by - May 2, 2017 5:04 pm
Outdoor recreational activity generates $887 billion in consumer spending each year, according to a report released April 25 by the Outdoor Industry Association. Most of that spending ($702 billion) was…
by - May 2, 2017 7:43 am
The Downtown Springdale Alliance has hired Kelly Hale Syer as its new executive director, the nonprofit announced in a press release on Monday (May 1). She will replace Misty Murphy,…
by - May 1, 2017 7:49 pm
City Director Keith Lau wants in on downtown Fort Smith. The commercial real estate broker at KCP Real Estate and Ward 1 Director is now under contract to purchase the…
by - May 1, 2017 3:50 pm
The Bentonville Film Festival (May 2-7) this year is expanding its theme of inclusion and diversity to promote work done by individuals with disabilities, through a partnership with Inclusion Films,…
by - May 1, 2017 8:54 am
Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park in Prairie Grove, site of the last major Civil War engagement in Northwest Arkansas, has grown by 40.5 acres. The Arkansas Department of Parks &…
by - May 1, 2017 6:50 am
After five years, John and Ramey Myers knew it was time for a change. The couple had opened a restaurant inside a former Marion-area church. They’d built a stable clientele,…
by - April 28, 2017 3:34 pm
Arkansas will celebrate National Travel & Tourism Week May 7-13 with several events throughout the state, according to the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. In 2016, visitors who traveled…
by - April 28, 2017 12:51 pm
Jim Fram, president and CEO of the Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce and the Hot Springs Metro Partnership, will leave both organizations next year. According to a news release,…
by - April 26, 2017 12:43 pm
In several ways, Katie Cook is unique. She was born with a rare defect called agenesis of the corpus callosum, or ACC, where the band of white matter connecting the…
by - April 26, 2017 11:45 am
Margie Raimondo is about to be able to ask her customers if they want cheese with her vintage wines. The owner of Raimondo’s Winery in Mountain Home bought Kent Walker…
by - April 25, 2017 1:39 pm
Arts and cultural economic activity accounted for 4.2% of the U.S. gross domestic product, or $730 billion, in 2014, according to a report released April 19 by the Bureau of…
by - April 24, 2017 4:34 pm
World War I in Arkansas is the focus for Arkansas Heritage Month in May. Arkansas Heritage Month is designated annually by the governor and promoted by The Department of Arkansas…
by - April 22, 2017 12:03 pm
The 32nd annual King Biscuit Blues Festival is set for Oct. 5-7 in Helena. This year’s headliners are Tab Benoit, J.J. Grey and Mofro and Gov’t Mule, according to a…
by - April 19, 2017 5:46 pm
Specifics are not ready, but one Central Business Improvement District (CBID) commissioner has big plans for the 901-911 block of Garrison Avenue with announcements expected in the next 30 to…
by - April 19, 2017 1:29 pm
For the first time in its history, the Miss Arkansas Scholarship Pageant will be broadcast on live television this year. The show will air at 7 p.m. June 17 on…
by - April 18, 2017 4:12 pm
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin told Talk Business & Politics he thinks two proposed convention centers in Northeast Arkansas’s hub city could still be completed by next year. Northern Arkansas Hotel…
by - April 18, 2017 1:17 pm
The Unexpected unexpectedly hits Fort Smith early this year. At Tuesday’s (April 18) meeting of the Central Business Improvement (CBID), event director Claire Kolberg announced the previously-held-in-September art festival would…
by - April 16, 2017 6:40 pm
It took booze, barbeque, and Cinderella’s husband to establish modern-day Pocahontas as the county seat in Randolph County. The city will celebrate its 11th annual Founder’s Day Festival on May…
by - April 13, 2017 5:10 pm
Fort Smith Parks and Recreation Director Doug Reinert shared with the Fort Smith Board of Directors detailed plans on approximately $11.8 million in trails and greenways work the city will…
by - April 13, 2017 12:31 pm
U.S. gas prices will rise 23 cents to an average of $2.46 per gallon this summer, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook. The price for a…
