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Arkansas State University ended its lawsuit against the University of Miami after a financial agreement was reached in connection to a canceled college football game between the schools slated for…
by - November 12, 2018 7:54 pm
Soybean and peanut farmers still have thousands of acres to harvest in Craighead County, Craighead County extension agent Branon Thiesse told Talk Business & Politics, adding that constant rains in…
by - November 7, 2018 7:25 pm
Democratic Party of Arkansas Chairman Rep. Michael John Gray, D-Augusta, lost his bid for another term in the Arkansas State House on Tuesday night, despite reports of a possible tabulation…
by - November 7, 2018 1:33 am
Arkansas Democratic Party Chairman Michael John Gray may have lost his bid for another term in the Arkansas State House on Tuesday night, according to returns posted on the Arkansas…
by - November 7, 2018 12:03 am
Walnut Ridge Mayor Charles Snapp fended off a challenge by J.R. Rogers during Tuesday’s general election. Snapp received more than 70% (1,124) of votes cast in the race. The vote…
by - November 5, 2018 10:51 pm
Heavy rains Monday (Nov. 5) didn’t stop determined voters in many parts of Northeast Arkansas from casting ballots during early voting. An estimated 14,564 residents voted during early voting, Craighead…
by - November 5, 2018 4:37 pm
Construction on the new Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden County is virtually complete, employees have been hired, and the hospital is slated to open Dec. 3, BMHCC President and CEO Brian Welton…
by - November 4, 2018 9:04 pm
If the casino ballot initiative passes in Arkansas on Tuesday (Nov. 6), Delaware North, the parent company of Southland Gaming and Racing, will attempt to build a hotel and convention…
by - November 1, 2018 5:07 pm
Shane Speights, D.O., dean, at the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State (NYITCOM at A-State), announced Thursday (Nov. 1) the formation of a new fellowship program in coordination…
by - October 31, 2018 7:28 pm
Soybean farmers have been inundated with challenges this season and those problems continued through the end of October. As of Monday (Oct. 28) about 63% of Arkansas’ 3.25 million soybean…
by - October 29, 2018 5:47 pm
The city of Walnut Ridge is seeing a significant jump in city sales and use collections in 2018. Through October, the city has collected $87,055 in sales tax receipts, a…
by - October 25, 2018 6:33 pm
The United States Department of Agriculture intends to move its Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture out of Washington D.C. and Arkansas Agriculture Secretary…
by - October 24, 2018 6:08 pm
Earlier this year, city officials in Jonesboro were concerned about the city’s declining sales and use tax numbers. Those concerns may have been premature. Jonesboro and Craighead County continued a…
by - October 23, 2018 7:40 pm
Stress can impact the quality of chicken meat before the animal is processed, and scientists are now studying physiological stressors. Avian neuroscientists at the University of Arkansas System Division of…
by - October 22, 2018 2:38 pm
Lindsey Wingo had a big decision to make. She grew up in the small town of Rector in Northeast Arkansas, and when it came time to choose a college, she…
by - October 21, 2018 4:45 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson thinks the trade war with China should end and he sent a message to President Donald Trump through Vice President Mike Pence recently. The tariffs imposed by…
by - October 18, 2018 5:51 pm
At least 67% of the state’s cotton crop has been harvested, well above the 42% average during the last five years through mid-October. But, a significant problem is looming. Perpetual…
by - October 18, 2018 4:32 pm
Efforts to attract higher paying jobs to the Northeast Arkansas metro, and to better educate the workforce, are starting to bear fruit. The 2017 median income for the Jonesboro metro…
by - October 17, 2018 3:28 pm
Jonesboro is poised to set its all-time building permits record in 2018 fueled by expansions by St. Bernards Healthcare and the hotel/convention center project on the Arkansas State University campus….
by - October 16, 2018 4:39 pm
A bad soybean harvest in Arkansas has turned much worse in the last week. The number of acres that are projected to be harvested has dropped by 320,000 acres to…
