by - April 15, 2026 4:02 pm
Walmart for Good recently gave $175,000 to the Jones Center in Springdale. Over the past three years, the foundation has provided a total of $825,000 to support the Jones Center’s…
by - April 14, 2026 12:23 pm
March enplanements at the Fort Smith Regional Airport were below that of March 2025, with airport traffic in the first quarter of 2026 slightly above that in the same period…
by - April 12, 2026 3:39 pm
Accounting firm Forvis Mazars has begun its audit of American Resort Management’s (ARM) finances related to the operation of Parrot Island Waterpark. The waterpark, jointly owned by Sebastian County and…
by - April 12, 2026 2:05 pm
John Engleman, a former sports anchor and director with over a decade of media relations experience, started a podcast to keep tabs on the ever-evolving food and restaurant sector in…
by - April 10, 2026 8:11 pm
A 5k run, ruck march, address by a Holocaust survivor, and a military equipment display are part of the “Darby Days” weekend event in late April organized by the Fort…
by - April 10, 2026 11:26 am
The city of Rogers will soon reopen the Victory Theater after investing about $2 million to restore the venue, which was damaged by the May 2024 tornado. Arkansas Public Theatre…
by - April 9, 2026 8:54 pm
Arkansas State University has received a $25,000 donation to establish the A-State Norris “Ray” Dacus Rockabilly Exhibit Endowment Fund, ensuring permanent support for the A-State Museum’s popular exhibit, “Rockabilly! The…
by - April 5, 2026 12:03 pm
The Internet machine, which is never wrong, suggests there is “no indication” that legendary Federal Judge Isaac C. Parker was known to hang around a bar and throw back a…
by - April 4, 2026 12:28 pm
The U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith grew steadily in 2025, leaving administrators feeling positive about the years to come. Admission for calendar year 2024 was approximately 45,300. In 2025,…
by - April 2, 2026 2:06 pm
Fayetteville-based High Street Real Estate and Development announced Thursday (April 2) that it’s received a 2026 Charter Award from the Congress for the New Urbanism for The 1907 Block in…
by - April 1, 2026 4:04 pm
Arkansas’ 2% tourism tax revenue between January and December was $26.596 million, down 0.24% compared with the $26.66 million in the same period of 2024. Despite the slight dip in…
by - March 31, 2026 8:45 pm
Gov. Sarah Sanders announced Tuesday (March 31) the Maumelle Pinnacles Master Plan, “a landmark effort” to expand outdoor recreation opportunities while protecting Lake Maumelle. The Maumelle Pinnacles project spans more…
by - March 31, 2026 3:18 pm
Two years ago, Becky Luther was a nurse practitioner and a single mom. She had no interest in professional networking and no idea she was about to become “Queenie Be.”…
by - March 31, 2026 1:13 pm
The Randolph County Heritage Museum will host Marty Ryall, Director of the Division of Heritage at the Arkansas Department of Parks, Tourism and Heritage, for a special public program on…
by - March 30, 2026 4:01 pm
Experience Fayetteville, the tourism marketing agency for the city of Fayetteville, recently released its 2025 Impact Report that shows tourism activity helped generate 38,337 hotel room nights and about $23…
by - March 28, 2026 10:03 am
Blank Art Studio recently invested about $1.5 million in equipment and improvements to open a first-of-its-kind creative studio in Bentonville. The nearly 10,000-square-foot gallery, production facility, working studio and customer…
by - March 27, 2026 8:26 am
Hospitality tax revenues in the Fort Smith metro were down in 2025 compared with 2024, but tourism officials are optimistic a downward trend will not continue through this year. Fort…
by - March 23, 2026 12:59 pm
Discussions on the economy have dominated gatherings, social media and public discussions for months, maybe years. There is frequent discussion on social media forums about the cost of gas, groceries…
by - March 20, 2026 8:13 am
A rising number of Fort Smith Regional Airport enplanements has resulted in American Airlines using larger planes at the airport and planning to add an extra flight during the summer,…
by - March 19, 2026 3:26 pm
In less than a month, or about the time it once took to deliver mail from Fort Smith to California and back, an idea to build a large Butterfield Trail…
