Local Startup Founder Featured in Wall Street Journal BentonvilleBusinessEntrepreneurshipHeadlines

Local Startup Founder Featured in Wall Street Journal

Local founder and CEO Charu Thomas featured in The Wall Street Journal for knocking down…

Archetype ProductionsApril 11, 2023

FORMAT Festival Announces 2023 Lineup – Rolling Stone ArtsEntertainmentHeadlinesMusicTechnology

FORMAT Festival Announces 2023 Lineup – Rolling Stone

T three-day event in Bentonville, Arkansas will feature Alanis Morissette, LCD Soundsystem, Leon Bridges, Modest…

Archetype ProductionsApril 4, 2023

Local Cheese Shop Named Among Most Iconic in America AccoladesBentonvilleFood & DrinkHeadlines

Local Cheese Shop Named Among Most Iconic in America

Hailed as Arkansas’ first independent, cut-to-order cheese shop, Sweet Freedom highlights American artisan producers, as…

aronsheltonMarch 31, 2023

Alice Walton Is Getting Art Out of Storage and Into the World ArtsBentonvilleCommunityHeadlinesHealthcare

Alice Walton Is Getting Art Out of Storage and Into the World

Walton is a subtle but major force in the both the art world, where her…

aronsheltonMarch 31, 2023

NWA Ranks No. 34 in Heartland Forward’s Most Dynamic Metros Report AccoladesCommunityHeadlines

NWA Ranks No. 34 in Heartland Forward’s Most Dynamic Metros Report

The Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers metropolitan area came in at No. 34 in Heartland Forward’s Most Dynamic Metros,…

aronsheltonMarch 31, 2023

New Docuseries Follows Local Founder to the World Barista Championship AccoladesHeadlinesRogers

New Docuseries Follows Local Founder to the World Barista Championship

The Road to Milan has already been chosen as an official selection for both the…

aronsheltonMarch 28, 2023

First Cageless Animal Shelter in US Opens in NW Arkansas AccoladesBentonvilleCommunityHeadlines

First Cageless Animal Shelter in US Opens in NW Arkansas

"Right here in Northwest Arkansas, we’re actually creating the future of animal sheltering that we…

aronsheltonMarch 17, 2023

Walmart Helped Put Northwest Arkansas on the Map. Now Everybody Wants a Piece of It BentonvilleCommunityFayettevilleHeadlinesRogersSpringdale

Walmart Helped Put Northwest Arkansas on the Map. Now Everybody Wants a Piece of It

The once little-known region got a boost from the giant retailer and corporations like Tyson…

aronsheltonMarch 16, 2023

Architectural Review Names Local Research Center Future Project of the Year 2023 AccoladesFayettevilleHeadlines

Architectural Review Names Local Research Center Future Project of the Year 2023

Itself a lesson in timber construction, the building aims to educate new practitioners and inspire…

aronsheltonMarch 15, 2023

Eureka Springs Named Top 10 Small Town by USA Today AccoladesEureka SpringsHeadlines

Eureka Springs Named Top 10 Small Town by USA Today

This picturesque community is anything but sleepy, boasting plentiful activities and attractions, from the Turpentine…

aronsheltonMarch 15, 2023

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