March 2022

Although a mainstay of family fun in Arkansas, Magic Springs Theme and Water Park in Hot Springs has undergone its fair share of changes since reopening in 2000. The park opened as Magic Springs Family Fun Park in 1977, closed…

Everywhere one looks throughout the stylish Little Rock headquarters of Arkansas Capital Corporation, the eras collide.  In the foyer hangs a massive wooden plaque studded with brass plates denoting the group’s leadership through the years while, over here, a framed…

Dan Waymack and his team can say more in 30 seconds than most people can say in a day. Waymack, the owner of Little Rock video production company Waymack and Crew, has been shooting catchy television advertisements for dozens of…

In late February, virtually everyone in Arkansas was hunkered down to avoid glazed roads and the bracing bite of winter. But for many, even the weeklong sleet and cold could not quell their spring fever. Justin Cole, vice president and…

Electric vehicle startup Canoo recently moved its headquarters from Austin, Texas, to Northwest Arkansas, and soon will begin rolling out its radical EVs from new manufacturing plants in Bentonville and nearby Pryor, Okla. A research-and-development facility also is planned for…

Like the fabled mythological phoenix, Mississippi County has for decades consistently risen from the ashes of economic despair. Now, with the announcement of a new $3 billion U.S. Steel plant in Osceola, local officials say this could be one of…

There’s a lot about the new $3 billion U.S. Steel plant, bound for Osceola in Arkansas’ Mississippi County, that’s just this side of surreal. The growing presence of steel, an industry that’s cropped up in this flat, open corner of…

Lucie Pathmann’s hiring in October to direct global branding for Westrock Coffee as its senior vice president of communications represented a return to familiar ground, and the Central Arkansas PR veteran is helping guide the company through significant growth. Westrock’s…

Since the first Arkansas casinos opened in Hot Springs, West Memphis and Pine Bluff in 2019 and 2020, gaming’s popularity has grown at an impressive rate. 2021 gaming revenue reached $565 million, an increase of 32 percent from 2019, said…

The Last Word Eric Musselman’s loving embrace of Arkansas basketball — its tradition, significance to the well-being of the state’s collective psyche and perhaps more importantly, its further potential — has me thinking back to the early Eddie Sutton days…