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The Hot Springs Visitor Center has recorded an increase in visitors for the year, with at least one visitor from all 50 states already recorded by May, Visit Hot Springs CEO Steve Arrison said.

Actor Forrie J. Smith, who portrays Lloyd Pierce, the oldest ranch hand at the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch on the TV series "Yellowstone," has been named the official starter of the First Ever 21st Annual Worlds Shortest St. Patricks Day Parade in 2024, Visit Hot Springs announced Tuesday.

The Arkansas Trails Council named Visit Hot Springs Northwoods Trails Coordinator Traci Berry the organizations Professional of the Year at its meeting Thursday in Bentonville.

Anglers from Malvern and Louisiana each landed a fish worth $1,000 in the $100,000 Hot Springs Fishing Challenge on Friday.

Hot Springs is planning a number of free events for its first post-pandemic Memorial Day weekend.

The Arkansas Walk of Fame will induct six Arkansans later this month over two days, including a free public concert, according to Visit Hot Springs and the Walk of Fame founders.

The most valuable fish in Arkansas are swimming in lakes Hamilton and Catherine right now, and they have already made two anglers richer.

Less than six hours after the start of the $100,000 Hot Springs Fishing Challenge, a visitor from Carlisle landed a largemouth bass that made her $1,000 richer and put her in the record book.

A $165,000 project to install new projectors in the meeting rooms at the Hot Springs Convention Center is aimed at improving the customer experience and raising the level of service provided to meetings and groups, Visit Hot Springs says.