All the latest news about Northeast Arkansas.
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Efforts to build the Spring River Innovation Hub (SRIH) got a boost this week when the Delta Regional Authority gave $20,000 towards the project. SRIH Director of Placemaking Graycen Colbert…
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Arkansas State University interim dean of the College of Business Dr. Kathy White Loyd has been named “Woman of the Year” by the Jonesboro Business and Professional Women. Loyd, a…
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The Pocahontas City Hall sits on historic ground. A century ago, Wear Kibler Schoonover’s boyhood home was located on that spot. Schoonover would become the first football player in the…
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To address the rising incidence of heroin and opioid addiction and fatal overdoses in Arkansas, the Association of Arkansas Counties (AAC) has formed a five-member Opioid Task Force. It includes…
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Arkansas soybean farmers had to whither springtime floods, dicamba drift, and even the remnants of two hurricanes late in the season. Despite those obstacles, about 62% of the 3.5 million…
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Centennial Bank Regional President Davy Carter will be named business executive of the year at the Arkansas State University Business Homecoming alumni dinner Thursday night. Carter, who is also an…
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Sales tax collections in Jonesboro declined in September as compared to the same month in 2016, but overall, Northeast Arkansas’ hub city is still on pace to set an all-time…
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U.S. Senator John Boozman, R-Rogers, and Congressman Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees, announced Friday (Oct. 6) that the Departee Creek Watershed Improvement District and…
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Feral hogs are a growing problem in Arkansas and across the United States and state officials are considering the approval of a poison to reign-in feral hog populations. Feral hogs…
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Wealthy merchant Paul Tulane wanted to express his gratitude to the community that made him a fortune. He gave $1 million in cash, securities and land considerations to the University…
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Arkansas State University officials and civic leaders in Lawrence County hope to build a comprehensive disaster training facility at two sites in Lawrence County. The Delta Regional Authority dedicated $150,000…
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The Arkansas Farm Bureau along with Arkansas veterans, the Arkansas Department of Veterans Affairs, the Arkansas Agriculture Department and other agriculture leaders will take part in the Veterans 4 AG…
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Northeast Arkansas’ hub city has a new chief financial officer. Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin selected Bill Reznicek on Monday as the city’s next CFO. A certified public accountant, Reznicek has…
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Former Director of the Missouri Department of Economic Development Mike Downing has been named Jonesboro Unlimited’s Vice President for Economic Development. The group has also selected former KAIT lead anchor…
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Big River Steel is the largest industrial project in Arkansas history, and it’s already paid off its state loans years in advance. The company announced Thursday it had paid a…
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Gov. Asa Hutchinson gave Craighead County $1.6 million to build a mental health crisis center and Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin has been on a mission to open a homeless shelter…
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State Rep. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, has a primary challenger in the District 53 race. Dr. Cole Peck of Jonesboro has announced he will seek the seat that covers parts of…
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The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame is seeking nominations from the public for its next class. The deadline is Nov. 1. The Agriculture Hall of Fame recognizes Arkansans who are…
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The city of Jonesboro has hired Tiffny Calloway as its new grants administrator. Calloway, who spent the past six months at the Delta Regional Authority and the previous two years…
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Only 37% of 2012 freshman students who began class at Arkansas State University graduated with a four-year degree in 2016. ASU-Jonesboro Chancellor Kelly Damphousse has formed a 15-member Chancellor’s Commission…
