by - November 5, 2019 6:14 pm
The Heartland and the Delta
Now we’re not just located in the Delta, but we’re also in the Heartland. Congress in 2000 created the Delta Regional Authority, the agency whose mission is to help improve…
Author: Paul Holmes
by - October 13, 2019 10:12 am
My 50 years of Delta reflection
There’s nothing like a class reunion to put one into a reflective mood. My first thought was gosh, it doesn’t seem like it has been half a century since they…
by - October 8, 2019 8:25 pm
Listening tour for Team Jonesboro follows special sales tax defeat
Jonesboro’s need for additional funding to fund more police and fire services and add amenities to the city did not disappear with the voters’ rejection by a narrow margin of…
by - September 16, 2019 6:34 pm
All hail the mighty boll weevil
Unless you have served in the Army or argued with that irritating voice in your GPS while seeking a shortcut to the Gulf Coast, you may not be acquainted with…
by - August 17, 2019 11:05 am
Public safety, amenities on the line in Jonesboro special sales tax election
Jonesboro voters will go to the polls Sept. 10 to decide whether to impose a temporary 1% sales tax to fund a package of public safety and quality of life…
by - July 2, 2019 10:59 pm
Thank God for Arkansas
Remember when we Arkansans often proclaimed, “Thank God for Mississippi,” in an effort to assuage our embarrassment at being ranked next-to-last in various state-by-state rankings, particularly those dealing with education,…
by - July 2, 2019 10:48 pm
Jonesboro residents will decide Sept. 10 on one percent city sales tax increase
In three identical 11-1 votes Tuesday night (July 2), the Jonesboro City Council approved a series of ordinances proposed by Team Jonesboro, a citizens group that says its 12-year, one…
by - June 5, 2019 7:02 pm
Wilson developers working through long to-do list to draw visitors, residents
Travel through many of the small communities of the southern Delta and the chances are the scenery that rolls past the car window tells the same story — that of…
by - June 1, 2019 11:59 am
Too much of a good thing
As if we needed confirmation, headlines around the U.S. accompanying a recent national weather story provided it. Yes, indeed, if we hadn’t figured it out already, we were told “The…
by - May 13, 2019 6:44 am
E-commerce rise equals unlimited growth for Hytrol’s conveyor systems
Three decades after rock band Queen declared “I Want it All and I Want it Now,” consumers increasingly are now finding that they can do just that — get nearly…
by - May 8, 2019 7:23 pm
Car tags and carbon
And miles to go … Is it too soon? Too soon for what, you might ask. Too soon to be thinking about the November 2020 elections, of course. If it…
by - May 8, 2019 6:16 pm
Farmers still rely on guesswork, gambling, gut instincts even with technology updates
As Tony Bradley of Jonesboro plants his 2019 crop, he reflects on the changes as well as the constants he’s observed in his four decades of farming in Craighead County….
by - April 23, 2019 8:37 am
Crittenden County bank changes name, prepares for full-service Jonesboro branch
Marion-based First Community Bank of Eastern Arkansas is changing its name and broadening its market. Effective April 1, the bank became Premier Bank of Arkansas, and expects, pending approval of…
by - April 15, 2019 3:46 pm
What are the odds?
Let the games begin on April 1 at the state’s two race tracks, decreed the Arkansas Racing Commission last month. The two, as anybody who’s been around here even a…
by - March 10, 2019 4:38 am
Sowing the Good Seed: Forresters’ reputation for producing quality products blossoms
Keith Forrester always thought that someday he would eventually return to the family row-crop farm at tiny Whitton in western Mississippi County where he was raised. Three generations of his…
by - March 10, 2019 4:27 am
To catch a thief
Dear Whoever You Are, I can only suppose that your Valentine’s Day holiday was one of the best ever. I would tell you you’re welcome, but you’re not and anyway,…
by - February 14, 2019 4:47 pm
Information sharing links law enforcement throughout NEA
Police and prosecutors across Northeast Arkansas are using one of law enforcement’s oldest tools -information sharing – in a new way to address violent crime. In January, 2nd Judicial District…
by - February 8, 2019 3:01 pm
Following the money to a happy stomach and a healthier lifestyle
We’ve all heard that old saying that, “When they say it’s not about money, it’s about money.” But it was interesting to note that recently Dr. Linda McGhee, a family…
by - January 14, 2019 12:38 pm
Enthusiasm for brewing bubbles over into new Newport liquor distillery
Phillip Finch and Ross Jones met a decade ago while a local option, wet/dry election effort was under way in Independence County. Soon, the two Batesville entrepreneurs began brewing beer…
by - January 13, 2019 12:04 pm
Sausage-making, shotguns and Bowie knives
A friend who once worked in the Washington, D.C., office of a congressman often quoted the aphorism widely credited to Otto von Bismarck that one should never watch laws or…