by - August 31, 2021 11:31 am
Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash will perform the first-ever concert from her father’s boyhood home in Dyess. This concert will headline the 2021 virtual Johnny Cash Heritage Festival slated for…
by - August 30, 2021 2:24 pm
Majestic Steel USA announced Monday (Aug. 30) a new state-of-the-art service center and processing facility on the campus of Nucor Hickman in Blytheville. The 515,000-square-foot facility will feature next generation…
by - August 30, 2021 1:01 pm
Hurricane Ida decimated the Louisiana coast Sunday (Aug. 29) before turning its wrath on the city of New Orleans, destroying property and leaving more than one million without power. Growers…
by - August 26, 2021 6:53 pm
Lyon College President W. Joseph King resigned Thursday (Aug. 26). King, who was under fire for comments about President Donald Trump supporters and white supremacist in the Ozark Foothills tendered…
by - August 26, 2021 4:05 pm
Holiday dinners later this year might be impacted by a decline in turkey production due to several factors, according to James Mitchell, extension agricultural economist for the University of Arkansas…
by - August 25, 2021 1:51 pm
Lawrence Healthcare and Williams Baptist University have formed a partnership to fill employment needs at the hospital while providing valuable experience and training for WBU students. Through the agreement, students…
by - August 24, 2021 2:32 pm
Commodity prices dropped as the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered economies worldwide during the first half of 2020. But one agricultural commodity, rice, had increased demand, according to a new University of…
by - August 23, 2021 10:09 am
The Cooperative Extension Service is launching a new workforce training initiative, known as “CREATE LIFT.” The program is facilitated by the Department of Community, Professional and Economic Development, which is…
by - August 19, 2021 4:04 pm
Arkansas-based steel manufacturer Lexicon and solar company Seal Solar unveiled Thursday (Aug. 19) in Blytheville the state’s first solar array made with locally produced steel. U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark.,…
by - August 19, 2021 11:18 am
Ten years ago today (Aug. 19), three men convicted of brutally beating three, 8-year-old West Memphis boys to death were released from prison after being incarcerated for almost two decades….
by - August 17, 2021 5:38 pm
Creating enough food to feed the world this century while being mindful of environmental change will provide unique challenges for farmers. President Joe Biden’s election also ensures a policy shift…
by - August 16, 2021 10:41 am
The Rice Research and Extension Center has a new director. Alton B. Johnson, a native of Liberia, has been appointed to the position. The center is located in Stuttgart. After…
by - August 13, 2021 3:54 pm
The first ancestors of modern bees were aggressive, carnivorous wasps that roamed the Earth more than 120 million years ago. As the years passed, the hunters morphed into nectar collectors…
by - August 12, 2021 5:04 pm
Employees at St. Bernards Healthcare, the largest medical employer in Northeast Arkansas will be required to get immunized against COVID-19 and Arkansas State University will require students to wear masks…
by - August 12, 2021 7:59 am
The Jonesboro Advertising and Promotion Commission’s Downtown Jonesboro BBQ and Music festival has been canceled for the second straight year due to the recent surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths,…
by - August 11, 2021 8:08 am
Corn and soybean prices have been in the doldrums for nearly half a decade, but in early 2021 that changed. Prices surged and it created a shift in row acres…
by - August 10, 2021 5:57 pm
Those traveling to and through Memphis in the coming weeks from West Memphis will have to endure yet another bridge shutdown, but it’s only a partial one that was planned…
by - August 10, 2021 3:19 pm
Arkansas is experiencing the worst COVID-19 surge since the pandemic began, but Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Tuesday (Aug. 10) he doesn’t support a statewide mask mandate or changing the start…
by - August 9, 2021 3:33 pm
The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture rice field day, originally scheduled as an in-person event on Aug. 6, will be presented online on Aug. 20. Arkansas Agricultural Experiment…
by - August 9, 2021 2:49 pm
Lyon College said it is the first college in Arkansas to reportedly offer a loan repayment assistance program (LRAP), also known as the Lyon Pledge, to all new and incoming…
