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Apprenticeships Opening Doors for Local Workforce

The Northwest Arkansas Council is excited to see the number of IT apprentices more than…

aronsheltonFebruary 23, 2022

NW Arkansas Ranked One of Most Affordable Places to Live and Work AccoladesBusinessCommunityHeadlines

NW Arkansas Ranked One of Most Affordable Places to Live and Work

GoodHire analyzed data from 155 US cities — those with a labor force of more…

aronsheltonFebruary 23, 2022

A Simple, Radical Idea Paves Way for Fayetteville Entrepreneurs BusinessCitiesFayettevilleHeadlines

A Simple, Radical Idea Paves Way for Fayetteville Entrepreneurs

The average person walking down the main drag of Dickson Street might be surprised to…

aronsheltonFebruary 22, 2022

University of Arkansas Among Top Institutions for Research Activity AccoladesEducationFayettevilleHeadlines

University of Arkansas Among Top Institutions for Research Activity

The U of A is among fewer than 4% of colleges and universities in America…

aronsheltonFebruary 14, 2022

Springdale-based Band Drops Music Video Dedicated to the Marshallese Community CommunityHeadlinesMusicSpringdale

Springdale-based Band Drops Music Video Dedicated to the Marshallese Community

Springdale-based Mark Harmony creates music that echoes the heartbeat of their people for the Voices…

aronsheltonFebruary 10, 2022

Why Bentonville is America’s Next Boom Town (LinkedIn) BentonvilleBusinessFayettevilleHeadlinesOutdoors

Why Bentonville is America’s Next Boom Town (LinkedIn)

Imagine that Vail, Aspen, Snowbird and Jackson Hole were all built in one town and…

aronsheltonFebruary 10, 2022

3 NWA Corporations Made Fortune’s 2022 Most Admired Companies List AccoladesBusinessHeadlines

3 NWA Corporations Made Fortune’s 2022 Most Admired Companies List

Fortune ranked Tyson Foods no. 1 in the world in Food Production. Walmart made the…

aronsheltonFebruary 3, 2022

TheatreSquared Wins The 2021 International Architecture Award AccoladesArtsFayettevilleHeadlines

TheatreSquared Wins The 2021 International Architecture Award

TheatreSquared has been awarded the prestigious 2021 International Architecture Awards in the category of 'Museums…

aronsheltonFebruary 3, 2022

Scenes from Cyclocross Worlds in Fayetteville (Gallery) FayettevilleHeadlinesOutdoors

Scenes from Cyclocross Worlds in Fayetteville (Gallery)

At the end of January, Fayetteville brought the UCI 2022 world cyclocross championships back to…

aronsheltonFebruary 1, 2022

Ozark Natural Foods Earns 2nd Place in the U.S. Building of the Year Poll AccoladesFayettevilleFood & DrinkHeadlines

Ozark Natural Foods Earns 2nd Place in the U.S. Building of the Year Poll

Designed by Modus, ONF was up against some formidable competition. The first-place winner was the…

aronsheltonFebruary 1, 2022

A Cycling Super Bowl Rolls Into Razorback Country – WSJ FayettevilleHeadlinesOutdoors

A Cycling Super Bowl Rolls Into Razorback Country – WSJ

Wall St. Journal coverage of The World Cyclocross Championships that took place in Northwest Arkansas…

aronsheltonJanuary 28, 2022

Local Filmmaker Recognized as AT&T Dream in Black Future Maker AccoladesArtsCommunityHeadlines

Local Filmmaker Recognized as AT&T Dream in Black Future Maker

The heartbeat of DAYVISION Films is the mission to give power and resources to Black…

aronsheltonJanuary 20, 2022

Meet Three Californians Who Have Made the Move to NWA BentonvilleCommunityHeadlines

Meet Three Californians Who Have Made the Move to NWA

A life-long resident of San Diego, Calif., Jeremy McGhee said he was "completely surprised" when…

aronsheltonJanuary 18, 2022

Global Cycling Network Visits NW Arkansas FayettevilleHeadlinesOutdoors

Global Cycling Network Visits NW Arkansas

Fayetteville Arkansas isn't a place many of you would have thought about taking a bike…

aronsheltonJanuary 15, 2022

Waymo, Freight Giant J.B. Hunt Forming Robot Truck Alliance – Forbes BusinessHeadlinesLowellTechnology

Waymo, Freight Giant J.B. Hunt Forming Robot Truck Alliance – Forbes

Waymo, Alphabet Inc.’s autonomous driving unit, is expanding work with J.B. Hunt and that the…

aronsheltonJanuary 15, 2022

Ozark Mountain Bagel Co. Named Top Bagel Spot in Arkansas AccoladesBentonvilleFayettevilleFood & DrinkHeadlines

Ozark Mountain Bagel Co. Named Top Bagel Spot in Arkansas

Owners, Bill and Sheila Ford, along with their son Tyler, are bringing authentic New York-style…

aronsheltonJanuary 13, 2022

ABC Nightline Features NW Arkansas Incentive Program CitiesCommunityHeadlinesLowellRogers

ABC Nightline Features NW Arkansas Incentive Program

ABC Nightline recently visited with Anela Malik and Ahmed Zuhairy about their decision to relocate…

aronsheltonJanuary 11, 2022

Fayetteville Public Library Featured in Washington Post CommunityEducationFayettevilleHeadlines

Fayetteville Public Library Featured in Washington Post

As the world enters 2022, public libraries are emerging as one of the bright spots…

aronsheltonJanuary 11, 2022

Ozark Highlands Nature Center Earns National Recognition AccoladesEducationHeadlinesSpringdale

Ozark Highlands Nature Center Earns National Recognition

That mix of overt and subtle educational elements and blending of technologies throughout the center…

aronsheltonJanuary 6, 2022

Jumpcut and Cartwheel Bring Web3 Entertainment to the Heartland BentonvilleBusinessEntertainmentHeadlines

Jumpcut and Cartwheel Bring Web3 Entertainment to the Heartland

The film project is based on thousands of illustrated characters from a collection of non-fungible…

aronsheltonDecember 18, 2021

NW Arkansas Named Top Place for Career Growth by Linkedin BusinessHeadlinesJobs

NW Arkansas Named Top Place for Career Growth by Linkedin

The report looked at the regions and industries that have seen the most promotions over…

aronsheltonDecember 8, 2021

CEO Phil Libin Moved to Bentonville at Random—Now, He’s Planting Roots BentonvilleBusinessEntrepreneurshipHeadlines

CEO Phil Libin Moved to Bentonville at Random—Now, He’s Planting Roots

Phil Libin, CEO of video communication company mmhmm and former CEO of Evernote, on the…

aronsheltonDecember 4, 2021

Locals Founders of Black Paper Party Featured on Today Show BusinessEntrepreneurshipHeadlines

Locals Founders of Black Paper Party Featured on Today Show

So awesome to see local community champions Jasmine Hudson and J'Aaron Merchant featured on the…

aronsheltonDecember 1, 2021

The Next Austin? How About Arkansas. Seriously. BentonvilleFayettevilleHeadlinesRogers

The Next Austin? How About Arkansas. Seriously.

"Home to corporate behemoth Walmart, a rising state university, and awash in philanthropy money, this…

aronsheltonNovember 30, 2021

Fayetteville Named Among Best College Towns in America AccoladesFayettevilleHeadlines

Fayetteville Named Among Best College Towns in America

Fayetteville came in at #20. WalletHub compared more than 400 U.S. cities of varying sizes…

aronsheltonNovember 30, 2021

Fayetteville Makes The Global ‘A List’ For Climate Leadership AccoladesCommunityFayettevilleHeadlines

Fayetteville Makes The Global ‘A List’ For Climate Leadership

"The city made this year’s “A List,” which includes 94 other cities across the globe."…

aronsheltonNovember 29, 2021

Bentonville Named Among Most Underrated Travel Destinations In The U.S. AccoladesArtsBentonvilleHeadlines

Bentonville Named Among Most Underrated Travel Destinations In The U.S.

Scenic hikes, cultural activities, historic sites and amazing food abound in NW Arkansas.

aronsheltonNovember 28, 2021

Road Trip Guide to Northwest Arkansas ArtsCitiesFood & DrinkHeadlinesMusic

Road Trip Guide to Northwest Arkansas

"The natural splendor of the Ozarks and plenty of surprises await travelers to this region…

aronsheltonNovember 23, 2021

Drone Delivery Expands in NW Arkansas with DroneUp BusinessHeadlinesTechnology

Drone Delivery Expands in NW Arkansas with DroneUp

Walmart said it was expanding its partnership with DroneUp to bring drone delivery to more…

aronsheltonNovember 23, 2021

CBS News Features Zipline Drone Deliveries in NW Arkansas BusinessHeadlinesTechnology

CBS News Features Zipline Drone Deliveries in NW Arkansas

CBS News got an exclusive look at a new on-demand delivery service, which uses autonomous…

aronsheltonNovember 20, 2021