by - March 8, 2022 5:35 pm
Craighead County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Martin E. Lilly of Jonesboro, will seek to become the Prosecuting Attorney in the Second Judicial District. The district includes Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi,…
by - March 7, 2022 5:00 pm
E.C. Barton and Company, the Jonesboro-based retailer operating in 19 states, has acquired Seconds & Surplus, a Dallas-based building material supplier. The deal includes four locations in Texas. Terms of…
by - March 7, 2022 4:49 pm
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has impacted many economic sectors on a global scale and agriculture will be directly affected on several fronts. Grain markets have become more volatile and high…
by - March 6, 2022 9:03 am
There was a time when Mississippi County rivaled Craighead County in terms of population and economic output when it came to the most prosperous counties in Northeast Arkansas. Eaker Air…
by - March 2, 2022 10:33 am
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued new labels for two herbicides, offering farmers new tools for the 2022 growing season. Reviton, a marketed tiafenacil formulation, is a broadleaf herbicide…
by - March 1, 2022 10:38 am
Access to high-speed broadband internet service will be an impetus for civic leaders throughout the state in the coming years and the largest city in Northeast Arkansas is ready to…
by - February 28, 2022 3:25 pm
When rice is harvested it is at peak quality. Everything that happens to the rice after that impacts its quality and yield, which in turn impacts profit margins. One part…
by - February 24, 2022 11:20 am
Disease, especially avian influenza, could impact Arkansas poultry producers in 2022. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is urging poultry owners to increase biosecurity measures on their operations in response to…
by - February 23, 2022 6:59 pm
Fayetteville-based Signature Bank of Arkansas has opened a branch in Jonesboro. An initial location has been established on East Jackson Street in downtown Jonesboro to serve the Northeast Arkansas market….
by - February 23, 2022 7:46 am
Riceland Foods has entered into a new partnership with Arva Intelligence as the Stuttgart-based cooperative shifts its sustainability focus towards capturing agronomic and economic data associated with its farmer members’…
by - February 22, 2022 10:38 pm
Terry “Big T” Williams spent his childhood living on a plantation in Farrell, Miss. It was the 1960s and the Civil Rights movement was afoot across his state and the…
by - February 22, 2022 10:09 pm
The Delta Regional Authority announced Tuesday (Feb. 22) a $3,239,382 investment that will boost economic development and improve the quality of life for Arkansas communities and residents. The investment will…
by - February 21, 2022 9:38 am
Feral hogs cause billions of dollars in agriculture losses nationwide each year, and in the Natural State an effort has been underway since before the pandemic to curb the problem….
by - February 19, 2022 7:30 am
When W.K. “Bill” Ingram won a special election in 1963 to serve out a State Senate term, he would often bring a special guest with him to the state capitol:…
by - February 17, 2022 2:26 pm
Attorney Jody Shackelford told Talk Business & Politics Thursday (Feb. 17) he will seek to unseat First District U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, in the Republican primary. Shackelford, 36, of…
by - February 17, 2022 7:01 am
NEA Baptist Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of the NEA Baptist Health System, has received a donation of $1.6 million from Kim and Chris Fowler. This gift will fund a…
by - February 15, 2022 11:45 am
Arkansas cattle inventories declined for the third straight year, falling more than 5% from January 2021 estimates. State cattle farmers liquidated about 90,000 cattle and calves, according to the January…
by - February 13, 2022 3:07 pm
Volatile weather plagued Arkansas farmers in 2021 and it threatened to impact the number of acres harvested and yields for many crops. Cotton was expected to be hit particularly hard…
by - February 10, 2022 5:10 pm
No one knows exactly when the first African Americans arrived in what is modern-day Northeast Arkansas. The first reports are that a man named William Looney moved from his Tennessee…
by - February 9, 2022 1:36 pm
Prosecutor Keith Chrestman has filed a motion in Crittenden County Circuit Court asking a judge to not allow advanced DNA testing to move forward in the infamous West Memphis Three…
