by - April 3, 2017 7:41 pm
Momentum is a key ingredient to the success of any organization, and the most populous city and county in Northeast Arkansas are once again collecting sales tax receipts at an…
by - March 30, 2017 5:21 pm
Dr. Fabricio Medina-Bolivar was fascinated by the plant-based remedies developed in his home country of Peru. Traditional, pharmaceutical medicines were rarely available, and he wondered what properties in the plants…
by - March 28, 2017 11:58 am
Heath Rhodes decided a free giveaway on social media was the best way to spur his hunter dog box business, DHK Manufacturing. The specialty boxes made by his company can…
by - March 27, 2017 3:58 pm
One of Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin’s goals has been to eliminate homelessness in the city. A new program, Helping Underserved Belong, HUB will be launched April 4 to help him…
by - March 26, 2017 2:21 pm
The Arkansas Society of Freethinkers (ASF) will oppose any efforts to make the Christian Bible the official book of Arkansas, ASF President Anne Orsi told Talk Business & Politics. A…
by - March 26, 2017 8:18 am
Toyota is world renowned for the quality of the vehicles it produces, and the efficiency in its work practices. There’s a movement in Arkansas to incorporate the company’s methods, often…
by - March 21, 2017 10:09 pm
The movement to merge Walnut Ridge and Hoxie into one town in Lawrence County is likely dead. The consolidation’s staunchest supporter, Walnut Ridge Mayor Charles Snapp, told Talk Business &…
by - March 20, 2017 7:21 pm
Adam Curtwright’s first job was at the Melba Theater in downtown Batesville. In elementary school, he’d watched many movies on the theater’s lone screen. After he graduated from high school,…
by - March 20, 2017 7:01 pm
Haag-Brown Commercial Real Estate and Development closed one of the largest real estate deals in Northeast Arkansas in the last 10 years. The firm closed a $14 million deal to…
by - March 20, 2017 12:23 pm
Jonesboro issued $14.556 million in commercial permits in February, nearly three times as much as was issued in the same month in the last two years – combined. The city…
by - March 20, 2017 6:54 am
When legislator and attorney H.L. Ponder arrived at the capitol in Little Rock in 1903, he had one piece of legislation he wanted passed. His father founded the town of…
by - March 15, 2017 9:04 pm
Arkansas State University junior Ethan Barnes knew he wanted to major in business the first time he rubbed two dimes together. Thanks to a newly created scholarship endowment created by…
by - March 13, 2017 7:28 pm
Fayth Hill Washington couldn’t believe her eyes. The 4th-grader rounded the corner at the Hoxie Elementary School, and she saw white people standing everywhere. She’d spent the first three years…
by - March 12, 2017 3:42 pm
The Arkansas House of Representatives recently passed HR 1047 recognizing the Christian Bible, in any recognized form, as the official state book. It passed without a single opposition vote, sponsor…
by - March 9, 2017 2:03 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., has at least 37 cosponsors for House Bill 525 that would remove agricultural trade barriers between Cuba and the U.S. There could be a $6…
by - March 8, 2017 6:21 pm
The Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Facilities Authority (NARIFA) is once again searching for a new executive director. Derrick Harris, 28, of Piggott was hired earlier this year to serve as…
by - March 7, 2017 4:07 pm
When the NEA Baptist Charitable Foundation was formed 16 years the goal was to identify health-related needs in the community and provide services to cope with them. The foundation was…
by - March 6, 2017 5:46 pm
Northeast Arkansas’ hub city and its home county continued to show historic economic growth in February. Craighead County collected $1.999 million in sales tax receipts last month, the second most…
by - March 3, 2017 7:32 pm
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., was peppered with questions ranging from alleged lies told by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to the Trump administration’s immigration policies during the Friday meeting of…
by - March 2, 2017 9:03 pm
A record-setting crowd will greet U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., when he speaks at the Northeast Arkansas Political Animals club meeting Friday in Jonesboro at the Hilton Garden Inn. About…
