by - January 28, 2016 4:29 pm
The quality of life in a town is key to a town’s success, Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin said Thursday during his “State of the City” address sponsored by the Jonesboro…
by - January 27, 2016 9:14 pm
A group of several hundred people spent Wednesday learning how soil and water can play a key role in the growth of crops as well as helping the bottom line…
by - January 27, 2016 6:54 pm
Editor’s note: Changes made to the story to reflect that the Arkansas Education Association has concerns about the Teachers for America program but has not taken a stand in opposition…
by - January 26, 2016 8:53 pm
A Jonesboro city council committee voted Tuesday (Jan. 26) to approve a one-year, $394,750 contract with the Northeast Arkansas Economic Development Commission, to provide economic development services for the city….
by - January 26, 2016 8:02 am
Mark Pillow, an official with a group seeking to repeal a recently approved Jonesboro property maintenance code, said Monday an attempt to repeal the code is gathering steam. “The people…
by - January 25, 2016 9:42 pm
Craighead County justices on Monday debated changing the formula by which sales tax revenues are distributed. However, the debate, which started on county roads, quickly went into the county budget…
by - January 25, 2016 5:43 pm
Anita Bellew said Monday (Jan. 25) that there has been a tradition at Nettleton High School for many years of students learning about the real world that awaits them. About…
by - January 24, 2016 11:32 am
The cash registers have been ringing as city and county officials were singing the praises of a report Friday (Jan. 22) that showed increases in sales tax revenue for January….
by - January 22, 2016 10:25 am
With the House out of town this week, U.S. Senators had a busy week in the nation’s capital discussing and voting on issues ranging from Iran and Syria, to summer…
by - January 20, 2016 7:40 pm
The developer for a convention center to be built on the Arkansas State University campus said Wednesday that two convention centers in the Jonesboro area would not be successful. Tim…
by - January 19, 2016 6:56 pm
City employees will have a new way to protect themselves in case of an emergency, while a council member announced his resignation Tuesday. Council Member Tim McCall, who serves in…
by - January 19, 2016 4:06 pm
The value of building permits issued by Jonesboro in 2015 totaled $140.461 million, down 3.9% compared to 2014 values. Almost 700 building permits were issued by the city. For 2015,…
by - January 18, 2016 7:12 am
It may be a long way from the first floor of the Delta Center for Economic Development in Jonesboro to the corner of Wall and Broad Streets in New York…
by - January 16, 2016 7:30 am
The decision to seek a U.S. Senate seat held by an incumbent of the same party was a difficult one, Republican Curtis Coleman said Friday. Coleman spoke about his campaign…
by - January 15, 2016 2:21 pm
Arkansas’ congressional delegation was busy this week, saying goodbye to a political giant, responding to the last State of the Union address by President Obama and voting on legislation. The…
by - January 12, 2016 7:28 pm
The 38-acre Reserve at Hill Park commercial development in southwest Jonesboro is one step closer to reality as the Metropolitan Area Planning Commission approved a final site plan on the…
by - January 11, 2016 6:59 pm
The debate over delinquent county taxes continued Monday night as Craighead County justices heard from Collector Marsha Phillips. Phillips told the county’s public service committee that her office has collected…
by - January 8, 2016 4:16 pm
After a nearly three-week long recess, members of the state’s House delegation returned to the nation’s capital this week to deal with a host of issues. The delegation also paid…
by - January 7, 2016 5:56 pm
A series of meetings next week will seek to bring the private and public sectors together to leverage opportunities and resources to get things done, the federal co-chairman of the…
by - January 6, 2016 5:54 pm
A second hotel may be built alongside a hotel/convention center that is slated to be built in Jonesboro along U.S. 63, an official with the company that wants to build…
