by - February 15, 2019 9:09 am
Construction of a 5-acre park in downtown Siloam Springs is expected to be completed this spring. The city in 2016 received a grant from the Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program…
by - February 14, 2019 3:17 pm
Large donations of $21.131 million to the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith have come from 36 separate sources, with nine of those owing a combined pledge balance of $4.08…
by - February 12, 2019 5:11 pm
For the fifth year in a row, the Fort Smith Convention Center had record revenue, the annual report presented to the Fort Smith Board of Directors at their Tuesday (Feb….
by - February 11, 2019 9:42 pm
The Arkansas Arts Center (AAC) will temporarily relocate to 2510 Cantrell Road in the Riverdale Shopping Center for two and a half years during its upcoming renovation and expansion project….
by - February 7, 2019 6:38 pm
Fort Smith attorney Joey McCutchen has asked for a public debate of the merits of a nine-month, one-cent sales tax that would benefit the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith….
by - February 7, 2019 3:26 pm
Author and television host P. Allen Smith will be the keynote speaker at the inaugural Arkansas Agritourism Association later this month in Little Rock. Smith is a conservationist, lifestyle expert…
by - February 7, 2019 1:38 pm
Arkansas Tourism’s official travel website, Arkansas.com, received a bronze award in the visitor’s guide category at the 2018 North American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) Awards Competition. The NATJA competition, now…
by - February 7, 2019 8:30 am
Arkansas tourism gained momentum throughout 2018 and State Tourism Director Jim Dailey says he doesn’t see that changing in 2019. “We are definitely in the most exciting times for growth…
by - February 4, 2019 8:29 am
If you’re a fan of The Holler in Bentonville, then you’ve got a good reason to pick up the latest issue of Garden & Gun magazine. The Holler, which opened…
by - February 3, 2019 11:58 am
Northwest Arkansas has become a capital of retail commerce, and it is now emerging as a destination of American art. What if the two were to marry, and the region’s…
by - January 31, 2019 4:21 pm
A Public Facilities Board that would oversee proceeds from a one-time, nine-month, one-cent sales tax to benefit the U.S. Marshals Museum will not be formed unless citizens approve the tax…
by - January 30, 2019 6:40 pm
An organized effort has formed to oppose a one-time, one-cent sales tax to benefit the U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith. The Fort Smith Board of Directors in December approved…
by - January 29, 2019 7:06 pm
A Senate panel on Tuesday (Jan. 29) rejected a proposal to replace two relatively obscure statues at the nation’s capitol with similar monuments for Little Rock civil rights activist Daisy…
by - January 29, 2019 6:50 pm
Arkansas Delta Byways will present the annual Delta Awards ceremony, recognizing tourism achievement in Eastern Arkansas, during festivities Feb. 15, at the Grand Prairie Center, 2709 U.S. Hwy., 165, in…
by - January 29, 2019 6:20 pm
Fort Smith-based Beaty Capital Group, owner of TempleLive in downtown Fort Smith, announced Tuesday (Jan. 29) it is completing the first phase of an estimated $8 million, two-phase renovation of…
by - January 27, 2019 1:04 pm
Howard Safir, a former associate director of the U.S. Marshals Service during the Reagan presidency, said the long-awaited U.S. Marshals Museum under construction in Fort Smith will recognize the Marshals…
by - January 25, 2019 6:11 am
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville launched an artwork into space via a weather balloon at a public Art in Space event Jan. 20 as a celebration of…
by - January 24, 2019 4:19 pm
The nonprofit organization Downtown Springdale Alliance (DSA) has hired former Bryant Mayor Jill Dabbs as its new executive director. Dabbs is replacing Kelly Hale Syer, who held the position from…
by - January 21, 2019 2:57 pm
Bill Barnes, president of the Tri-Pennant Family of Resorts, and Robert Moore, a farmer and politician, will be inducted into the Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame during a noon luncheon…
by - January 18, 2019 12:40 pm
Editor’s note: The following story appeared in the Jan. 7 issue of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal. “Then & Now” is a profile of a past member of the Business Journal’s…
