by - September 18, 2017 4:50 pm
Wild pollination has been in sharp decline in recent years and there is a movement to create “wild pollination zones” on the periphery of farms, said Dirk Philipp, associate professor…
by - September 17, 2017 5:21 pm
Arkansas State University’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously Friday to enter into separate land-lease agreements to build disaster preparedness test sites. One is a 183-acre plot owned by the city…
by - September 13, 2017 6:31 pm
Dirt work for the new Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden County is nearly finished, and the foundation slab could be poured in the next several weeks, County Judge Woody Wheeless told Talk…
by - September 13, 2017 5:07 pm
An ad hoc group of elected officials and civic leaders is making a new push for an old economic development concept across northern parts of the state. U.S. 412 runs…
by - September 12, 2017 1:49 pm
Hurricane Harvey threatened to stop one of the marquee events at the 7th Annual Beatles at the Ridge festival Sept. 15-16 in Walnut Ridge. Two stewardesses that worked on the…
by - September 11, 2017 7:03 pm
A Dicamba Task Force charged with providing the Arkansas State Plant Board with a recommendation about the use of the controversial herbicide, will recommend it not be allowed for use…
by - September 11, 2017 11:58 am
It’s taken economic developers more than three years, but a 500-acre swath in southern Wynne near Highway 1 has been certified as a technology/industrial park. No announcements are imminent, but…
by - September 6, 2017 6:38 pm
Walmart has pledged to spend an additional $250 billion to buy American made products through 2023 and the big spending push will benefit Nice-Pak, a company that makes a variety…
by - September 6, 2017 3:02 pm
Hurricane Irma, shaping up to be the most powerful storm ever recorded in the Atlantic, has already impacted Northeast Arkansas. Cancellation of one of the most highly anticipated college football…
by - September 6, 2017 8:39 am
Arkansas State University Campus Queretaro welcomed its first 250 students when it opened on Monday. ASUCQ is a private foundation led by Mexican businessman Ricardo González. He and his partners…
by - September 5, 2017 4:05 pm
The Marion Advertising and Planning Commission will spend $25,000 on an advertising campaign to lure high paid workers from adjacent towns and cities to live in Marion. Specific targets include…
by - August 31, 2017 6:11 pm
Record economic growth continued in Craighead County and its seat, Jonesboro, during August according to sales tax receipts and unemployment figures. Jonesboro collected $1.543 million in city sales and use…
by - August 31, 2017 1:24 pm
The remnants of Hurricane Harvey shifted north and east Thursday and Arkansas farmers readied themselves for potential impacts. The National Weather Service predicted up to 10 inches of rain could…
by - August 30, 2017 5:33 pm
The United States has more than 2 million farmers and the median household incomes are projected to increase by less than 1% this year to $76,831 as compared to 2016….
by - August 29, 2017 4:12 pm
A more transparent system will allow state residents a better understanding of who is funding candidates for office. The Arkansas Secretary of State’s Office is set to launch a new…
by - August 28, 2017 6:22 pm
Arkansas is one of 15 states hoping to land a $1.6 billion automobile plant Mazda and Toyota plan to jointly build by 2021, and a “super site” in Marion could…
by - August 24, 2017 8:13 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson had an important question when interviewing Stacy Hurst to become the director of the Department of Arkansas Heritage. The state’s deep historical and cultural history was important…
by - August 24, 2017 6:10 am
A legal dispute has ended cattle rancher Mike Nelson’s bid for the Democratic nomination in Arkansas’ first congressional district. Nelson told Talk Business & Politics he has suspended his campaign…
by - August 23, 2017 5:55 pm
An 80-acre industrial site in Paragould has been readiness certified by McCallum Sweeney Inc. Paragould’s new certified site, located in the Paragould south industrial park and owned by the Economic…
by - August 22, 2017 8:41 pm
Developers hope to lure at least three chain restaurants to out parcels on the former Indian Mall property at the confluence of Highland Drive and Caraway Road, the second most…
