Welcome to Best of River Valley

We are excited to bring you our fifth edition of the Best of River Valley Awards Magazine. This year, we increased our categories up to 255 different options, which resulted in 765 awards. In addition, we have added a new Sapphire Award for all businesses that have won an award each of the five years of the Best of River Valley.

 

With our large contest area ranging from Sallisaw to Russellville, and from Mountainburg to Waldron, to be named in the top three in any of our categories is an accomplishment. Our goal is to create economic lift and overall promotion of the River Valley, while engaging the community in celebrating the places, restaurants and local businesses that make our area unique. We highlight efforts to discover and celebrate the businesses, people and places we love most, as voted by our local community: You.

 

We believe that accurate, local journalism is important to every community. We cannot accomplish great things without your support of our local journalists. We encourage you to show your support by subscribing to the River Valley Democrat-Gazette so that we may continue to grow our area of local reporting to include more River Valley communities from Fort Smith to Clarksville, and everything in between. 

 

Producing a contest this size takes a dedicated local team and committed businesses. To our sponsors, marketing partners and readers, and especially the folks who took the time to vote, we would like to thank you for making the Best of River Valley possible.