by - April 15, 2020 4:54 pm
Arkansas State University is considering a tuition and fee freeze for the upcoming school year and the first confirmed death from COVID-19 in Jonesboro was reported Wednesday (April 15). Craighead…
by - April 14, 2020 4:31 pm
Farmers can start using the weed killer dicamba this week, and a significant amount of litigation is on the horizon. A Missouri peach farmer was recently awarded $265 million after…
by - April 14, 2020 12:41 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused one of the largest employers in Northeast Arkansas to furlough employees. St. Bernards Healthcare President Chris Barber said Tuesday (April 14) a furlough process had…
by - April 14, 2020 8:55 am
Lori Carpenter was an avid basketball player in high school. One fundamental that was stressed by her coaches was to establish a pivot foot. Being able to pivot is a…
by - April 13, 2020 5:54 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across Northeast Arkansas, and the last county in the region has finally been added to those with confirmed cases. A person in Jackson County…
by - April 13, 2020 10:39 am
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted virtually every economic sector in country and state, but no sector is facing more uncertainty than the agriculture sector. A multi-sector economic impact report has…
by - April 9, 2020 4:25 pm
Farmers face a myriad of challenges as the spring planting season unfolds, not the least of which is finding enough workers. COVID-19 will likely impact those workers on farms, and…
by - April 9, 2020 10:01 am
The spring of 2020 will largely be remembered as the time of COVID-19. Nearly every high school and college graduation is in danger of being canceled, including the inaugural class…
by - April 8, 2020 5:17 pm
At least one-third of the reported COVID-19 deaths in the state are in Northeast Arkansas and a slew of residents and staff at a Marion nursing home reportedly have the…
by - April 8, 2020 5:12 pm
Southern Bancorp CEO Darrin Williams joined President Donald Trump, Treasury Secretary Mnuchin, Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump, Director of the National Economic Council Larry Kudlow, and Small Business Administration…
by - April 7, 2020 5:24 pm
COVID-19 has reached virtually every county in Northeast Arkansas and the mayor of one city in the region is asking as many people as possible to shelter in place. Clay…
by - April 7, 2020 3:59 pm
Arkansas farmers are projected to grow more rice this year than last, but according to the United States Department of Agriculture, producers will likely plant less than had been anticipated….
by - April 6, 2020 6:48 pm
There are only two counties in Northeast Arkansas that don’t have a reported confirmed case of COVID-19, but it’s likely the disease is now in every county in the region….
by - April 6, 2020 8:59 am
Melody Lo has been appointed as the dean of the Neil Griffin Endowed Dean of the Griffin College of Business at Arkansas State University, Provost Alan Utter said. She is…
by - April 2, 2020 8:37 pm
The number of COVID-19 confirmed cases continues to grow across Northeast Arkansas, and a new county has been added to the rolls of impacted areas. Sharp County had its first…
by - April 1, 2020 5:41 pm
Jonesboro is likely to remain under curfew until further notice the city announced Wednesday (April 1). A curfew has been in place since an EF-3 tornado ransancked the city’s commercial…
by - April 1, 2020 4:05 pm
College and high school students may be shuttered from school this spring due to the pandemic, but a select few were still able to compete in the finals of the…
by - April 1, 2020 1:16 pm
One of Arkansas’ leading agricultural industries is taking a direct hit from the COVID-19 outbreak. Cattle producers are feeling the strain as unprecedented unemployment and consumer uncertainty have rattled the…
by - March 31, 2020 8:49 pm
A devastating tornado and the COVID-19 pandemic may have hampered voters ability to go to the polls, but enough showed up to allow Lake City Mayor Jon Milligan to win…
by - March 31, 2020 5:42 pm
COVID-19 has forced many businesses to shutter and furlough employees, but as of right now that’s not the case at St. Bernards. The state’s largest private healthcare provider, Baptist Health,…
