by - May 10, 2018 7:13 pm
Dr. Ruth Hawkins spent many years roaming the gravel roads and out-of-the-way places in the Arkansas Delta searching for ways to increase tourism in the region. Hawkins, the executive director…
by - May 9, 2018 7:22 pm
Chinese soybean buyers have stopped buying U.S. produced soybeans, and at this point in the growing season it’s mildly concerning, University of Arkansas at Monticello agriculture economist Dr. Robert Stark…
by - May 9, 2018 5:43 pm
KASU 91.9 FM manager and longtime Arkansas State University instructor Mike Doyle is retiring at the end of this academic year. Staff, family, and friends are planning to send him off…
by - May 8, 2018 5:02 pm
Nearly 100 years ago World War I had ended, and a group of Jonesboro citizens decided to open a Rotary chapter in the city. The new group met at the…
by - May 7, 2018 9:07 pm
Upgrades at Joe Mack Campbell Park in Jonesboro are complete, and a recreational tournament was held there this last weekend to commemorate the completion of the work. The city spent…
by - May 7, 2018 4:56 pm
Arkansas State University Vice-Chancellor and Provost Dr. Lynita Cooksey will retire following the 2018-19 university year. Cooksey told her staff and informed ASU-Jonesboro Chancellor Dr. Kelly Damphousse about her decision…
by - May 6, 2018 6:31 pm
State Rep. Dan Sullivan and Republican primary challenger Dr. Cole Peck believe the state should reconsider its telemedicine regulations, but each would have a different approach. The two men seeking…
by - May 3, 2018 6:15 pm
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services Bill Northey met with Arkansas government and agriculture leaders in Little Rock on Tuesday to acclimate himself with…
by - May 3, 2018 4:43 pm
Gränges, a Swedish company that specializes in the production of rolled aluminum products for heat exchanger applications and other niche products, will spend $26 million to expand its facility in…
by - May 2, 2018 9:00 pm
Tractors have been running round the clock since Sunday afternoon in Craighead County row crop fields as farmers try to get back on schedule after weeks of rain and cold…
by - May 1, 2018 9:50 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson was in Jonesboro Tuesday night promoting his conservative bona fides at a town hall meeting on the Arkansas State University campus, exactly three weeks before the Republican…
by - May 1, 2018 3:06 pm
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs Dr. Jim Washam will take over as the acting dean of the Neil Griffin College of Business on May 1, Arkansas State University Provost Dr….
by - May 1, 2018 12:00 pm
The package in the mail was one William “Bill” Tipton hoped he would never receive. It was a shoe box containing seven coins, a belt buckle, a pair of glasses,…
by - April 30, 2018 7:18 pm
The award is part of $54.5 million EPA is distributing to 145 communities nationwide to assess and clean up underutilized properties while protecting public health and the environment, according to…
by - April 26, 2018 7:37 pm
Expanded access to broadband internet is one of the key development issues in the eight state region that is part of the Delta Regional Authority’s coverage area, new DRA federal…
by - April 26, 2018 3:46 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson appointed the president of a cotton-oil mill and a lifelong farmer to Arkansas’s State Plant Board on Thursday (April 26). John Fricke of Bryant will represent fertilizer and…
by - April 26, 2018 3:44 pm
The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) is warning of a possible Hepatitis A exposure after an employee at the Doublebee’s gas station in Walnut Ridge tested positive for the virus….
by - April 25, 2018 3:38 pm
Sales tax receipts in Craighead County and Jonesboro dropped significantly and officials are scrambling to find a reason why. Jonesboro posted $1.283 million in sales and use taxes in the…
by - April 25, 2018 6:18 am
Lakeport Legacies, a monthly talk focusing on history in the Delta will begin Thursday (April 26), with a presentation on “Rev. Green Hill Jones: From Slavery to the State House”…
by - April 23, 2018 4:26 pm
First National Bank announced a deal Monday (April 23) to acquire the once-troubled Onebanc of Little Rock, further expanding the Northeast Arkansas’ community bank’s fast-growing footprint into the state’s largest…
