by - July 24, 2019 4:14 pm
The International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) awarded Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville and the Walmart AMP in Rogers a 2019 Venue Excellence Award during the Venue Industry Award luncheon…
by - July 22, 2019 1:55 pm
Visitors to Fort Smith will have blue wayfinding signs to direct them to points of interest throughout the city. The Fort Smith Advertising & Promotions Commission put up the first…
by - July 22, 2019 11:01 am
Director, producer and Arkansas Cinema Society executive director Kathryn Tucker is counting down the days to this year’s Filmland festival in Little Rock. As timing would have it, she’ll be…
by - July 18, 2019 7:10 pm
The multi-colored building that once housed AC Taylors Mobile Service Station where Rogers and Garrison Avenue converge has been demolished and foundation work has started on Gateway Park in downtown…
by - July 16, 2019 8:10 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors on Tuesday (July 16) approved a resolution endorsing the city’s inclusion in the Main Street Arkansas Program. It’s one of the last parts of…
by - July 14, 2019 7:51 pm
A new exhibit at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock looks at the impact humans have on the oceans and marine life. More than 20 giant sea life sculptures…
by - July 11, 2019 5:01 pm
Traffic out of the Fort Smith Regional Airport – up almost 5% in June – is on track to post a fourth year of consecutive gains after a sudden drop…
by - July 11, 2019 12:47 pm
Bentonville-based Walton Family Foundation is backing a new regional arts service organization in Northwest Arkansas. The goal of the organization is to “expand access to arts, culture and heritage” in…
by - July 10, 2019 10:01 pm
The Coston Fine Arts Center is closer to becoming a reality in Osceola. The project has received numerous grants and in-kind labor to move forward. The latest round of funding…
by - July 9, 2019 5:33 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors pondered entertainment districts during the board study session Tuesday (July 9). The 2019 Arkansas General Assembly adopted Act 812, which makes it lawful for…
by - July 9, 2019 10:45 am
Psychologist Sheri Simon decided she needed to carry on with a family tradition. Her mother and grandmother had both been painters and she wanted to be one, too. When she…
by - July 9, 2019 8:34 am
The Mosaic Templars Cultural Center received a $300,000 grant from Union Pacific on Monday (July 8), which increased its capital campaign coffers too $796,000. “Vibrant spaces that celebrate cultural diversity…
by - July 7, 2019 2:31 pm
Experience Fayetteville, the convention and visitors bureau for the city of Fayetteville, has hired two new employees and promoted a third. Hazel Hernandez, formerly director of marketing and communications, has…
by - July 2, 2019 11:35 am
The Van Buren trolley is adding evening runs to its schedule in order to accommodate those hoping to experience the growing evening entertainment along historic Main Street. The Van Buren…
by - June 30, 2019 12:41 pm
Alice Alt, vice president of development for the U.S. Marshals Museum Foundation, will take over for retiring president Jim Dunn on Monday (July 1). Dunn, who has served as the…
by - June 27, 2019 8:53 pm
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program (AHPP), a division of the Department of Arkansas Heritage (DAH), announced their 2020 Downtown Revitalization Grant recipients at an awards presentation on Tuesday (June 25)….
by - June 27, 2019 4:51 pm
The Fort Smith-Van Buren tourism sector is off to a better start in 2019 following a flat 2018, with tourism officials optimistic that historic flooding in late May and early…
by - June 26, 2019 2:58 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson made history Wednesday (June 26) when he appointed the first woman ever to serve a full term as an Arkansas Game and Fish Commissioner. Anne Maria Doramus…
by - June 25, 2019 9:27 pm
The Fort Smith Board of Directors agreed Tuesday (June 25) for Fort Smith City Administrator Carl Geffken to continue talks with the Oak View Group about the possibility of outside…
by - June 25, 2019 2:51 pm
Drinking alcoholic beverages in public places like sidewalks, biking trails or parks has historically been against the law in Arkansas. But a new law now gives cities the option for…
