by - April 3, 2018 10:07 am
Experience Fayetteville, the city’s tourism bureau, has joined the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA), an organization that provides a network of free tourism resources and information for the…
by - March 29, 2018 7:28 pm
The third time wasn’t the charm for supporters of a casino amendment proposal hoping to clear a legal hurdle with Attorney General Leslie Rutledge. The Arkansas AG rejected the latest…
by - March 29, 2018 12:24 pm
Northwest Arkansas’ robust economy is powered, in part, by bicycles. That’s according to three new studies commissioned by Bentonville-based Walton Family Foundation (WFF) and released Thursday (March 29), which say…
by - March 28, 2018 7:27 am
A ballot question committee has been formed to explore a different casino proposal in Arkansas, according to new paperwork filed with the Arkansas Ethics Commission. The Associated Press first reported…
by - March 27, 2018 4:23 pm
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport (XNA) in Highfill may soon hire Hight Jackson Associates of Rogers to design a $20 million terminal renovation project that’s expected to include an elevated walkway,…
by - March 23, 2018 1:57 pm
The Walton Family Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art will partner with New York-based nonprofit Smarthistory to increase access to and understanding of American history and art. With…
by - March 21, 2018 12:41 pm
Stacy Hurst, director of the Department of Arkansas Heritage (DAH), today named Dr. Wendy Richter as state historian and director of the Arkansas State Archives (ASA), a division of DAH….
by - March 19, 2018 5:17 pm
The four finalist candidates for director of the University of Arkansas School of Art will visit campus in March and April for interviews, public presentations, and receptions. The Walton Family…
by - March 15, 2018 12:13 pm
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art will open its newly redesigned Early American Art galleries on Friday (March 16), marking the first reinstallation for the galleries since the museum opened…
by - March 14, 2018 4:26 pm
The James Beard Foundation announced the finalists for its coveted annual awards Wednesday (March 14) and a downtown Bentonville restaurant was among the nominees for design. The Preacher’s Son, a…
by - March 13, 2018 10:25 pm
El Dorado was the big winner in the 2018 Henry Awards presented by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. Madison Murphy, El Dorado native and former board chairman of…
by - March 13, 2018 4:37 pm
Visitors spend billions of dollars in Arkansas each year, and the hope is that trend will continue into the future, Arkansas Tourism Director Jim Dailey said Tuesday (March 13) during…
by - March 12, 2018 6:36 pm
Supporters of a proposal to amend the Arkansas Constitution to allow up to four casinos in Arkansas with tax proceeds benefitting highway funding drew another unlucky response from Attorney General…
by - March 12, 2018 1:44 pm
Cathy Drew, executive director of the Ozark Gateway Tourist Council, and Mike Mills, owner of Buffalo Outdoor Center, were inducted into the Arkansas Tourism Hall of Fame on Monday (March…
by - March 11, 2018 9:57 pm
Livability will be a top priority for the upcoming crop of young professionals, and Jonesboro businessman Ted Herget hopes civic and business leaders are ready to take proactive steps to…
by - March 9, 2018 3:21 pm
The biggest change in the annual Bentonville Film Festival since its inception in 2015 is it keeps growing, and so does community support for the event, said Wendy Guerrero, president…
by - March 9, 2018 10:26 am
The exhibition “War, Collections, Memory,” showing artifacts, photos and documents from the state’s World War I archives, is on display now through August in the first-floor galleries at the Arkansas…
by - March 8, 2018 11:15 am
Northwest Arkansas in the last decade has made strides in becoming a more welcoming environment for art and artists, but a panel of artists at Northwest Arkansas Community College’s Spring…
by - March 6, 2018 1:12 pm
Arts and cultural economic activity rose 4.9% nationwide between 2014 and 2015, reaching $763.6 billion and accounting for 4.2% of the GDP, according to a report published Tuesday (March 6)…
by - March 6, 2018 8:50 am
Walmart founder Sam Walton — who died April 5, 1992, due to cancer — would turn 100 years old on March 29, and the Walmart Museum in Bentonville has planned…
