by - January 7, 2019 4:14 pm
First National Financial Park officially opened its doors to the public Monday (Jan.7). The 60,000 square foot, 5-level building has an underground parking deck, community room, outdoor terrace, and an…
by - January 7, 2019 9:03 am
A 30-day public comment period and a public hearing date has been set for proposed regulations that allow the use of dicamba in Arkansas on soybean and cotton varieties resistant…
by - January 3, 2019 5:24 pm
Officials in Craighead County and its seat, Jonesboro, spent a lot of 2018 worrying the area’s tremendous economic growth would slow and sales tax receipts might go into decline. Those…
by - January 3, 2019 3:43 pm
Mike Tyner has been promoted to Director of Code Enforcement for the City of Jonesboro, Mayor Harold Perrin said. Tyner has served in code enforcement for the city since 2012…
by - January 2, 2019 4:45 pm
Jonesboro native Ben Barylske has been named Chief Financial Officer of St. Bernards Healthcare. In his new role as Chief Financial Officer, Barylske will oversee the finances of St. Bernards…
by - January 2, 2019 4:43 pm
Three counties in the Arkansas Ozark Foothills region of Sharp, Fulton and Izard Counties have been selected for a multi-state pilot program designed to build up rural economies, Spring River…
by - December 31, 2018 12:31 pm
The Arkansas Rice Council and Arkansas Rice Farmers will hold their annual meeting and trade show Jan. 8 beginning at 8 a.m. at the Grand Prairie Center in Stuttgart. It…
by - December 28, 2018 2:35 pm
The newly minted Farm Bill contains a provision that will allow U.S. agricultural producers to use federal market promotion dollars for exports to Cuba. This is the first law to…
by - December 20, 2018 5:21 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced his intent to appoint Scott Willhite of Jonesboro to the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC). Willhite will serve as the labor commissioner and will replace outgoing…
by - December 19, 2018 6:10 pm
Arkansas State University announced it has received significant news, especially for its students and faculty members engaged in research. The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education revealed it has…
by - December 18, 2018 5:27 pm
As the Trump administration’s trade war with China continues, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced Monday (Dec. 17) that the federal government has launched the second and final round…
by - December 17, 2018 8:24 pm
Outgoing State Rep. Michael John Gray, D-Augusta, was selected by state Democrats on Saturday (Dec. 15) to be the party’s chairman for a full, four-year term. It’s a position he’s…
by - December 13, 2018 8:30 pm
A tightening budget likely means dreams of a new dog park inside Craighead Forest Park won’t materialize in 2019, but the fourth phase of a trail expansion has received a…
by - December 13, 2018 7:23 pm
Memphis-based Baptist Memorial Health Care has formed a partnership with New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State), located in Jonesboro, to…
by - December 11, 2018 4:23 pm
The newly proposed Farm Bill will include a provision that legalizes industrial hemp and does not include work requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program known as SNAP. Dealmakers from…
by - December 10, 2018 3:22 pm
The Arkansas State University Board of Trustees has approved a resolution to create the School of Media and Journalism at the Jonesboro campus as an area of excellence in the…
by - December 9, 2018 9:54 am
The Arkansas Agriculture Department’s State Plant Board has approved restrictive use of the herbicide dicamba for the upcoming growing season, and now it will be under Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s review….
by - December 6, 2018 6:55 pm
Jennifer Albert, who earned her master’s degree in educational theory and practice in 2013 from Arkansas State University, has received the Milken Educator Award of $25,000 for 2018-19. Albert is…
by - December 5, 2018 9:05 pm
The Mississippi County Hospital System (MCHS) is officially entering into an administrative service agreement with St. Bernards Healthcare. The new agreement will begin Nov. 1. Terms of the deal were…
by - December 5, 2018 7:29 am
Trauma victims in rural Arkansas often are many miles and many precious minutes away from potentially life-saving care, decreasing their odds for survival until they reach a hospital. Statistics from…
