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Trustees at Williams Baptist University have approved a new strategic plan for the institution and adopted WBU’s next fiscal year budget. The board approved a $19.5 million budget for the…
by - April 14, 2025 1:08 pm
Construction on the most expensive public works project in the history of the city of Jonesboro has started. Ground was broken Friday (April 11) on the $77 million multisport complex…
by - April 10, 2025 10:14 am
Sales and use tax collections in Jonesboro and Craighead County have been slightly up the last two months, but are still down for the year, when compared to the first…
by - April 8, 2025 5:25 pm
Wholesale egg prices have declined in recent weeks, but it might be several weeks before the impacts are felt for consumers at the grocery store. A dozen eggs sold wholesale…
by - April 8, 2025 1:46 pm
A Herren’s Tire Service, Domino’s, coffee shop, and other restaurant and retail spaces will be installed at a new development in Brookland, according to Haag Brown Commercial. The 5.32-acre commercial…
by - April 7, 2025 3:34 pm
Historic rainfall and multiple tornado outbreaks during the past several days damaged row crop fields throughout the Arkansas Delta region. From Wednesday (April 2) through Sunday (April 6), up to…
by - April 7, 2025 11:53 am
Nearly 700 people attended the ninth annual Women’s Leadership Conference held recently at Arkansas State University. The Women’s Leadership Collaborative and Women’s Business Leadership Center (WBLC) hosted the event. “Boldness…
by - April 3, 2025 4:00 pm
The former Citizens Bank building in downtown Jonesboro has been demolished. Nabholz Construction, the company hired by the city to do the demolition, has filed a project closure form with…
by - April 2, 2025 11:27 am
Ritter Communications, announced the retirement of executive chairman Alan Morse, effective April 30. He joined the company as president in 2014, was promoted to chief executive officer in 2019, and…
by - March 25, 2025 4:26 pm
Arkansas State University has been awarded a $99,906 planning grant from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Campus Cyberinfrastructure program to assess the feasibility of upgrading high-end technology on campus. While…
by - March 24, 2025 1:06 pm
Arkansas farmers have started the planting season. Corn farmers have 2% of their crop in the ground, according to the Crop Progress report from the federal National Agricultural Statistics Service….
by - March 20, 2025 8:39 am
Arkansas State University in Jonesboro broke ground last week on its College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM), and ASU System President Brendan Kelly recently told the board of trustees that when…
by - March 19, 2025 2:20 pm
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) will celebrate “Match Day” for the Class of 2025 on Friday (March 21) at…
by - March 13, 2025 9:19 am
Congressional leaders are determined to slash hundreds of billions of dollars in conservation funding for farmers, and if the cuts go through, producers in the Natural State could lose hundreds…
by - March 12, 2025 8:32 am
The U.S. Congress has not passed a new Farm Bill since 2018 and even that bill uses commodity price points from 2012. Commodity prices have collapsed during the last year…
by - March 10, 2025 4:54 pm
The annual Arkansas Roots Music Festival will be held at the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home on April 12. The theme of the event is “Arkansas Roots of Johnny Cash” and…
by - March 4, 2025 4:00 pm
One of the most common row crops in Arkansas has one of the most mysterious origins. No one knows exactly when humans first started using cotton to make clothes. Scientists…
by - February 27, 2025 5:14 pm
Erratic weather patterns have impacted row crops in recent years in the Arkansas Delta. One crop in particular has been affected by these weather patterns — soybeans. Farmers typically plant 3…
by - February 27, 2025 2:34 pm
A bill allowing for nitrogen hypoxia to be used as a criminal execution method for the Arkansas Department of Corrections passed the Arkansas House Judiciary Committee on Thursday (Feb. 27)…
by - February 26, 2025 3:26 pm
The Arkansas State University College of Agriculture will host its first Character and Ethics Conference on March 10 at the Judd Hill Farmers’ Market. Dr. Jacob Manlove, associate professor of…
