by - March 15, 2017 6:04 pm
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced legislation Wednesday that would combine Craighead County’s two judicial districts into one. Senate Bill 535 by Sen. John Cooper, R-Jonesboro, passed on a voice vote. The…
by - March 13, 2017 7:28 pm
Fayth Hill Washington couldn’t believe her eyes. The 4th-grader rounded the corner at the Hoxie Elementary School, and she saw white people standing everywhere. She’d spent the first three years…
by - March 9, 2017 2:03 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Ark., has at least 37 cosponsors for House Bill 525 that would remove agricultural trade barriers between Cuba and the U.S. There could be a $6…
by - March 8, 2017 6:21 pm
The Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Facilities Authority (NARIFA) is once again searching for a new executive director. Derrick Harris, 28, of Piggott was hired earlier this year to serve as…
by - March 7, 2017 7:10 pm
Poinsett Rice & Grain Inc. has bought Ritter Grain Services, an arm of Ritter Agribusiness based in Marked Tree. Financial details were not disclosed. Talk Business & Politics attempted to…
by - March 7, 2017 4:07 pm
When the NEA Baptist Charitable Foundation was formed 16 years the goal was to identify health-related needs in the community and provide services to cope with them. The foundation was…
by - March 6, 2017 5:46 pm
Northeast Arkansas’ hub city and its home county continued to show historic economic growth in February. Craighead County collected $1.999 million in sales tax receipts last month, the second most…
by - March 3, 2017 7:32 pm
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., was peppered with questions ranging from alleged lies told by Attorney General Jeff Sessions to the Trump administration’s immigration policies during the Friday meeting of…
by - March 2, 2017 6:40 am
Former city of Jonesboro IT Director Erick Woodruff was placed on a performance improvement plan (PIP) 10 months before he was fired in January after a 2015 audit revealed deficiencies…
by - March 1, 2017 4:53 pm
Arkansas’ first and to date only industrial superproject is in full operation, and officials hope it may lure an auto manufacturer to The Natural State. Big River Steel announced Wednesday…
by - February 28, 2017 6:23 pm
A heated debate that has been stewing in Northeast Arkansas for months spilled over into a House panel on Tuesday (Feb. 28) after lawmakers backed a plan to merge Crowley’s…
by - February 27, 2017 1:13 pm
Banker and former Arkansas Speaker of the House Davy Carter thinks commercial air service in Jonesboro could be a key to sustained economic growth in Northeast Arkansas. Leadership at the…
by - February 24, 2017 6:14 pm
Arkansas State University’s quest to partner on a project to build an American-style campus in Queretaro, Mexico, may have just become a little more lucrative. The ASU Board of Trustees…
by - February 24, 2017 1:52 pm
Doniphan Vitality, a non-profit organization, has received a $100,000 grant from the Delta Regional Authority, DRA, to conduct an innovation hub feasibility study in four southern Missouri counties and Sharp…
by - February 23, 2017 6:04 pm
Economic decline and depopulation have been hallmarks in the Mississippi Delta region for the last couple of decades. More than nine years ago Newport Economic Development Commission Executive Director Jon…
by - February 22, 2017 6:18 am
The Jonesboro City Council voted 11-1 Tuesday night to uphold Mayor Harold Perrin’s decision to fire IT Director Erick Woodruff. Perrin recused himself from an appeal hearing requested by Woodruff,…
by - February 20, 2017 8:29 pm
Ahab Alammar has lived the American dream. The 28-year-old was born in Syria, but when he turned 13 his family was able to secure him a visa to come to…
by - February 16, 2017 3:22 pm
When a child is placed into the foster care system, it is often moved far away from its home. Rep. Scott Baltz, D-Pocahontas, thinks a layer of state bureaucracy needs…
by - February 15, 2017 4:09 pm
Lower row crop commodities prices in 2016 hurt Arkansas farmers, and the trend is likely to continue in 2017, University of Arkansas at Monticello agriculture economist Dr. Robert Stark Jr….
by - February 14, 2017 6:09 pm
Consumers in the U.S. may pay for President Donald Trump’s planned 1,900 mile border wall, and Arkansas farmers could lose agricultural market shares in Mexico as a result of it….
