by - February 16, 2023 10:21 am
Last year was another record setter in Jonesboro and surrounding Craighead County in terms of sales and use tax collections. As the first month of 2023 ended, the trend line…
by - February 15, 2023 1:42 pm
Arkansas State University has received a $136,000 grant for its Diversifying our Curing Community (DOCC) program from the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas. It’s the second year…
by - February 14, 2023 1:59 pm
U.S. Steel has existed for more than 120 years, and one reason is that the company has embraced technological advancement, Dan Brown, Senior Vice President of Advanced Technology Steelmaking and…
by - February 13, 2023 2:01 pm
Cattle farmer John Kunkel spent much of his professional career as a buyer for Walmart. He decided in 2014 to return to his childhood home in Evening Shade, a small…
by - February 13, 2023 9:33 am
The Department of Public Safety Equipment Grant Program issued a $100,000 grant to the Arkansas State University Police Department (UPD) for advanced training. UPD is one of 113 police agencies…
by - February 11, 2023 10:59 am
The COVID-19 pandemic strained many poultry processing plants as employees became ill and some even died. The result was volatile production and supply chain disruptions for more than a year….
by - February 8, 2023 7:23 pm
Training for some vocations has been a time and opportunity obstacle for many community colleges for years. If a student wanted to become a crane operator, part of the education…
by - February 8, 2023 10:51 am
An endowment has been made to Arkansas State University that will help provide leadership support for the Black Student Association (BSA). The $50,000 endowment creates the Thomas and Billye Hill…
by - February 7, 2023 10:33 am
Many who live in rural parts of the Natural State were hesitant to take any of the COVID-19 vaccines offered after the pandemic engulfed the world in 2020. This was…
by - February 6, 2023 7:33 pm
The Great Fire in Chicago helped to spur the development of one of the most important cities in Northeast Arkansas. The Reverend Henry T. Blythe settled in Mississippi County in…
by - February 6, 2023 8:32 am
Fertilizer prices and drought last year decimated hay production in the United States. The country had its biggest decline in 11 years with stocks at their lowest level since data…
by - February 2, 2023 5:34 pm
Arkansas’ largest crop has been getting a little more valuable as 2023 begins. Soybean prices have trended upward this year due to rising export projections according to the U.S. Department…
by - February 1, 2023 11:43 am
When it comes to the annual Arkansas Irrigation Yield Contest, less means more. The annual University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture program — referred to as “Most Crop per…
by - January 31, 2023 2:40 pm
Avian flu, or HPAI, has devastated poultry flocks in many states and it’s the primary reason that egg prices have surged to unparalleled prices in recent weeks. Egg prices surged…
by - January 31, 2023 9:21 am
Former Lyon College President Dr. Walter Roettger passed away Sunday (Jan. 29) in Syracuse, New York. Roettger served as president of Lyon College from 1998 to 2009. Under Roettger’s leadership,…
by - January 27, 2023 6:01 am
Production for corn, cotton and soybeans declined from last year, according to the 2022 Crop Production Annual Summary released by the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service….
by - January 25, 2023 8:23 am
When the pandemic enveloped the world in March of 2020, book lovers in Jonesboro were dealt a double blow. At the end of the same month during the same year,…
by - January 24, 2023 10:25 am
Drought, other commodity price hikes, and higher input costs led to a middling peanut crop in Arkansas during the 2022 growing season. Arkansas farmers grew about 2,000 fewer acres of…
by - January 23, 2023 1:10 pm
Arkansas’ construction sector dealt with a mix of new and old problems in 2022. Record inflation, interest rate hikes, and chronic supply chain issues continued to plague the industry during…
by - January 23, 2023 12:58 pm
The Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie announced inductees into this year’s Arkansas Waterfowler Hall of Fame. An induction ceremony will honor these individuals on March 2 at the Embassy…
