by - July 20, 2021 12:24 pm
The Wilson family has made a gift commitment of $1 million to Lyon College to create the endowed Michael E. Wilson Professorship of Business, Management and Social Entrepreneurship, the school…
by - July 19, 2021 4:31 pm
Delta Blues is a term describing music that was made and played in the Mississippi Delta region, but it could have a whole new connotation as the worst disease outbreak…
by - July 19, 2021 11:48 am
The KG Store 2392 LLC made the most significant residential and commercial property transfer in Craighead County, from May 15 through June 15, according to the Craighead County Assessor’s Office….
by - July 18, 2021 12:57 pm
Springdale native Millard Berry had an idea that would transform the agriculture industry in the Natural State. In 1893, he bought an incubator to raise chicks. Four years later, he…
by - July 17, 2021 7:39 am
As a resident of Northeast Arkansas for most of my life, I’ve watched through the years the opportunities that have come to our corner of the state that I love…
by - July 16, 2021 4:33 pm
Craighead County elected officials and the county’s elected district judges may soon meet to settle on how to pay for dedicated bailiffs for the district courts. District Judges Tommy Fowler…
by - July 15, 2021 2:20 pm
Arkansas State University Delta Center for Economic Development, Arkansas Economic Development Institute, and the Central Arkansas Planning and Development District are partnering to offer a COVID-19 Recovery and Resiliency Workshop…
by - July 15, 2021 8:02 am
A half-cent sales tax that funds the Newport Economic Development Commission was overwhelmingly passed Tuesday night (July 13) by city voters. In unofficial results, the tax renewal passed 421-161, a…
by - July 14, 2021 1:58 pm
Arkansas is in the midst of a COVID-19 surge due to the much more contagious Delta variant, and Gov. Asa Hutchinson told community members in Forrest City Tuesday evening (July…
by - July 14, 2021 9:53 am
Property values can be significantly impacted by dilapidated conditions in adjacent properties and city leaders in Jonesboro are about to tackle the problem. Jonesboro city code enforcement officers will begin…
by - July 13, 2021 12:28 pm
A number of factors combined to produce what E.C. Barton and Co., commodity buyer Matt Gordon called a perfect storm around the price and availability of building materials, a storm…
by - July 13, 2021 11:20 am
Each year plant bugs, a perennial pest of Arkansas cotton, spend June and early July consuming the silk of corn while it’s still green. As seed is set on corn…
by - July 12, 2021 9:14 pm
Lifelong friends Jackson Spencer and Dustin Hundley had a similar problem. Spencer was working in various capacities of the retail sector, while Hundley spent each day in a cubicle working…
by - July 12, 2021 2:25 pm
Spirit Fitness, a company that builds residential and commercial fitness equipment, has announced plans to expand the company’s operation in Jonesboro with the addition of a new facility in Jonesboro’s…
by - July 11, 2021 7:33 am
Former Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin returned to his banking roots a little over six months ago after 12 years as the city’s CEO. He cited a major health issue as…
by - July 8, 2021 12:37 pm
Repairs to the fractured Interstate 40 bridge connecting West Memphis to Memphis are progressing rapidly and officials with the Arkansas Department of Transportation and the Tennessee Department of Transportation are…
by - July 8, 2021 11:18 am
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is notifying the public that a new invasive grass species, Cogongrass, has been confirmed in Arkansas for the first time. For several years, botanists and…
by - July 7, 2021 6:16 pm
Arkansas State University Museum has been selected to participate in a nationwide research project that will examine the impact American museums have on their communities. Known as MOMSI — the…
by - July 7, 2021 10:01 am
Jonesboro’s astronomical sales tax collections surge continued unabated in June. The city collected $1.982 million during the month of June, a 31.8% ($477,878) increase from the same month in 2020….
by - July 6, 2021 5:34 pm
Arkansas is easily the top rice producing state and it’s no surprise it leads the nation in rice exports, according to the State Agricultural Trade database released by the U.S….
