Bentonville Listed Among the South’s Best Cities 2023 AccoladesBentonvilleHeadlines

Bentonville Listed Among the South’s Best Cities 2023

Arkansas’ arts scene has a strong center in Bentonville, a city with a thriving creative…

aronsheltonMarch 14, 2023

NW Arkansas Home to a New Pro Sports Franchise HeadlinesLowellOutdoors

NW Arkansas Home to a New Pro Sports Franchise

The Pro Padel League (PPL), North America’s first professional padel league, sold the Northwest Arkansas…

aronsheltonMarch 10, 2023

Wright’s BBQ – Building a Craft BBQ Empire in NW Arkansas BentonvilleFayettevilleFood & DrinkHeadlinesRogers

Wright’s BBQ – Building a Craft BBQ Empire in NW Arkansas

In the space of just six years, Jordan Wright has built a burgeoning craft barbecue…

aronsheltonMarch 9, 2023

Southern Living Magazine Lists the Top 10 Things to Do in Bentonville ArtsBentonvilleCommunityFood & DrinkHeadlines

Southern Living Magazine Lists the Top 10 Things to Do in Bentonville

Folks come for the art and outdoor pursuits, most famously world-class mountain biking. Along the…

aronsheltonMarch 8, 2023

Fayetteville-based Acretrader Named in Most Innovative Company by Fast Company AccoladesBusinessEntrepreneurshipFayettevilleHeadlines

Fayetteville-based Acretrader Named in Most Innovative Company by Fast Company

Farmland may not be the first place one might look for a productive alternative investment,…

aronsheltonMarch 3, 2023

USA Today Names Bentonville No.2 Best Small Town for Adventure AccoladesBentonvilleHeadlines

USA Today Names Bentonville No.2 Best Small Town for Adventure

This small town is filled with adrenaline-inducing adventures.  

aronsheltonMarch 3, 2023

Fayetteville Receives Tree City USA Designation for 28th Year in a Row AccoladesFayettevilleHeadlines

Fayetteville Receives Tree City USA Designation for 28th Year in a Row

The Tree City USA program is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation in partnership with…

aronsheltonMarch 1, 2023

TheatreSquared Receives Highest Award for Off-Broadway Theatre AccoladesArtsFayettevilleHeadlines

TheatreSquared Receives Highest Award for Off-Broadway Theatre

The recognition acknowledges the theatre’s pioneering virtual co-production of Russian Troll Farm, a New York…

aronsheltonFebruary 28, 2023

Best Friends Pet Resource Center Opens in Northwest Arkansas BentonvilleCommunityHeadlines

Best Friends Pet Resource Center Opens in Northwest Arkansas

The center is a first-of-its-kind, fully reimagined community-based shelter in Bentonville, Arkansas, backed by local…

aronsheltonFebruary 28, 2023

What does the Mountain Biking Capital of the World™ Look Like? BentonvilleHeadlinesOutdoors

What does the Mountain Biking Capital of the World™ Look Like?

Bentonville, Arkansas may not be universally considered the Mountain Biking Capital of the World™, but…

aronsheltonFebruary 28, 2023

Bentonville Featured in 2022 Best Places for Bikes Blog Series AccoladesBentonvilleHeadlinesOutdoors

Bentonville Featured in 2022 Best Places for Bikes Blog Series

Bentonville, Rogers, Springdale, and Fayetteville earned above-average ratings for their access to bike networks, as…

aronsheltonFebruary 23, 2023

Alamo Drafthouse Plans Fayetteville Location EntertainmentFayettevilleHeadlines

Alamo Drafthouse Plans Fayetteville Location

The new 38,000-square-foot facility will be part of a new 19.5-acre mixed-use development called The…

aronsheltonFebruary 17, 2023

The US Pro Cup returns to Fayetteville FayettevilleHeadlinesOutdoors

The US Pro Cup returns to Fayetteville

The US Pro Cup will unfold in northwest Arkansas April 12-16, with three days of…

aronsheltonFebruary 15, 2023

NW Arkansas Business Execs Talk Home Office Expansions BentonvilleBusinessHeadlinesLowellSiloam Springs

NW Arkansas Business Execs Talk Home Office Expansions

Executives with J.B. Hunt Transport, Simmons Foods, Tyson Foods and Walmart shared updates on expansion…

aronsheltonFebruary 8, 2023

Steuart Walton and Tom Walton Share Their Passion for Bentonville BentonvilleCommunityHeadlines

Steuart Walton and Tom Walton Share Their Passion for Bentonville

Steuart Walton and Tom Walton grew up in Bentonville. They believe that active, better-connected communities…

aronsheltonFebruary 8, 2023

Arkansas Music Pavilion’s Summer 2023 Live Music Lineup EntertainmentHeadlinesMusicRogers

Arkansas Music Pavilion’s Summer 2023 Live Music Lineup

Here's a concert update with shows that have been announced for the Walmart Arkansas Music…

aronsheltonFebruary 5, 2023

Most Charming Small Town in Arkansas: Eureka Springs Eureka SpringsHeadlines

Most Charming Small Town in Arkansas: Eureka Springs

"With Victorian homes flanking the winding mountainside streets, this secluded city is brimming with historic…

aronsheltonFebruary 4, 2023

Crystal Bridges Museum Announces 2023 Exhibition Lineup ArtsBentonvilleHeadlines

Crystal Bridges Museum Announces 2023 Exhibition Lineup

From Diego Rivera to Annie Leibovitz and a diversity of engagements in between, the Bentonville,…

aronsheltonFebruary 2, 2023

Fayetteville Ale Trails Launches Mini-Treks FayettevilleFood & DrinkHeadlines

Fayetteville Ale Trails Launches Mini-Treks

The Fayetteville Ale Trail has started rolling out mini-treks beginning with the Fayetteville 7.  

aronsheltonFebruary 2, 2023

Go Inside the ‘World’s First’ Bikeable Building BentonvilleCommunityHeadlines

Go Inside the ‘World’s First’ Bikeable Building

There could be no better time to construct the world’s first bikeable building, and Ledger,…

aronsheltonFebruary 2, 2023

Hugo’s Named Finalist for Arkansas Food Hall of Fame FayettevilleFood & DrinkHeadlines

Hugo’s Named Finalist for Arkansas Food Hall of Fame

Hugo’s of Fayetteville was the only restaurant in Northwest Arkansas to make the list of…

aronsheltonFebruary 1, 2023

Retail Industry Leaders Association Spotlights Black Paper Party BusinessEntrepreneurshipHeadlines

Retail Industry Leaders Association Spotlights Black Paper Party

Black Paper Party was co-founded in Northwest Arkansas by Madia Willis, Jasmine Hudson and J'Aaron…

aronsheltonJanuary 31, 2023

FORMAT Festival Back for Year Two | September 22-24, 2023 BentonvilleHeadlinesMusic

FORMAT Festival Back for Year Two | September 22-24, 2023

FORMAT Festival is a 3-day multidisciplinary festival combining music, art and technology. FORMAT is unique…

aronsheltonJanuary 27, 2023

Chef Rafael Rios Sole Arkansas Representative in 2023 James Beard Awards Semi-finals BentonvilleFood & DrinkHeadlinesRogers

Chef Rafael Rios Sole Arkansas Representative in 2023 James Beard Awards Semi-finals

Chef Rafael Rios, owner and proprietor of Bentonville’s Yeyo’s El Alma de Mexico, has been…

aronsheltonJanuary 27, 2023

‘World Series’ of Adventure Racing Moves to NW Arkansas BentonvilleHeadlinesOutdoors

‘World Series’ of Adventure Racing Moves to NW Arkansas

“We wanted to make Northwest Arkansas the home of global adventure racing,” said Wilford, one…

aronsheltonJanuary 27, 2023

NW Arkansas Named Best Place to Buy a Home in 2023 AccoladesCommunityHeadlines

NW Arkansas Named Best Place to Buy a Home in 2023

Home to three Fortune 500 companies — Walmart, Tyson Foods and J.B. Hunt Transport Services…

aronsheltonJanuary 23, 2023

TheatreSquared Wins 2023 AIANY Design Award and 2023 USITT Architecture Award AccoladesArtsFayettevilleHeadlines

TheatreSquared Wins 2023 AIANY Design Award and 2023 USITT Architecture Award

These new recognitions for TheatreSquared's new home were preceded by earlier honors, including the 2020…

aronsheltonJanuary 21, 2023

A Guide to Music Festivals in Arkansas – Arkansas Tourism BentonvilleEntertainmentEureka SpringsHeadlinesMusic

A Guide to Music Festivals in Arkansas – Arkansas Tourism

Check out this music festival guide, 8 of the 11 are in or near our…

aronsheltonJanuary 20, 2023

The Momentary Recognized as a Bucket List Worthy Concert Venue ArtsBentonvilleHeadlinesMusic

The Momentary Recognized as a Bucket List Worthy Concert Venue

"Set within the wooded beauty of the Ozarks, the Momentary is a venue like none…

aronsheltonJanuary 13, 2023

NW Arkansas Community College to Establish Bicycle Trail Building Program EducationHeadlinesJobsOutdoors

NW Arkansas Community College to Establish Bicycle Trail Building Program

NWACC has received an $8 million grant to establish a program that teaches bicycle trail…

aronsheltonJanuary 12, 2023