by - February 6, 2025 2:02 pm
The Brookland School District has acquired 103 acres for its master-planned expansion, according to Haag Brown Commercial. An intermediate school will be built on the swath of land that is…
by - February 6, 2025 1:56 pm
Nominations are open for Talk Business & Politics’ Northeast Arkansas Outstanding Business Awards. The deadline to nominate is March 6, 2025. The awards are sponsored by Arvest Bank. The awards…
by - February 5, 2025 2:23 pm
Farmers in Arkansas will receive $286.2 million in assistance from the American Relief Act, with Mississippi County being the top recipient, according to an analysis by the Rural & Farm…
by - February 5, 2025 11:44 am
The 23rd annual Arkansas Delta Byways Awards were presented recently and there were several winners from Northeast Arkansas. The Delta Byways covers a 15-county region in East Arkansas. Arkansas Delta…
by - February 4, 2025 9:26 am
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) awarded a $24.9 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant to the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) for a bypass near…
by - February 3, 2025 11:04 am
Row crop farming may struggle to be profitable in 2025, and conditions could lead to many producers shuttering operations this year if Congress doesn’t act. Two row crop farmers from…
by - January 30, 2025 2:19 pm
Many row crop farmers are facing a bleak 2025 and will need to do everything they can to make a profit. There’s a tool being offered that might help them…
by - January 29, 2025 6:53 pm
Jonesboro is slated to host a youth volleyball tournament in the coming weeks, and more than half of the 85 teams slated to play are not from the area, Mayor…
by - January 29, 2025 8:30 am
Johnson LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County from Dec. 15 to Jan. 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. The company spent…
by - January 28, 2025 1:00 pm
Cotton and peanut acres surged in Arkansas during the 2024 growing season, but untimely rains likely cut into the quality of both crops, slightly reducing yields. Growers harvested 640,000…
by - January 28, 2025 12:30 pm
The number of full-time Tenneco employees who will lose their jobs when its plant in Paragould shutters its operations later this spring will be lower than initially reported. The company…
by - January 28, 2025 8:30 am
Dr. Steven Beaupre has been appointed dean of the Arkansas State University Graduate School by Dr. Calvin White Jr., executive vice chancellor and provost. Beaupre has almost three decades of…
by - January 27, 2025 11:02 am
The 27th Annual Arkansas Soil and Water Education Conference and Irrigation Expo is slated for Wednesday (Jan. 29,) inside Centennial Hall at the Reng Student Union on the Arkansas State…
by - January 27, 2025 9:00 am
German agricultural chemist Adolf Eduard Mayer made a startling discovery in 1886. He was studying mosaic disease on tobacco leaves when he noticed that if sap from the leaves touched…
by - January 25, 2025 3:20 pm
It was the moment Gladys and Vernon Presley had been waiting for. She was set to give birth to the couple’s first child in the early morning hours on Jan….
by - January 23, 2025 7:39 pm
Cattle farmers enjoyed record prices in 2024, but still had to contend with disease and rising input costs that cut into profit margins. The average for feeders more than 500…
by - January 22, 2025 1:23 pm
About 1,100 employees with auto parts maker Tenneco will lose their jobs in Paragould later this spring and one local college will offer credit and non-credit courses to re-educate workers…
by - January 21, 2025 3:10 pm
Cross Bank, based in Wynne, has hired Jason Bland to serve as chief retail officer, overseeing staff throughout their 10 locations. Bland comes to Cross Bank with more than 20…
by - January 21, 2025 3:05 pm
The 25 women who make up the new class of the Arkansas Delta Women’s Leadership Academy attended the first of six meetings on campus at Arkansas State University recently. This…
by - January 20, 2025 4:49 pm
The 23rd annual Arkansas Delta Byways Awards Banquet will be held Jan. 31, in Stuttgart. This event is held each year to recognize those with outstanding tourism achievements across the…
