by - December 8, 2021 4:15 pm
Arkansas State University is one of eight Arkansas universities participating in a program designed to help transform K-12 teacher recruitment, training and retention, according to Forward Arkansas, a non-profit organization…
by - December 8, 2021 4:10 pm
Winter production meetings, a long-running staple of the Cooperative Extension Service, will again be in-person throughout the state in 2022. Production meetings provide an opportunity for agronomists, researchers and Cooperative…
by - December 8, 2021 9:25 am
Riceland Foods announced Wednesday (Dec. 8) it will add 80 new jobs and expand its operations in Stuttgart and Jonesboro with a $13.2 million investment. The majority of the expansion…
by - December 7, 2021 4:35 pm
Arkansas lawmakers went straight to work on Tuesday (Dec. 7) in their special session to deal with income tax cuts, and State Senators showed little interest in expanding the scope…
by - December 7, 2021 3:53 pm
Arkansas State University Chancellor Kelly Damphousse has been appointed to the NCAA Board of Governors. The appointment to the primary governing body of the NCAA comes at a time of…
by - December 6, 2021 5:12 pm
Mosquitoes are among the deadliest creatures in terms of causing human deaths, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Since the dawn of time, these arthropods have spread diseases such…
by - December 6, 2021 2:43 pm
State Rep. Fran Cavenaugh, R-Walnut Ridge, announced Monday (Dec. 6) she will seek another term in the Arkansas House of Representatives. She represents House District 30, which now includes portions…
by - December 3, 2021 2:48 pm
Arkansas State University received a $25 million challenge gift from the Wingate Foundation on Friday (Dec. 3) to build the Wingate Hall of Art and Innovation and an accompanying Art…
by - December 2, 2021 4:40 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed Jerry Morgan, a 1992 graduate of Arkansas State University and longtime banking executive, to the Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees. Morgan will fill…
by - December 2, 2021 2:04 pm
St. Bernards Five Rivers Medical Center in Pocahontas has selected Randy Barymon as the new hospital administrator on Wednesday (Dec. 1). Barymon has spent the past 23 years working within…
by - December 1, 2021 12:52 pm
Capt. John Thurber’s ship was badly damaged from a violent storm. It limped into the harbor in Charleston, South Carolina sometime in 1685. While the ship underwent repairs, Thurber met…
by - November 30, 2021 1:08 pm
Sally Gilbert, long-time Mountain Home resident and banking veteran, has joined Farmers & Merchants Bank as the new market president for Mountain Home and surrounding communities. Gilbert will lead Farmers…
by - November 29, 2021 3:59 pm
The city of Jonesboro had been battered by several pandemics and then came the Great War in 1917. Even as the war came to a close a year later, a…
by - November 24, 2021 10:02 am
Sebastian County Circuit Court Judge Gunner DeLay told members of the Craighead County GOP on Tuesday night (Nov. 23) that if he’s not elected to the Arkansas Supreme Court he’s…
by - November 24, 2021 9:32 am
Arkansas State University and the Arkansas National Guard signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) as part of the ROTC’s 85th anniversary celebration earlier this month. The memorandum contains requirements and…
by - November 23, 2021 4:05 pm
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) on Tuesday (Nov. 23) redesignated a portion of Highway 63 in Jonesboro as part of Interstate 555. The section of Highway 63 between U.S….
by - November 22, 2021 2:27 pm
Paragould native Kenneth Flynn has spent more than 75 years of his life collecting seashells and other aquatic life from around the world. His collection, named the Flynn Collection, is…
by - November 22, 2021 1:43 pm
The East Arkansas Planning & Development District will offer a workshop to assist its communities in applying for this year’s Assistance to Firefighters Grant program, made possible through funding by…
by - November 18, 2021 10:22 am
The 10th annual “Berry Pre-Coon Supper Reception” will be held on Jan. 8 at the Berry Farm shop in Gillett. Marion Berry was the First District Congressman from 1997-2011. “The…
by - November 18, 2021 9:13 am
A highly visible commercial real estate asset in Bentonville has changed hands for the second time this year. Silent investors from northeast Arkansas, mostly in the agriculture industry, paid $4.3…
