All the latest news about Northeast Arkansas.
by - August 17, 2019 11:05 am
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 - August 17, 2019 10:42 am
There are five new Arkansas graduates of the Delta Leadership Institute (DLI) Executive Academy who now have the tools to support the Delta Regional Authority’s efforts to create jobs, build…
by - August 15, 2019 9:22 pm
Gearhead Outfitters, the privately-held Jonesboro-based outdoor specialty retailer, announced Thursday (Aug. 15) the acquisition of Rock/Creek Outfitters in Tennessee and Uncle Dan’s Outdoor Store based in Illinois. Terms of the…
by - August 15, 2019 3:50 pm
Mike Philpot has been selected as the new vice president of economic development for Jonesboro Unlimited. Philpot comes to the business development organization from Leland, Miss., where he served as…
by - August 15, 2019 9:13 am
Batesville economic and political leadership has made a huge push in the past several years to invest more in education from pre-K to post-college. Jamie Rayford, chief operating officer of…
by - August 14, 2019 10:21 pm
Arkansas State University Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Alan Utter is an avid runner. The newly appointed administrator has only lived in Jonesboro for less than…
by - August 14, 2019 5:17 am
When Jonesboro Superintendent Kim Wilbanks took over the school district about a decade ago, she wanted to find ways to innovate the way the district educated its students. The district…
by - August 13, 2019 4:33 pm
Dwight Eisenhower was president of the United States the last time so few farm acres were dedicated to soybeans in Arkansas. Fueled by an ongoing trade war with China and…
by - August 13, 2019 10:57 am
Grain Management, a private equity firm investing in the global communications industry, together with E. Ritter and Company, has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Ritter Communications….
by - August 12, 2019 5:11 pm
The city of Jonesboro continues to rack up record-setting month after record-setting month in terms of sales and use tax collections, but the torrid growth has slowed. The city collected…
by - August 12, 2019 5:08 pm
Arkansas State University’s Enrollment Management division will take the lead in providing services to transfer students as well as management of the Registrar’s Office, Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management Dr….
by - August 11, 2019 9:34 pm
Arkansas’ weather-volatile planting season has been reflected in the recently released United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service acreage report, with the agency saying it would be collecting…
by - August 8, 2019 8:05 pm
The Southern Tenant Farmers Museum, an A-State Heritage Site in Tyronza, has been accepted into the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, a global association of museums, historical sites and…
by - August 7, 2019 6:35 pm
The Greenbrier Companies Inc., an international supplier of railcars and marine barges, announced Wednesday (Aug. 7) it’s investing about $16 million in the company’s Marmaduke facility to support future growth….
by - August 7, 2019 11:55 am
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing $998,834 to launch a proactive program to prevent opioid and substance abuse in north central and northeast Arkansas, a region that has high…
by - August 7, 2019 11:27 am
The Dorothy Snider Foundation has given $25,000 to Arkansas State University to provide scholarships for students pursuing a master of science in nursing, family nurse practitioner option, in the College…
by - August 6, 2019 6:52 pm
After a year of customer and expert research, E.C. Barton & Company is making a major change. The company that is 100% employee-owned and employs more than 700 people across…
by - August 5, 2019 2:01 pm
Poor, black sharecroppers in Phillips County had tolerated low wages and terrible work conditions since the end of the Civil War, but after World War I ended they’d had enough….
by - August 1, 2019 12:14 pm
The location for Arkansas State University’s proposed Windgate Center for Three-Dimensional Arts will shift to the east, due to restrictive parking concerns and it better fits within the university’s overall…
by - July 31, 2019 4:47 pm
A nine-member panel will be presented to the Jonesboro City Council for approval to serve as the City’s Oversight Integrity Council, as selected by Mayor Harold Perrin. The mayor will…
