by - June 11, 2025 8:59 pm
The Newport Area Chamber of Commerce and the Newport Economic Development Commission (NEDC) will offer a new tool for local businesses, landlords, and realtors. They will now have access to…
by - June 10, 2025 12:45 pm
Nearly all of the state’s corn crop has been planted, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. About 98% of Arkansas’ projected 710,000 corn acres are in the ground. This…
by - June 9, 2025 7:28 pm
Arkansas’ agriculture economy is in peril and Gov. Sarah Sanders wants to better understand the plight of farmers firsthand. The governor held a roundtable discussion with farmers, businessmen, elected officials…
by - June 9, 2025 9:03 am
The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees has approved a combined $314.4 million operating budget, as well as tuition and fees, for 2025-2026 at its seven institutions. ASU System…
by - June 5, 2025 3:20 pm
LaCroix Precision Optics will expand its Batesville facility and add 107 jobs during the next five years, the company announced Thursday (June 5). The expansion will add 18,000-square-feet to the…
by - June 4, 2025 2:00 pm
TW Marietta LLC and Series of 222 Recep LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County from April 15 to May 15, according to the…
by - June 4, 2025 10:00 am
A.E. Shoffner decided to move from Orange County, N.C., to Jackson County in Arkansas in the 1860s to start a farm. He primarily grew cotton, and it wasn’t long before…
by - June 4, 2025 8:52 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2025 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) through June 20. Funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), this…
by - June 3, 2025 6:46 pm
The National Cold War Center (NCWC) announced Tuesday (June 3) that Dr. Christian Ostermann, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the Cold War, has become the organization’s executive director….
by - June 3, 2025 6:44 pm
The 16th annual Delta Arts Festival will be held this Friday (June 6) and Saturday in Newport, and it will be combined with the city’s sesquicentennial, Jon Chadwell, executive director…
by - June 3, 2025 8:29 am
Applications for the Delta Regional Authority’s (DRA) 2026 Delta Leadership Institute (DLI) Executive Academy are now open. A nine-month leadership development program, DLI brings together public, private and nonprofit sector…
by - June 2, 2025 1:18 pm
Investigators from the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office led an organized retail crime blitz in Jonesboro with the cooperation of the Jonesboro Police Department and 13 retail store locations last week,…
by - June 2, 2025 1:12 pm
Batesville-based Citizens Bank has launched Citizens Bank Mortgage, a full-service mortgage division. As the mortgage industry experiences significant growth, with total mortgage origination volume projected to increase to $2.3 trillion…
by - June 2, 2025 11:15 am
Jonesboro Unlimited (JU) has broken ground on an expansion of industrial water service to more than 600 acres inside the Craighead Technology Park. “We are grateful for the partnership among…
by - June 2, 2025 10:50 am
Large-scale solar power facilities are on about 0.2% of Arkansas agricultural land, with utility-scale solar ranging in land use between 445 acres for a 50-megawatt site to 2,670 acres for…
by - June 1, 2025 10:00 am
The 32nd annual Distinguished Performance Awards at Arkansas State University were presented to six staff members and one staff group for excellence in a department or team. The annual campus…
by - May 30, 2025 7:45 am
Will Reaves has been added as the new director of two Arkansas State University Heritage Sites. He will take the helm of Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home and…
by - May 29, 2025 6:44 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, co-led a letter to the leadership of the House Appropriations Committee requesting an H-2A visa guestworker wage freeze in upcoming appropriations legislation. He was joined…
by - May 29, 2025 6:34 pm
Western Global Airlines has opened a new base maintenance facility at the Arkansas International Airport in Blytheville. The new facility includes a 50,000-square-foot hangar, the largest at the Aeroplex, and…
by - May 28, 2025 2:46 pm
Attorney Andrew Nadzam will seek to become the judge for Circuit Judge, Division Four, in the Second Judicial District (Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Greene, Mississippi, and Poinsett counties). Nadzam currently serves…
