lounge venue on Rogers Avenue, giving area residents another option for birthday parties and…
by - August 6, 2020 11:49 am
In Arkansas, the tourism and hospitality industry is a significant source of employment and revenue. Only agriculture is a more substantial business in the state. Like so many industries, tourism…
by - August 6, 2020 10:27 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson appointed on Thursday (Aug. 6) J. Eric Hagler to serve as director of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. The Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is a division of the Arkansas…
by - August 5, 2020 7:54 pm
The Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation is helping launch Reimagine Arkansas, a statewide digital media initiative, to amplify underheard voices and shape public understanding and decision-making during COVID-19. “This partnership is a…
by - August 4, 2020 7:36 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors approved an ordinance to allow for a permanent entertainment district at Chaffee Crossing during its regular meeting Tuesday (Aug. 4). The ordinance passed 6-1…
by - August 4, 2020 4:11 pm
Northwest Arkansas’ trail system is experiencing a steady rise in bike and foot traffic, according to a new report commissioned by the Walton Family Foundation. Since 2015, cycling use has…
by - August 4, 2020 2:28 pm
Johnny Morris, a conservationist and founder of Springfield, Mo.-based Bass Pro Shops, announced Tuesday (Aug. 4) the purchase of the former Dogpatch USA theme park in northern Arkansas. The 400-acre…
