by - June 9, 2025 7:28 pm
Arkansas’ agriculture economy is in peril and Gov. Sarah Sanders wants to better understand the plight of farmers firsthand. The governor held a roundtable discussion with farmers, businessmen, elected officials…
by - June 9, 2025 9:03 am
The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees has approved a combined $314.4 million operating budget, as well as tuition and fees, for 2025-2026 at its seven institutions. ASU System…
by - June 5, 2025 3:20 pm
LaCroix Precision Optics will expand its Batesville facility and add 107 jobs during the next five years, the company announced Thursday (June 5). The expansion will add 18,000-square-feet to the…
by - June 4, 2025 10:00 am
A.E. Shoffner decided to move from Orange County, N.C., to Jackson County in Arkansas in the 1860s to start a farm. He primarily grew cotton, and it wasn’t long before…
by - June 3, 2025 6:46 pm
The National Cold War Center (NCWC) announced Tuesday (June 3) that Dr. Christian Ostermann, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Cold War, has become the organization’s executive director….
by - June 3, 2025 6:44 pm
The 16th annual Delta Arts Festival will be held this Friday (June 6) and Saturday in Newport, and it will be combined with the city’s sesquicentennial, Jon Chadwell, executive director…
by - June 2, 2025 1:18 pm
Investigators from the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office led an organized retail crime blitz in Jonesboro with the cooperation of the Jonesboro Police Department and 13 retail store locations last week,…
by - June 2, 2025 11:15 am
Jonesboro Unlimited (JU) has broken ground on an expansion of industrial water service to more than 600 acres inside the Craighead Technology Park. “We are grateful for the partnership among…
by - May 29, 2025 6:44 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, co-led a letter to the leadership of the House Appropriations Committee requesting an H-2A visa guestworker wage freeze in upcoming appropriations legislation. He was joined…
by - May 29, 2025 6:34 pm
Western Global Airlines has opened a new base maintenance facility at the Arkansas International Airport in Blytheville. The new facility includes a 50,000-square-foot hangar, the largest at the Aeroplex, and…
by - May 28, 2025 8:44 am
A Chinese state-owned company that owned land in Craighead County has sold that land, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. Syngenta Seeds LLC sold more than 150 acres to…
by - May 27, 2025 7:30 pm
This summer, the Community Scholars Training Program will be held at two of the Arkansas State University Heritage Sites. The program consists of two weekend training sessions to be held…
by - May 27, 2025 12:51 pm
Dr. Melissa Bonano vividly recalls how she felt when she walked into Wilson Hall for the first time in 2021 to begin her medical school journey. “Wide-eyed, uncertain, but hopeful,”…
by - May 22, 2025 2:34 pm
Two of Mississippi County’s largest employers, Big River Steel and Atlas Tube, have both made renewed investments in the “Work Here, Live Here” housing incentive program, contributing more than $800,000…
by - May 22, 2025 1:59 pm
The number of cotton gins in Arkansas is down to 26, tied for the lowest number of gins ever, according the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)….
by - May 21, 2025 11:56 am
Sharp County has been certified as an ACT Work Ready Community. The certification is the result of a collaborative initiative among the Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Authority, Ozarka College, and…
by - May 20, 2025 2:00 pm
More than a year ago, Omega Mitchell was pregnant and didn’t know what to expect. The West Memphis native attended an expectant mothers program hosted by NYIT College of Osteopathic…
by - May 19, 2025 2:10 pm
The vast majority of Arkansas’ rice crop has been planted, but some of the acres that were projected for the crop may turn into soybean acres due to floods earlier…
by - May 19, 2025 10:52 am
FNBC Bank has hired Tony Futrell as business development officer. Futrell has over 40 years of banking experience in the Jonesboro market and will report to Community President Gabe Roberts….
by - May 15, 2025 2:32 pm
Arkansas ranks near the bottom in terms of mental health care for mothers, according to a report by the Policy Center for Maternal Mental Health. The center created an “A-F”…
