by - March 11, 2019 4:56 pm
A panel of professional and business leaders encouraged college students to be bold and take chances after they graduate from school during Arkansas State University’s eighth annual International Exhibition of…
by - March 11, 2019 1:33 pm
The student population on at the Arkansas State University Campus Queretaro is expected to grow significantly during the coming school year. Dr. David Ray, vice rector of Campus Queretaro, told…
by - March 10, 2019 4:38 am
Keith Forrester always thought that someday he would eventually return to the family row-crop farm at tiny Whitton in western Mississippi County where he was raised. Three generations of his…
by - March 9, 2019 9:25 pm
The Alana M. Mook Trust, of Eureka, Calif., made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County between Jan. 15 and Feb. 15, according to the Craighead…
by - March 9, 2019 5:14 pm
City of Jonesboro Finance Director Trever Harvey has been terminated after he was arrested Friday on a second-degree sexual assault charge. The Jonesboro Police Department didn’t release any details about…
by - March 7, 2019 6:11 pm
Applications are currently available for the Downtown Jonesboro Association’s Interior/Façade grant program. This program will give Downtown Jonesboro businesses and property owners the opportunity to amplify their building interiors and…
by - March 7, 2019 6:07 pm
Executives with Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield and the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas were on the Arkansas State University campus Thursday (March 7) to present…
by - March 6, 2019 12:51 pm
Paragould-based Jetton General Contracting has hired Shawnie Carrier as director of strategic development. Jetton General Contracting is a 42-year old independent general contractor specializing in complex and fast-paced construction projects…
by - March 5, 2019 5:07 pm
Jonesboro had its best city sales and use tax collection month ever in the February report. The city took in $1.952 million during the month, a 5% increase from the…
by - March 5, 2019 3:33 pm
Randall Pope, retired director and senior advisor of The Westchester Group, an asset and investment management company headquartered in Champaign, Ill., will be the speaker Thursday (March 7) at the…
by - March 4, 2019 9:26 pm
The Arkansas Senate on Monday (March 4) unanimously adopted a bill that would change a 102-year old law to clarify serious violations on the use of the farming herbicide dicamba,…
by - March 4, 2019 5:51 pm
Two Grammy Award winners will headline the benefit concert at the 2019 Johnny Cash Heritage Festival in the cotton field adjacent to the Cash Boyhood Home in Dyess. The festival…
by - March 4, 2019 5:42 pm
Arkansas State University Chancellor Kelly Damphousse will welcome the three finalists for the vice chancellor for academic affairs and provost position to the university campus during the month of March….
by - February 28, 2019 5:25 pm
Lee, St. Francis and Cross counties will receive grants from the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) to do work on their FEMA-approved Disaster Mitigation Plans, according to the East…
by - February 28, 2019 3:53 pm
Arkansas State University Heritage Sites and The Historic Dyess Colony: Johnny Cash Boyhood Home are seeking presentations as part of the 2019 Johnny Cash Heritage Festival scheduled for Thursday through…
by - February 27, 2019 6:50 pm
Twenty early-stage startups from the Mississippi Delta region have been selected for the seventh cohort of the Delta Innovation Fund (Delta I-Fund) startup accelerator. Funded by the Delta Regional Authority…
by - February 27, 2019 6:45 pm
New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University (NYITCOM at A-State) will host its first session of “Structure, Function & Technology: An Introduction to Medicine”…
by - February 26, 2019 4:50 pm
Perpetual rains significantly impacted the harvest in 2018, and as the calendar creeps towards the start of early planting, the onslaught of rain is already threatening the 2019 season. At…
by - February 26, 2019 4:37 pm
Delta Regional Authority (DRA) Federal Co-chairman Chris Caldwell announced Tuesday (Feb. 26) that Republican Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin has been named States’ Co-chair of DRA for 2019. DRA’s Board of…
by - February 25, 2019 4:20 pm
China has agreed to buy 10 million metric tons of soybeans from the U.S. as optimism grows that the trade war between the two countries might be coming to a…
