by - January 30, 2023 3:31 pm
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Monday (Jan. 30) the department is investing $2.7 billion to help 64 electric cooperatives and utilities expand and modernize the nation’s…
by - January 30, 2023 2:19 pm
Ritter Communications is expanding its telecom and cloud solutions to Jackson, Missouri. The $2.3 million project is self-funded and will impact businesses and schools in the Jackson community. This is…
by - January 28, 2023 8:46 pm
The 21st annual Delta Awards recognizing tourism achievement in eastern Arkansas will be presented during festivities on Jan. 27 at the Hendrix Fine Arts Center on the campus of Phillips…
by - January 27, 2023 6:01 am
Production for corn, cotton and soybeans declined from last year, according to the 2022 Crop Production Annual Summary released by the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service….
by - January 25, 2023 8:23 am
When the pandemic enveloped the world in March of 2020, book lovers in Jonesboro were dealt a double blow. At the end of the same month during the same year,…
by - January 24, 2023 10:25 am
Drought, other commodity price hikes, and higher input costs led to a middling peanut crop in Arkansas during the 2022 growing season. Arkansas farmers grew about 2,000 fewer acres of…
by - January 23, 2023 12:58 pm
The Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie announced inductees into this year’s Arkansas Waterfowler Hall of Fame. An induction ceremony will honor these individuals on March 2 at the Embassy…
by - January 22, 2023 6:14 pm
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Commission on Thursday (Jan. 19) approved $13.244 million for three water and wastewater projects serving more than 226,000 Arkansans. Lonoke White Public Water…
by - January 19, 2023 9:16 am
A new program at Arkansas State University is now available to athletes and sports professionals with name, image and likeness (NIL) opportunities. The certificate program in athlete name, image and…
by - January 18, 2023 11:36 am
The Arkansas Rice Farmers and Arkansas Rice Council will hold their annual meeting on January 26 in Stuttgart at the newly renovated Grand Prairie Center. USA Rice CEO Betsy Ward…
by - January 18, 2023 7:31 am
Cotton prices soared upwards in 2022, but this year that trend may begin to fall. Prices are projected to be lower in 2023 along with acres. Last year’s growing season…
by - January 17, 2023 3:08 pm
Arkansas State University intends to start a College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) and now it plans to undergo the endeavor without the help of any outside entity. Once it’s completed,…
by - January 17, 2023 11:27 am
Ritter Communications has promoted Jane Marie Woodruff, Tony McKay and Heather Terry to vice president. “These individuals have made significant contributions to the growing success of the company and are…
by - January 16, 2023 4:17 pm
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has extended the deadline for applications to the Arkansas School Garden Grant program and the Arkansas Taste Test Grant program through Jan. 25. The Arkansas…
by - January 16, 2023 10:58 am
Drought, record sales tax collections, a new steel mill, new dental and veterinarian schools, a resignation, and a vote to slash the funding at the Craighead County library were among…
by - January 14, 2023 9:00 am
The National Science Foundation has awarded a nearly $750,000 grant to the University of Arkansas’ Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research. The institute, referred to as I³R, is a cross-disciplinary…
by - January 12, 2023 12:47 pm
A well-known radio host in Northeast Arkansas often known for ending a popular on-air show with poetry recently lost her battle with a deadly disease and is slated to be…
by - January 11, 2023 12:18 pm
Lyon College appointed Wednesday (Jan. 11) Dr. Burke Soffe of Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine (CODM) in South Jordan, Utah, as founding dean of the Lyon…
by - January 11, 2023 8:35 am
Despite interest rate hikes, slower wage growth, and surging inflation, the city of Jonesboro did something in 2022 that it hasn’t done in several years. City sales and use tax…
by - January 10, 2023 7:25 pm
Dr. Len Frey has been appointed interim provost at Arkansas State University, Chancellor Todd Shields announced on Tuesday (Jan. 10). He will serve in that capacity until a permanent provost…
