by - May 15, 2019 6:08 pm
Ritter Communications on Wednesday (May 15) closed on a $6.6 million sale and leaseback transaction for its Jonesboro headquarters building with Haag Brown Development. In the transaction, Ritter Communications committed…
by - May 14, 2019 4:17 pm
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures have shown that American workers in the farming, fishing and forestry industries have some of the highest suicide rates of any professional…
by - May 13, 2019 6:15 pm
In response to the latest round of retaliatory tariffs by China on U.S. goods, President Donald Trump said his administration is working on an aid package for farmers. The package…
by - May 13, 2019 3:11 pm
Perpetual rains, the ongoing trade war with China, and low commodity prices are putting intense pressure on Arkansas farmers as the planting season unfolds, and one crop, corn is now…
by - May 13, 2019 6:44 am
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 12, 2019 11:13 pm
Stuttgart-based Farmers and Merchants Bankshares, Inc., the holding company for Farmers and Merchants Bank completed its previously announced acquisition of Mountain Home Bancshares, Inc. and its subsidiary, Integrity First Bank, N.A….
by - May 9, 2019 6:46 pm
Arkansas ranks last in the country in rural broadband access, and a newly released U.S. Department of Agriculture study shows expanded internet access could generate at least $47 billion in…
by - May 9, 2019 6:21 pm
Tristin Phillips spent a lot of time on the farm during his youth in Bismarck. A wide variety of machines used on the farm needed to be fixed and he…
by - May 9, 2019 6:11 pm
Incumbent State Sen. John Cooper, R-Jonesboro, will seek another term as the District 21 state senator. The district is made up of portions of Craighead County, including the cities of…
by - May 8, 2019 6:16 pm
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 - May 8, 2019 12:18 pm
Tom Young, an attorney and prosecutor will seek the Division 5 circuit judge seat in the Second Judicial District. The seat is held by Judge Ralph Wilson, who has announced…
by - May 7, 2019 7:47 pm
Dewey Phillips was lying in his bed one night listening to a radio show. It was 1948 and he was living in Memphis, Tenn. As he listened to the show…
by - May 7, 2019 6:14 pm
Northeast Arkansas’ hub city and its home county are experiencing the longest sales tax and use growth pattern in history. Jonesboro collected $1.413 million in sales and use taxes during…
by - May 7, 2019 4:02 pm
Former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Chris Thyer, will seek to become the Division 3 circuit judge in the Second Judicial District. The seat is currently held…
by - May 6, 2019 6:48 pm
Prysmian Group, formerly General Cable, announced Monday (May 6) it is expanding its Paragould facility. As part of the expansion, Prysmian Group plans to invest $2.8 million and create 12…
by - May 6, 2019 6:45 pm
The Arkansas Association of Asian Businesses (AAAB) announced Monday (May 6) its two newest board members, Mark Young and William “Goose” Changose. Young currently serves as the president and CEO…
by - May 4, 2019 8:57 pm
Jonesboro, Arkansas did not make the final short list for a possible relocation of one of two divisions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Earlier this year, Trump administration officials…
by - May 2, 2019 9:22 pm
Perhaps the most important bill passed by the Arkansas General Assembly this spring was the more than $300 million highway funding bill supported by Gov. Asa Hutchinson. Three Jonesboro-area lawmakers…
by - May 1, 2019 7:39 pm
A torrential downpour fell on Memphis Feb. 1, 1968, and the history of the city and the country would change on this day. Echol Cole and Robert Walker were sanitation…
by - May 1, 2019 2:48 pm
Jarrett Free has been named as the new director of the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) University Center at the Arkansas State University Delta Center for Economic Development. The EDA-supported University…
