by - August 14, 2023 11:35 am
Recent perpetual rains may have a significant impact on Arkansas rice as the crop inches closer to harvest. Northeast Arkansas farmers have been checking their fields for losses after storms…
by - August 10, 2023 5:34 pm
Honeybees are not indigenous to the Western Hemisphere. The first documented shipment of honeybees to the New World was recorded in 1622, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Many…
by - August 8, 2023 11:14 am
Long Point Enterprises LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County, from June 15 through July15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office. The company spent…
by - August 7, 2023 6:36 pm
Work on the proposed $50 million Jonesboro Sport Complex has been slow to start. One critical decision that will have to be made in the near future is how the…
by - August 7, 2023 11:57 am
A $1.2 million grant from the Arkansas Office of Skills Development (OSD) to Arkansas Northeastern College (ANC) will help create the Arkansas Steelmaking Bootcamp. The bootcamp, a job skills initiative…
by - August 5, 2023 8:01 pm
When Greenway Equipment CEO Marshall Stewart began working for the company more than 25 years ago, the agriculture industry was very different. By far the biggest change has been the…
by - August 3, 2023 11:38 am
Ritter Communications announced Thursday (Aug. 3) a $3.5 million investment that brings RightFiber services to select neighborhoods in Marion, Ark. The service uses 100% fiber optic technology to deliver reliable…
by - August 2, 2023 12:50 pm
A newly formed company, Hybar, has started construction on its scrap metal recycling steel rebar mill project. The mill is being built on a 1,300-acre site in Osceola. The $700…
by - August 2, 2023 12:38 pm
A ban on white, non-basmati rice exports by India could bolster prices for American rice farmers, said Alvaro Durand-Morat, associate professor and agricultural economist for the University of Arkansas System…
by - August 1, 2023 12:45 pm
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture will receive $5.6 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure (RFSI) program to improve food supply chain operations…
by - August 1, 2023 10:40 am
There are multiple opportunities for future small business owners in August through the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center (ASBTDC) at Arkansas State University. Several sessions will allow future…
by - July 31, 2023 10:56 am
The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved Arkansas State University’s outline for its College of Veterinary Medicine, including the potential for 40 new faculty and staff positions dedicated to…
by - July 27, 2023 2:04 pm
Entrepreneur Ti King wanted to organize a festival to recognize, educate and grow the podcast community in Arkansas. He wanted to model it after RTX Austin, a gaming and internet…
by - July 27, 2023 1:48 pm
Seven Arkansas State University faculty members have received Kays Foundation grants to provide support for their projects during the 2023-24 academic year. The board of directors of the Kays Foundation…
by - July 26, 2023 12:00 pm
Jonesboro continues to collect sales and use tax at record rates each month, but those collections are underperforming the budgeted expectations for the year to date. The city tallied $2.160…
by - July 25, 2023 12:00 pm
Researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are conducting research examining soil health practices and their impacts on crop risk insurance premiums and other financial factors often…
by - July 25, 2023 11:47 am
Students at Williams Baptist University will soon have direct access to health services from Lawrence Memorial Hospital. The university and the hospital, both located in Walnut Ridge, have signed an…
by - July 24, 2023 5:17 pm
Progress is slowly being made on a number of road construction projects throughout Northeast Arkansas, and several new ones are slated to begin, Arkansas Highway Commission Chairman Alec Farmer told…
by - July 20, 2023 1:42 pm
U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, spent four years as an Army bomb tech and he’s one of the many soldiers that served during the Cold War between the United States…
by - July 19, 2023 11:52 am
Perpetual rains this summer have kept the Arkansas Delta away from the drought conditions that plagued farmers last year. The extra moisture does cause some other problems, however. Specialists with…
