by - February 22, 2022 6:21 am
Envirotech Vehicles will locate a multimillion-dollar commercial electric vehicle plant in Osceola, with plans to hire up to 800 workers over the next 10 years. The 90-acre, 580,000-square-foot manufacturing facility…
by - February 21, 2022 9:38 am
Feral hogs cause billions of dollars in agriculture losses nationwide each year, and in the Natural State an effort has been underway since before the pandemic to curb the problem….
by - February 20, 2022 10:01 am
Rep. Monte Hodges, D-Blytheville, says he will stay in the race for U.S. Congress despite a nearly 20-year old allegation that never resulted in any charges being brought against him…
by - February 19, 2022 9:04 am
The Lyon College Board of Trustees voted unanimously Friday (Feb. 18) to elect Dr. Melissa Taverner as the 19th president of Lyon College. Taverner has been serving as interim president…
by - February 19, 2022 7:30 am
When W.K. “Bill” Ingram won a special election in 1963 to serve out a State Senate term, he would often bring a special guest with him to the state capitol:…
by - February 17, 2022 2:26 pm
Attorney Jody Shackelford told Talk Business & Politics Thursday (Feb. 17) he will seek to unseat First District U.S. Rep. Rick Crawford, R-Jonesboro, in the Republican primary. Shackelford, 36, of…
by - February 17, 2022 2:18 pm
A new traffic congestion report from American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) shows how the three-month closure of the Interstate 40 Hernando de Soto Bridge last year affected the annual list…
by - February 17, 2022 7:01 am
NEA Baptist Charitable Foundation, the charitable arm of the NEA Baptist Health System, has received a donation of $1.6 million from Kim and Chris Fowler. This gift will fund a…
by - February 16, 2022 3:35 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed Price Gardner of Little Rock, a 1984 graduate of Arkansas State University, to a second term on the ASU System Board of Trustees. Gardner, who…
by - February 16, 2022 3:30 pm
Responsive Education Solutions (RES) is seeking approval from the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE) to locate charter schools in Jonesboro and Texarkana. However, the Jonesboro request was pulled by RES…
by - February 15, 2022 11:45 am
Arkansas cattle inventories declined for the third straight year, falling more than 5% from January 2021 estimates. State cattle farmers liquidated about 90,000 cattle and calves, according to the January…
by - February 14, 2022 3:44 pm
The Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to launch the Delta Small Business Academy (DSBA), a program to help small business and entrepreneurial communities within the Mississippi River…
by - February 14, 2022 10:41 am
Dr. Ron Rainey, assistant vice president of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, has been appointed to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s newly established equity commission, one of…
by - February 13, 2022 3:07 pm
Volatile weather plagued Arkansas farmers in 2021 and it threatened to impact the number of acres harvested and yields for many crops. Cotton was expected to be hit particularly hard…
by - February 13, 2022 3:02 pm
I’m often accused by my friends of using 10 words when two will do. OK, I’m guilty. So in an effort to mend my loquacious ways, I’ll focus for the…
by - February 10, 2022 5:13 pm
Every year, a new class of leaders from the Mississippi River Delta and Alabama Black Belt come together to hone their leadership skills as fellows of the Delta Leadership Institute…
by - February 10, 2022 5:10 pm
No one knows exactly when the first African Americans arrived in what is modern-day Northeast Arkansas. The first reports are that a man named William Looney moved from his Tennessee…
by - February 10, 2022 12:30 pm
Women interested in starting or growing their own companies can learn from other women who are excelling in research, innovation and business at “accelHERate,” presented by the Arkansas Small Business…
by - February 9, 2022 1:36 pm
Prosecutor Keith Chrestman has filed a motion in Crittenden County Circuit Court asking a judge to not allow advanced DNA testing to move forward in the infamous West Memphis Three…
by - February 9, 2022 8:34 am
The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board (ASPB) and the Arkansas Soybean Association (ASA) have selected the winners of the 2021 “Grow for the Green” soybean yield contest. The winners were announced…
