by - February 14, 2019 4:57 pm
ASU moves forward with disaster training facilities
One of the worst earthquake sequences ever recorded in North America started at 2 a.m. On Dec. 16, 1811. The quake, up to 8.2 on the Richter Scale was centered…
Author: George Jared
by - February 13, 2019 5:35 pm
Agribusiness conference keynote speaker says headwinds, trade wars and creative farming impacting agriculture’s future
U.S. Farm Report’s host told attendees Wednesday (Feb. 13) at the Arkansas State University Agribusiness Conference that commodity prices have been in the doldrums for about four years, and many…
by - February 12, 2019 10:12 pm
E.C. Barton & Company remains one of Jonesboro’s oldest businesses
The year 1885 was historic by any measure. Grover Cleveland was sworn in as the first Democratic president since the Civil War and the book “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” written…
by - February 12, 2019 4:22 pm
Survey: Arkansas farmers worried about ongoing trade war with China
Weather problems and a crippling trade war with China had significant impacts on farmers’ profit margins, and heading into 2019 producers are concerned about profitability, according to an informal survey…
by - February 11, 2019 8:29 pm
Former President Clinton speaks at ASU: ‘Multiplication is better than division’
The newly elected Arkansas Attorney General in 1977 was asked to speak at the Arkansas State University commencement. He agreed. The day was hot and rainy. The ceremony was supposed…
by - February 11, 2019 4:34 pm
Mayor Perrin issues first veto
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin has done something he hadn’t in the more than 10 years he served as the city’s mayor – he issued his first veto. Citing conflicts with…
by - February 9, 2019 12:48 pm
Planting season acres remain a mystery in Northeast Arkansas
How Arkansas farmers, and especially those in Northeast Arkansas, will approach the 2019 growing season is anyone’s guess, Craighead County extension agent Branon Thiesse told Talk Business and Politics. Low…
by - February 7, 2019 8:14 pm
Jonesboro Unlimited nears five-year jobs goal in just two years
Two years ago, Jonesboro Unlimited started a five year plan to directly bring 2,500 new jobs to Northeast Arkansas’ hub city, and another 2,600 indirect or induced jobs. Dubbed “Momentum…
by - February 6, 2019 6:24 pm
Study shows rural workers make much less than urban counterparts; wage growth flat for decade-plus
Workers that live in rural parts of Arkansas make less than those in urban areas, have a harder time finding better paying jobs, and these are key factors in an…
by - February 6, 2019 6:02 pm
College of the Ouachitas votes to join Arkansas State University System
The Arkansas State University System is about to grow once more. The College of the Ouachitas Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Tuesday (Feb. 5) to become part of the…
by - February 4, 2019 7:37 pm
Study shows that parts of rural Arkansas still haven’t recovered to pre-Great Recession economic output levels
The state and national economies have grown significantly since the Great Recession raged more than a decade ago, but a new study released by the University of Arkansas indicates that…
by - February 4, 2019 8:38 am
Arkansas farmers hope to fare better in the coming year after brutal 2018
A perfect storm of problems ranging from the ongoing trade war with China, lower commodity prices, and bad weather plagued Arkansas farmers in 2018. Arkansas Agriculture Secretary Wes Ward told…
by - January 31, 2019 5:12 pm
Former President Bill Clinton to speak at Arkansas State University
The youngest governor in the United States at the time knew he’d made several tactical errors during his first term, and it wasn’t a surprise when Democrat Bill Clinton was…
by - January 30, 2019 7:27 pm
National research program coming to Arkansas State University
All of Us, an initiative started by the National Institutes of Health to better treat and predict diseases, will come to the Arkansas State University campus Friday (Feb. 1) starting…
by - January 30, 2019 7:24 pm
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine hires two assistant deans
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University has hired Kristin Cohen, Ph.D., as assistant Dean of Student Administration and Rajendram Rajnarayanan, Ph.D., as Assistant…
by - January 28, 2019 4:59 pm
State beef producers surveyed for the first time in more than a decade
The first industrywide assessment survey of Arkansas beef producers in more than a decade discovered producers are concerned with who will follow in their footsteps, how their operations may be…
by - January 24, 2019 5:57 pm
Jonesboro mayor talks tough about crime during his state of the city address
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin vowed a strong crackdown on crime in Northeast Arkansas’ largest city during his state of the city address Thursday (Jan. 24). Two homicides in the city…
by - January 23, 2019 7:11 pm
Jonesboro, Craighead County show strong sales tax growth to start 2019
Craighead County and its seat Jonesboro set all-time sales and use tax collection records in 2018, and 2019 started off on a pace that shows no signs of letting up….
by - January 22, 2019 8:04 pm
Peanut acres slightly down in Northeast Arkansas
For the third straight year, farmers in Northeast Arkansas planted more than 20,000 acres of peanuts as the legume continues to make a comeback in the Natural State after not…
by - January 22, 2019 7:59 pm
Hytrol lab opened on the Arkansas State University campus
Arkansas State University opened Hytrol Materials Handling Laboratory Tuesday on the ASU campus. The laboratory, located in room 130U of the Arkansas Biosciences Institute, was made possible after Hytrol a…