Click here to view the embedded video. Here’s the newest single from Besnard Lakes, “People of the Sticks.” Two Canadian bands will team up for a show in late April at the newly smoke free Lightbulb Club in Fayetteville. Sounds like a good time, eh? The Besnard Lakes are touring behind their forthcoming album “Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO” Suuns also have a new album, “Images Du Futur.” The bands will combine forces for an April 24 show
View PostTyson Appoints Lilygren EVP of Corporate Affairs
Tyson Foods today announced Sara Lilygren has been named executive vice president of corporate affairs. She was senior vice president of external relations for more than three years. Lilygren joined Tyson Foods in August 2002 as director of federal government relations and ran the company’s Washington, D.C., office for seven years. Prior to that, she [...]
View Post people, TysonNWACC Chooses Interim Senior Vice President, CFO
Becky Paneitz, NorthWest Arkansas Community College president, selected Debi Buckley, a former vice president for finance and administration at NWACC, to fill the role of interim senior vice president for administrative services and chief financial officer. Buckley was vice president for finance and administration from April 2006 to March 2008. He holds a Juris Doctorate from [...]
View Post peopleNWACC Hires Hinds To PR Position
NorthWest Arkansas Community College announced today that Steven Hinds was named executive director of public relations and marketing. In his new role, Hinds will serve as an advocate for the college and oversee the management of the college brand and reputation. He will represent the college at external functions and facilitate strategies that support the [...]
View Post peopleA farewell to Big Smith, with a Q&A session

Big Smith For 15 years, Springfield, Mo., band Big Smith has been traipsing around the country, sharing their family band harmonies and homespun songs with adoring crowds. For most of those 15 years, the band has been making stops in Fayetteville, a place Big Smith considers its second home. But all good things come to an end, and that’s the case for Big Smith, which recently announced it will retire from the music business. While the individual members will likely play in other combos, Big Smith is through, we’re told
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