by - March 21, 2024 8:25 am
Jonesboro will be awarded another seven-figure appropriation for safety and industrial infrastructure improvements, Mayor Harold Copenhaver announced Thursday (March 21). The city will receive a $1 million grant from the…
by - March 20, 2024 12:48 pm
About 14 years ago, farmers in the Arkansas Delta began planting peanuts. Producers had grown the legume in years past, but it had been decades since the crop had been…
by - March 19, 2024 11:43 am
Gearhead Outfitters has expanded its store holdings into Colorado. The company recently announced that it bought Summit Canyon Mountaineering. Summit has two stores, one in Grand Junction and another in…
by - March 19, 2024 9:16 am
Nearly every month for almost a decade Jonesboro’s sales and use tax collections have outpaced the same month from the previous year and that has led to unprecedented growth with…
by - March 18, 2024 11:27 am
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) enjoyed a 99% placement rate through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP), the Jonesboro-based…
by - March 18, 2024 9:39 am
A $10 million Congressional appropriation, led by U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., will advance plans for the Arkansas State University Center for Advanced Materials and Steel Manufacturing to support the…
by - March 14, 2024 6:58 pm
Construction will begin on the $25.2 million Windgate Art and Innovation Center at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro following approval by the ASU System Board of Trustees on Thursday (March…
by - March 13, 2024 12:17 pm
Seven recipients were selected as Living Legends Award winners with connections to Arkansas State University. Recipients include retired Maj. Gen. Elder Granger, retired Lt. Col. Frederick C. Turner Jr., Cora…
by - March 12, 2024 5:37 pm
Chris and Mark Fowler, sons of the late Jama and Wallace Fowler, have donated the former Jonesboro home of their parents to the Razorback Foundation. The six-bedroom house will be…
by - March 7, 2024 1:55 pm
U.S. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, will seek the chairmanship of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee in the next Congress. Crawford has represented Arkansas’ First Congressional District since he won election…
by - March 6, 2024 9:31 pm
If the city of Jonesboro were a book filled with different chapters, each one would have one thing in common – consistency, Mayor Harold Copenahver said during his State of…
by - March 6, 2024 1:47 pm
In recent years, Arkansas has become increasingly more economically competitive. Randy Zook, CEO of the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce and Associated Industries of Arkansas, said it has a lot…
by - March 5, 2024 11:03 pm
Three incumbent Republicans rolled to primary election victories in their state legislative races Tuesday (March 5). State Sen. Dave Wallace, R-Leachville decisively defeated Dr. Tommy Wagner, R-Manila. Wallace received 2,975…
by - March 5, 2024 9:27 am
For more than 30 years the United States and the Soviet Union were the two nuclear titans that had a shared philosophy when it came to the launch of nuclear…
by - March 4, 2024 4:09 pm
Two Republicans will square off in the Tuesday, March 5th primary election race in the State House District 30 race. Incumbent Rep. Fran Cavenaugh, R-Walnut Ridge, is being challenged by…
by - March 4, 2024 4:04 pm
One of the highest profile State Senate GOP primary races in Arkansas centers on District 19, which pits incumbent Sen. Dave Wallace, R-Leachville, against challenger Dr. Tommy Wagner of Manila….
by - March 4, 2024 3:59 pm
Incumbent Rep. Jack Ladyman, R-Jonesboro, is fighting off a primary challenge from former legislator Brandt Smith in the House District 32 contest to be held Tuesday, March 5. Talk Business…
by - March 3, 2024 9:23 am
Arkansas’ second largest economic sector had a record setting 2022 as an estimated 48.3 million visitors came to the Natural State. State officials are hopeful expansion within the sector, such…
by - February 28, 2024 5:51 pm
In the middle of the Neolithic period more than 5,300 years ago, mysterious tombs and carvings were erected and etched in Loughcrew, an area in County Meade in Ireland. When…
by - February 28, 2024 4:12 pm
Corn acres are expected to decline in 2024 and rice milling yields during 2023 were down and that could continue this year, according to agriculture experts at the 2024 Arkansas…
