All the latest news about Northeast Arkansas.
by - March 21, 2023 10:44 am
Starting next year, John Anderson will be in a position to provide strategic guidance to the Southern Agriculture Economics Association, an organization he says has helped shape him professionally for…
by - March 20, 2023 11:12 am
Arkansas State University will host its annual Delta Symposium March 30 through April 1. The 28th symposium is themed “Labor History and Contemporary Laborlore.” It will be held in the…
by - March 16, 2023 12:10 pm
The Women’s Leadership Center in the Neil Griffin College of Business at Arkansas State University will host its annual Women’s Leadership Conference on April 6. The conference themed as “Seize…
by - March 15, 2023 3:18 pm
Dr. Carl Cates has decided to step down as the dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Communication at the end of the academic year. Departing as dean effective…
by - March 15, 2023 8:20 am
The city of Jonesboro crushed its all-time monthly sales and use tax collection record in February. The city collected $2.635 million, an 8.8% ($212,546) uptick compared to the previous high…
by - March 14, 2023 11:04 am
Cattle inventories are the lowest they’ve been in more than half a century, and will drop even further, said James Mitchell, extension livestock economist for the University of Arkansas System…
by - March 13, 2023 2:56 pm
Trent Brown has been named community president for FNBC’s Jonesboro market. FNBC branched into Jonesboro in 2018 and opened its new, full-service office in 2021. “Trent’s banking knowledge coupled with…
by - March 13, 2023 8:39 am
Arkansas State University will proceed with creation of a College of Veterinary Medicine in Jonesboro, and ASU Three Rivers will upgrade its nursing program with an $8 million facility upgrade…
by - March 12, 2023 2:21 pm
Nadeau Partnership LLC made the most significant Craighead County residential and commercial property transfer, from Jan. 15 through Feb. 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. The company spent…
by - March 9, 2023 9:02 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday (March 8) the approval of $1.7 million in funding to implement nutrient reduction related projects that support the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia…
by - March 9, 2023 7:37 am
A major issue that plagued Arkansas farmers in 2022 was the steep rise in input costs. Part of the problem started in February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine. The invasion…
by - March 8, 2023 4:12 pm
Crime will be one of the top challenges for elected officials in Northeast Arkansas during the coming years, Jonesboro Mayor Harold Copenhaver told Talk Business & Politics. Copenhaver gave his…
by - March 7, 2023 4:05 pm
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture announced that JACO Meats in Hope, and the Arkansas State University (ASU) Meat Market in Jonesboro, are the first two facilities licensed by the Arkansas…
by - March 6, 2023 2:09 pm
When German brewers such as Adolphus Busch immigrated to the United States they faced a unique problem. Many of the hearty, protein-filled barleys grown in their new country were difficult…
by - March 6, 2023 1:38 pm
It was the moment Albert Einstein had waited for. In 1915, he proposed the theory of General Relativity which stated that space and time are linked. It means that when…
by - March 2, 2023 8:51 am
Rice acres and yields were down across the board during the 2022 growing season. Farmers had to battle wild weather fluctuations, disease and skyrocketing input costs. But federal aid is on…
by - March 1, 2023 9:25 am
Feral swine causes more than $1.5 billion in damage to agriculture fields around the country each year. In Arkansas, it is estimated that the damage is about $19 million annually….
by - February 28, 2023 6:51 pm
Delta Regional Authority Co-Chairman Dr. Corey Wiggins grew up in a rural part of Mississippi, about nine miles from Hazlehurst, a town of 4,000 residents. From an early age, he…
by - February 28, 2023 6:47 pm
For commercial produce growers, keeping produce free of microbial contamination and reducing foodborne illness is critical to the health and success of their business. To support these efforts, the University…
by - February 27, 2023 6:39 pm
Despite a global pandemic, record inflation, rising interest rates and supply chain disruptions, Jonesboro Unlimited, the city’s economic development organization, reported Monday (Feb. 27) that during the last year the…
