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The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases continues to grow across Northeast Arkansas, and a new county has been added to the rolls of impacted areas. Sharp County had its first…
by - April 1, 2020 5:41 pm
Jonesboro is likely to remain under curfew until further notice the city announced Wednesday (April 1). A curfew has been in place since an EF-3 tornado ransancked the city’s commercial…
by - April 1, 2020 4:05 pm
College and high school students may be shuttered from school this spring due to the pandemic, but a select few were still able to compete in the finals of the…
by - April 1, 2020 1:16 pm
One of Arkansas’ leading agricultural industries is taking a direct hit from the COVID-19 outbreak. Cattle producers are feeling the strain as unprecedented unemployment and consumer uncertainty have rattled the…
by - March 31, 2020 8:49 pm
A devastating tornado and the COVID-19 pandemic may have hampered voters ability to go to the polls, but enough showed up to allow Lake City Mayor Jon Milligan to win…
by - March 31, 2020 5:42 pm
COVID-19 has forced many businesses to shutter and furlough employees, but as of right now that’s not the case at St. Bernards. The state’s largest private healthcare provider, Baptist Health,…
by - March 30, 2020 6:22 pm
The first confirmed COVID-19 fatality was announced Monday (March 30) in Northeast Arkansas. A Paragould resident succumbed to the disease, Craighead County Judge Marvin Day said during an afternoon news…
by - March 30, 2020 10:26 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has declared Jonesboro a state disaster after an EF3 tornado struck the city Saturday (March 28) afternoon. It covered a five-mile swath through Jonesboro and did hundreds…
by - March 29, 2020 12:58 pm
A large, powerful tornado pummeled Jonesboro on Saturday (March 28) and points north of the city as it rampaged through Northeast Arkansas. The storm, possibly as big as an E4…
by - March 28, 2020 2:17 pm
TY Garments, a sports gear manufacturer for Adidas, Reebok and others located at the Port of Little Rock and in Suzhou, China, has donated 2,000 masks and protective gear to…
by - March 26, 2020 6:14 pm
Many businesses are slashing jobs in response to the economic upheaval caused by the spread of COVID-19, but one manufacturer in Jonesboro is reportedly set to increase its labor pool…
by - March 26, 2020 3:55 pm
There are at least four confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Craighead County, but Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin thinks the number of cases could be higher and is frustrated by the…
by - March 25, 2020 6:45 pm
Crittenden County now has six confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to figures released Wednesday (March 25) by the Arkansas Department of Health. The county has more cases than any other…
by - March 24, 2020 5:31 pm
Veteran agriculture researcher Dr. Mickey Latour will become dean of the College of Agriculture at Arkansas State University, Provost Alan Utter said. A full professor at both Purdue University and…
by - March 23, 2020 9:23 pm
A Black Rock resident was confirmed to have COVID-19 on Monday (March 23), making Lawrence County the latest county in Northeast Arkansas to report a case. Craighead County still only…
by - March 23, 2020 5:05 pm
Even as many private businesses and public spaces close their doors in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, staff and faculty with the University of Arkansas System Division…
by - March 20, 2020 11:43 am
Nonprofit groups are expected to be hit hard as the COVID-19 crisis deepens, but one foundation in Arkansas hopes to provide aid to those community organizations in the coming weeks….
by - March 19, 2020 4:29 pm
COVID-19 has officially arrived in Northeast Arkansas’ largest city as the number of reported cases in the state has doubled in just one day’s time. The Arkansas Department of Health…
by - March 18, 2020 6:21 pm
Farm incomes have dropped 50% during the last eight years and a hodgepodge of factors have contributed. Lower commodity prices, trade wars and erratic weather have hurt farm profitability in…
by - March 18, 2020 4:17 pm
Statewide training and certification for private pesticide applicators from the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture is now available online to help keep farmers on schedule as the planting…
