by - May 7, 2020 5:46 pm
We live in a world where data drives everything and one college in Northeast Arkansas has decided to expand its offerings in this discipline. Lyon College in Batesville recently approved…
by - May 5, 2020 1:03 pm
Bradbury Art Museum, in partnership with the Department of Art + Design, will host a virtual exhibition space created to showcase the work of the class of 2020. Family, friends…
by - May 4, 2020 4:22 pm
Arkansas State University is tentatively planning to have in-person classes this fall and hopes to have its dorms at full operation even as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to…
by - May 4, 2020 12:58 pm
U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza announced Monday (May 4) that agricultural businesses are now eligible for SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance programs. SBA’s EIDL…
by - May 4, 2020 12:48 pm
St. Bernards Health System has received a $127,000 grant to expand its healthcare capabilities fighting COVID-19 in Northeast Arkansas. The grant, administered by the Blue & You Foundation for a…
by - May 1, 2020 11:52 am
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA), in partnership with the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) and the U.S Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA), has announced the availability of approximately…
by - April 30, 2020 1:36 pm
A statewide volunteer organization that ran soup kitchens during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic is trying to feed people across the state in response to COVID-19. The Arkansas Extension Homemakers…
by - April 29, 2020 3:51 pm
At least two more residents at a nursing home in Lawrence County have died as a result of COVID-19, according to Gov. Asa Hutchinson. At least three residents at the…
by - April 28, 2020 6:27 pm
Cases of COVID-19 continued to inch upwards on Tuesday (April 28), but the number of reported cases isn’t growing like it was even a week ago. Crittenden County, the most…
by - April 27, 2020 7:32 pm
COVID-19 continues to rapidly expand in Northeast Arkansas, but the mortality rate for the disease in the region remains low. Crittenden County continued to outpace every county in the region…
by - April 23, 2020 3:25 pm
COVID-19 has stopped nearly all local musicians from performing at venues throughout Northeast Arkansas. Ritter Communications has found an innovative way to turn shutdowns into a showcase streamed concert series….
by - April 22, 2020 4:43 pm
COVID-19 continues to loom over the world’s cotton industry and other crops have a gloomy outlook, according to a report by agricultural economists with the University of Arkansas System Division…
by - April 21, 2020 2:20 pm
The city of Jonesboro set an all-time sales tax collection record for March, but those numbers are expected to drop drastically as the impacts to the sales tax base in…
by - April 21, 2020 2:16 pm
The former top administrator at Arkansas State University’s Campus Queretaro has a new administrative position within the university system. Dr. Brad Rawlins, who has served as the interim director of…
by - April 20, 2020 9:37 pm
The number of COVID-19 cases continued to spike in Northeast Arkansas, and Crittenden County remains the second most infected county in Arkansas. The county that abuts the Mississippi River across…
by - April 20, 2020 3:06 pm
In the wake of the institution’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, Arkansas State University students are pressing on with the annual Create@State Symposium, a spring semester hallmark at ASU since…
by - April 17, 2020 11:27 am
The board of directors of E.C. Barton and Co. has named Mark Biggers president of the Jonesboro-based building materials company. Biggers is a 1998 graduate of Arkansas State University with…
by - April 16, 2020 4:58 pm
Crittenden County remained the second hardest-hit county in the state in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday (April 16), the number of cases continued to expand and the…
by - April 15, 2020 4:54 pm
Arkansas State University is considering a tuition and fee freeze for the upcoming school year and the first confirmed death from COVID-19 in Jonesboro was reported Wednesday (April 15). Craighead…
by - April 14, 2020 4:31 pm
Farmers can start using the weed killer dicamba this week, and a significant amount of litigation is on the horizon. A Missouri peach farmer was recently awarded $265 million after…
