by - September 8, 2022 5:30 pm
Visitors to the WiFi Park in Newport will soon have access to high-speed internet. Ritter Communication has installed its RightFiber system at the park. The Newport Economic Development Commission (NEDC)…
by - September 8, 2022 5:27 pm
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center at Arkansas State University will host “How to Get SBA Financing for your Small Business” Sept. 20, at the Delta Center for…
by - September 6, 2022 3:36 pm
Batesville-based Lyon College and Entegrity Energy Partners signed two agreements to enter into a partnership that is expected to generate approximately $2.5 million in energy cost savings for the Batesville…
by - September 6, 2022 9:55 am
Inflation has impacted consumers for the better part of a year, but it has also led to increased cropland acre values, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The USDA’s…
by - September 1, 2022 5:10 pm
The Arkansas Department of Education’s Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Arkansas State University and its sponsored initiative, the Arkansas Out of School Network, have awarded $11.3 million in…
by - September 1, 2022 5:06 pm
Colleges and universities nationwide will be faced with a student shortfall in the coming years, but one school in Northeast Arkansas has fended that trend off for at least one…
by - August 31, 2022 11:24 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications from producers for reimbursement under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Certification Cost Share Program. Organic certification fees paid…
by - August 30, 2022 8:18 am
The economic impact of the summer-long drought could approach $100 million in losses when it comes to hay and pasture field forage losses, according to a report by the Fryar…
by - August 25, 2022 9:28 am
Although sales and use tax collections in Jonesboro and Craighead County had maintained a steady record pace in recent months, those collections had slowed when compared to earlier in the…
by - August 25, 2022 9:25 am
The Women’s Foundation of Arkansas (WFA) has announced its 2022 participants in the Tjuana Byrd Internship Program. Three of the 25 internship participants are Arkansas State University current or former…
by - August 24, 2022 3:51 pm
Actor and singer Pat Boone had a serious problem. He’d been in several movies and had refused to kiss his leading ladies. At first, he told one director he couldn’t…
by - August 23, 2022 4:54 pm
A severe drought this summer has left at least half of Arkansas’ pasturelands in poor or very poor condition, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. This will likely lead…
by - August 22, 2022 11:04 am
Weichert Real Estate Affiliates, Inc. has franchised The Property Shoppe real estate company in Batesville. The Property Shoppe, becomes the eighth Weichert franchised office in the state of Arkansas and…
by - August 18, 2022 3:47 pm
If the newest harvest projections hold, U.S. farmers will harvest the least number of cotton acres in over 150 years. A crippling drought across many parts of the South and…
by - August 17, 2022 4:41 pm
Songwriters Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber had written several hit songs during the mid-1950s, and Stoller decided to take a vacation in Europe. He traveled home from Europe on the…
by - August 16, 2022 5:23 pm
The city of Jonesboro is about to have hybrid, trolley-style buses on its streets. The city of Jonesboro received a $878,584 grant for five low- or no-emission trolley-style buses from…
by - August 16, 2022 10:02 am
The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board (ASPB) elected new officers to lead the organization during a recent board meeting. Elected to chair the nine-member board is John Freeman of Desha County….
by - August 15, 2022 9:15 am
It rained very little during the months of June and July throughout most of northern and eastern Arkansas, plunging many parts of the Natural State into a severe drought. In…
by - August 11, 2022 12:55 pm
DaVinci Innovations (DVI) was selected in July as the first Arkansas dealer for Envirotech vehicles and now it’s made its first large scale order. DVI has ordered 100 vehicles, the…
by - August 10, 2022 3:48 pm
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are teaming up to provide taxpayer education to farmers and ranchers. The partnership aims to provide…
