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An 11-member panel will be presented to the Jonesboro City Council for approval to serve as the City’s Unity Coalition Advisory Committee, as selected by Mayor Harold Perrin. The proposal…
by - July 13, 2019 9:36 pm
Arkansas’ rice crop, delayed by a wet spring and bludgeoned by high heat, is now facing a triple threat from Tropical Storm Barry, whose remnants are expected to drop heavy…
by - July 11, 2019 8:40 pm
Small businesses can again apply for federal grant assistance through the city of Jonesboro’s Microenterprise Business Accelerator. As part of Jonesboro’s Community Development Block Grant funding from the U.S. Department…
by - July 10, 2019 10:04 pm
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) at Arkansas State University has been recognized as the small business development center of the year by the U.S. Small Business…
by - July 9, 2019 2:18 pm
Rob Ratton, chief deputy prosecuting attorney for the Third Judicial District, will seek to become the Third Judicial District Circuit Judge, Division 3. District Judge Adam Weeks announced his candidacy…
by - July 9, 2019 10:45 am
Psychologist Sheri Simon decided she needed to carry on with a family tradition. Her mother and grandmother had both been painters and she wanted to be one, too. When she…
by - July 8, 2019 6:16 pm
Jonesboro’s City Council has approved a special election to consider a 1-cent sales tax for special projects in the city and it’s seeking candidates for the Oversight Integrity Council that…
by - July 8, 2019 6:11 pm
French explorer Sieur de La Salle was busy connecting with the Native American Indians and mapping a region of the Mississippi River in 1682. His goal was to explore a…
by - July 4, 2019 1:34 pm
Farmers in Arkansas are facing some of the worst conditions experienced in the sector in decades and new ones could emerge even as the floodwaters that have besieged many producers…
by - June 26, 2019 10:41 pm
The number of superlatives to describe sales tax growth in Northeast Arkansas’ hub city and its home county are starting to run thin. Jonesboro collected $1.58 million in sales and…
by - June 25, 2019 1:34 pm
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) has partnered with several organizations to host clinic screenings throughout the Delta Region this…
by - June 25, 2019 6:34 am
The new realities of hemp and the hard realities of a down farm economy are among the issues speakers brought to the sixth annual Mid-South Agricultural and Environmental Law Conference…
by - June 20, 2019 9:14 pm
A group wants to change the name of Johnson Avenue to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Mayor Harold Perrin is asking for volunteers to sit on the nine-person…
by - June 20, 2019 3:41 pm
The year was 1978 and President Jimmy Carter was engaged in the Camp David Peace Accords. Superman, Grease, and the horror flick, Halloween, entertained movie goers. Gas was 63-cents per…
by - June 19, 2019 5:01 pm
Arkansas State University’s ROTC program has a new professor of military science. Maj. Joseph (Joe) Loar has been assigned as professor of military science. Loar earned a bachelor’s degree in…
by - June 18, 2019 7:45 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) released proposed changes to modernize how the agency complies with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Revising the rules will improve…
by - June 13, 2019 6:53 pm
The flood waters along the Arkansas River have ravaged farms and homes, and another group – wildlife that lives in these impacted zones. Residents are advised to avoid flood-displaced wildlife,…
by - June 12, 2019 2:55 pm
Sales and use tax growth through the first five months of 2019 is still on a record setting pace in Craighead County and its seat, Jonesboro, but that pace slowed…
by - June 12, 2019 2:44 pm
The Arkansas Plant Board on Tuesday (June 11) voted unanimously to appoint APB assistant director Scott Bray to the director’s post. Bray will replace Butch Calhoun who has served as…
by - June 11, 2019 11:33 am
The city of Jonesboro has been awarded a $2.335 million federal grant for a rail spur that will increase capacity for delivery and storage to businesses in the Jonesboro Industrial…
