by - October 18, 2017 8:14 pm
One of the marquee tourist attractions in Jonesboro is a series of baseball tournaments held throughout the spring and summer. A major problem has been rain-bogged fields. A solution would…
by - October 18, 2017 3:32 pm
After dipping slightly in the first four months of the year, the state’s second largest industry posted a new record 2% tourism tax collection and tourism job growth returned to…
by - October 17, 2017 6:22 pm
The United States Marshals Museum (USMM) has begun to move dirt on its new site at the intersection of H Street and Riverfront Parkway. In a ceremony on Tuesday (Oct….
by - October 17, 2017 5:38 pm
A downtown Fort Smith building once a repair place for brakes, tires and alignments may soon be a recreation place with beer, tequila and atmosphere. Or alignments. The former C&H…
by - October 17, 2017 4:03 pm
Plans for the coming Gateway Park were announced at Tuesday’s (Oct. 17) meeting of the Fort Smith Central Business Improvement District (CBID). The park will join 1300 Garrison Ave. and…
by - October 16, 2017 8:12 pm
Annexation and “lip dubs” were front-and-center at the Future Fort Smith committee meeting on Monday (Oct. 17) from the Creekmore Park Community Center. In news likely to have a significant…
by - October 13, 2017 10:27 pm
First National Bank of Fort Smith announced a $100,000 donation in support of a combination bike and skate park in downtown Fort Smith on Friday (Oct. 13). The park will…
by - October 11, 2017 7:23 pm
The Pocahontas City Hall sits on historic ground. A century ago, Wear Kibler Schoonover’s boyhood home was located on that spot. Schoonover would become the first football player in the…
by - October 9, 2017 2:50 pm
Comedian and author David Sedaris will perform at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 at the Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville, kicking off the 2017-18 LOL@WAC Series. Sedaris’ works include the bestsellers…
by - October 6, 2017 9:23 am
Bentonville will host the 2017 Outdoor Blogger Summit Oct. 27-29, according to the city’s tourism bureau, Visit Bentonville. The annual event was founded in 2015 and is designed to help…
by - October 6, 2017 5:56 am
The Fort Smith Board of Directors and Sebastian County Quorum Court will soon consider the possibility of expanding Parrot Island Waterpark facilities with a two-slide expansion at a cost of…
by - October 4, 2017 11:33 am
Eureka Springs, branded itself The Halloween City, has a number of Halloween-themed events on tap for October, including ghost tours, haunted theatrical shows, zombie parade, cemetery tours, séances and haunted…
by - October 3, 2017 3:00 pm
The Downtown Springdale Alliance (DSA) has announced a new event celebrating the Ozarks region. Ozarktober Fest is a four-day series of events planned for Oct. 26-Oct. 29 in downtown Springdale….
by - September 29, 2017 12:29 pm
TheatreSquared has hired outgoing director of programs for the American Theatre Wing in New York City to be its director of marketing and communications, the theatre company announced Friday (Sept….
by - September 25, 2017 11:47 am
Northwest Arkansas has seen a surge in public arts activity in the past five years, and the movement takes a prominent role in plans for community development, especially downtown. “What…
by - September 20, 2017 9:12 pm
Former Little Rock Mayor Jim Dailey will replace Joe David Rice as tourism director of the Arkansas Parks and Tourism Department. Rice, who is retiring after 30 years with the…
by - September 20, 2017 4:02 pm
Brenda Yelvington never told herself she wanted to make a movie. Yet on Saturday night (Sept. 16) she received a message on Facebook informing her she had won Best Documentary…
by - September 20, 2017 1:37 pm
Former President Bill Clinton and gospel and rhythm and blues singer Mavis Staples will headline a long list of events this weekend and Monday to mark the 60 years since…
by - September 19, 2017 6:04 pm
Hurricane Harvey’s reach included Arkansas’ tourism marketing budget, with the state shifting just under $300,000 in broadcast spending as a result of Houston and much of southeast Texas being slammed…
by - September 19, 2017 3:57 pm
Experience Fayetteville, the city’s visitors bureau, has hired Jordan Garcia as general manager of the Fayetteville Town Center. Garcia has more than 13 years’ experience in nonprofit, event services and…
