by - November 13, 2024 5:41 am
Applications are open for the 2025 Lab2Launch Accelerator for Arkansas researchers and early-stage companies. Offered by the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center, the multi-week accelerator prepares companies to…
by - November 13, 2024 5:35 am
Arkansas State University has launched its ”Howl Chatbot” to aid students and campus visitors with a myriad of questions. The chatbot project was a multi-department initiative, which was led by…
by - November 11, 2024 4:33 pm
A stretch of Interstate 57, formerly U.S. Highway 67 from North Little Rock to Walnut Ridge has been designated as an interstate. The 120 mile swath is part of a…
by - November 11, 2024 4:27 pm
The Arkansas Century Farm program recently added 41 more farms. The program recognizes Arkansas farms of 10 acres or more owned by the same family for at least 100 years….
by - November 7, 2024 8:52 am
Despite recent rains, many parts of Arkansas remain in some form of drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The prolonged dry and warm autumn weather will have a significant…
by - November 5, 2024 11:16 pm
There will be a runoff in the Jonesboro mayoral race. One-term incumbent Mayor Harold Copenhaver will square off against challenger and alderman L.J. Bryant after they were the top two…
by - November 4, 2024 11:41 am
The Greene County Cooperative Extension Service has a new stand-alone building. The $4 million project was recently completed and a grand opening was held in late October. “This building dedication…
by - November 4, 2024 11:08 am
Jonesboro’s Economical Transportation System (JET) has received the first of five trolley buses for its fleet. The blue trolley bus, complete with wood interior, faux etched windows, and a trolley…
by - October 30, 2024 2:34 pm
Arkansas was not directly impacted by hurricanes that hit Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, and others several weeks ago, but remnants of those systems did have the potential…
by - October 29, 2024 7:31 pm
Jonesboro city officials have determined that the best course of action is to demolish the former Citizens Bank building in the city’s downtown. A bulge was detected in one of…
by - October 29, 2024 1:46 pm
No firm dates have been set for DNA testing evidence in the West Memphis Three case, but Damien Echols and his legal team plan to ask for items to be…
by - October 22, 2024 8:47 am
The Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center projects an income decline for Arkansas farmers for the second straight year in 2024. It will be slightly offset by small declines…
by - October 21, 2024 7:50 am
Jonesboro incumbent Mayor Harold Copenhaver and his three opponents have engaged in a series of debates in different forums throughout Northeast Arkansas’ hub city during the month of October. Challengers…
by - October 17, 2024 1:52 pm
The SHRM Foundation has been awarded a $1.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Workforce Opportunities for Rural Communities (WORC) program to launch an initiative in Arkansas, “Keeping…
by - October 16, 2024 4:30 pm
The 44th annual Arkansas Scottish Festival – ScotsFest – the largest annual festival in Independence County’s will start Friday and run through Sunday (Oct. 18-20), on the Lyon College campus….
by - October 16, 2024 10:55 am
Nearly three-quarters of the state of Arkansas is under some type of drought designation, and wildfires are becoming an increasing danger as dry weather continues to loom across the Natural…
by - October 15, 2024 8:58 am
A fungal disease that has caused yield losses in corn has recently been found in Arkansas on decorative corn stalks, said Terry Spurlock, extension plant pathologist for the University of…
by - October 14, 2024 2:48 pm
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Copenhaver and other city officials have met with structural engineer Jordan Lane and other building professionals at the former Citizens Bank Building on Main Street. Engineers first…
by - October 10, 2024 4:56 pm
U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman, R-Hot Springs, and his opponent Democrat Risie Howard of Pine Bluff agreed on some key issues but were diametrically opposed on others during their Fourth Congressional…
by - October 9, 2024 12:17 pm
The city of Jonesboro has been awarded a $1 million grant from the United States Department of the Interior’s National Park Services, through the Outdoor Recreation Legacy program to build…
