by - January 31, 2017 8:11 am
The Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Facilities Authority (NARIFA) has a new director, and he hopes to keep the organization afloat in the coming years. Derrick Harris, 28, a Piggott native…
by - January 30, 2017 8:17 am
Arkansas highways, city streets, bridges, and county roads need expansions and upgrades and the funding formula needs to be revamped, Rep. Joe Jett, R-Success, told Talk Business & Politics. Gov….
by - January 27, 2017 4:55 pm
Online student enrollment at Arkansas State University has grown substantially in the last three years, and in one area is tops in the state, according to the school. At least…
by - January 25, 2017 7:52 pm
Rice prices have been low for many years and it has forced many rice farmers to reduce or completely stop growing the crop in Arkansas. One rice economist thinks prices…
by - January 24, 2017 5:56 pm
Craighead County and its seat, Jonesboro, set all-time sales tax collection records in 2016. The trend accelerated during the first month in 2017, according to the city and county. Jonesboro…
by - January 24, 2017 7:44 am
The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine has appointed a new dean at its Arkansas State University campus. Dr. Shane Speights, who’d previously served as the associate…
by - January 23, 2017 6:33 pm
Rep. Jimmy Gazaway, R-Paragould, has introduced a bill that would limit the public’s access to audio, photographs, and video recordings of any police officer killed in the line of duty….
by - January 22, 2017 7:32 pm
Jonesboro Unlimited, a private partnership development organization, hopes to raise $3.7 million in private capital to be used to lure high paying jobs to Northeast Arkansas. The fund raising drive…
by - January 20, 2017 12:33 pm
Cincinnati Children’s Emergency Department Director Erin Riehle noticed a problem in her hospital. Many entry level positions had constant turnover, and the hospital catered to a lot of patients with…
by - January 18, 2017 6:10 pm
The Great Recession devastated many parts of Arkansas when the economy began to flounder in 2008. Unemployment rates spiked, jobs withered, real estate sales halted, and median incomes stagnated. One…
by - January 18, 2017 9:39 am
When State House District 60 Rep. Francis “Fran” Cavenaugh, R-Walnut Ridge, arrived in Little Rock earlier this month to begin her freshman term in the Arkansas General Assembly, she didn’t…
by - January 16, 2017 4:40 pm
A director’s position that may have cost former Arkansas State University Chancellor Tim Hudson his job in August has been filled. ASU has hired Dr. Jeanne d’Arc Gomis to become…
by - January 16, 2017 12:43 pm
In the middle of the vast high dollar agriculture fields that define eastern Lawrence County there is an island of civilization. Walnut Ridge, the county seat, contiguously borders two other…
by - January 13, 2017 6:53 am
District 58 State Representative Brandt Smith, R-Jonesboro, has introduced a bill to stop state funded colleges from becoming “sanctuary campuses” for undocumented students. If a college fails to comply, it…
by - January 12, 2017 1:01 pm
Greene County is the second largest county in Northeast Arkansas, and its economy is largely fueled by thriving manufacturing and agriculture sector jobs. The median income in the county is…
by - January 10, 2017 6:54 pm
When Gina Jarrett became the Main Street Paragould executive director in 2005, the heart of Greene County’s largest city was in a transition phase. Many of the store fronts were…
by - January 8, 2017 1:27 pm
When Russell Davis “Davy” Carter III arrived at the capitol following his election to a state house seat in 2008, he didn’t have much company. The GOP only controlled about…
by - January 5, 2017 4:23 pm
Jonesboro issued about $186 million worth of residential and commercial permits in 2016, a 23% increase from the more than $151 million in permits in 2015, according to the city….
by - January 4, 2017 7:36 pm
American Silica LLC, a sand manufacturer in Black Rock (Lawrence Co.), shipped its first 80 train car loads of sand Wednesday afternoon (Jan. 4), President Tommy Bronson told Talk Business…
by - January 4, 2017 1:19 pm
The Jonesboro City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to strike down a request from a property owner who wanted 8.29 acres to be rezoned to allow multi-unit housing. Emotions ran…
