All the latest news about Northeast Arkansas.
by - April 8, 2024 6:08 pm
For the second year in a row the Sunken Lands Songwriting Circle will be held at Riceland Hall at Fowler Center on the Arkansas State University campus. The event, presented…
by - April 8, 2024 2:50 pm
More than 500 people attended the 8th annual Women’s Leadership Conference held April 4 at Arkansas State University. The event, hosted by the Women’s Leadership Collaborative and the Women’s Business…
by - April 7, 2024 10:51 am
Dr. Melissa Taverner, president of Lyon College in Batesville, said the timeline is still intact for a Little Rock campus for a dental and veterinarian school to receive its first…
by - April 5, 2024 4:09 am
Mississippi County has received $2 million in federal funding to begin a comprehensive clean-up effort at the Arkansas Aeroplex, formerly known as the Eaker Air Force Base, in Blytheville. This…
by - April 4, 2024 12:53 pm
Net farm incomes in Arkansas are projected to drop by $500 million in 2024, according to an analysis from the Rural & Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center. The “Spring 2024…
by - April 3, 2024 5:05 pm
The eighth annual Women’s Leadership Conference is slated for Thursday, April 4. The event is hosted by the Women’s Leadership Collaborative and Women’s Business Leadership Center at Arkansas State University….
by - April 2, 2024 5:12 pm
Arkansas State University-Mountain Home (ASUMH) will receive $450,000 from the Delta Workforce Grant Program through the Delta Regional Authority to establish an extrusion and injection molding program. It’s part of…
by - April 2, 2024 10:36 am
Lyon College will receive $15 million in funding from the federal government that will be used to form the school’s new dental and veterinarian schools. The U.S. Senate approved a…
by - April 1, 2024 9:48 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has added Arkansas Agritourism to the multi-platform website that includes the Arkansas Grown and Arkansas Farm to School websites. This collaboration connects consumers to local…
by - April 1, 2024 9:31 am
Dr. Les Johnson of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will be the keynote speaker at Arkansas State University’s 29th annual Delta Symposium on April 5. Johnson will give a…
by - March 27, 2024 9:39 am
Two of Arkansas State University’s Heritage Sites will host several activities on the day of and the days leading up to the Great American Ellipse on April 8. The Arkansas…
by - March 27, 2024 9:38 am
High school juniors graduating in 2025 are eligible to apply for and win up to $17,500 in scholarship funding towards higher education. Arkansas Rice’s “Rice Reps” is a five-month program…
by - March 26, 2024 3:15 pm
The New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) at Arkansas State University’s Delta Population Health Institute (DPHI) has received a $114,380 grant from the Blue & You…
by - March 25, 2024 11:57 am
Arkansas has more than 4.5 million acres of pastureland and another 1.5 million hay land acres, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. For those who own or rent those…
by - March 21, 2024 11:37 am
Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson has joined the Blytheville-based National Cold War Center’s (NCWC) National Advisory Board. Hutchinson was instrumental in helping the center garner multiple large donations, including a $1.9…
by - March 21, 2024 8:25 am
Jonesboro will be awarded another seven-figure appropriation for safety and industrial infrastructure improvements, Mayor Harold Copenhaver announced Thursday (March 21). The city will receive a $1 million grant from the…
by - March 20, 2024 12:48 pm
About 14 years ago, farmers in the Arkansas Delta began planting peanuts. Producers had grown the legume in years past, but it had been decades since the crop had been…
by - March 19, 2024 11:43 am
Gearhead Outfitters has expanded its store holdings into Colorado. The company recently announced that it bought Summit Canyon Mountaineering. Summit has two stores, one in Grand Junction and another in…
by - March 19, 2024 9:16 am
Nearly every month for almost a decade Jonesboro’s sales and use tax collections have outpaced the same month from the previous year and that has led to unprecedented growth with…
by - March 18, 2024 11:27 am
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) enjoyed a 99% placement rate through the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP), the Jonesboro-based…
