by - October 15, 2025 2:14 pm
Black River Technical College’s (BRTC) fall enrollment is slightly down, but the number of first-time freshmen is slightly up, according to numbers released by the college. The total head count…
by - September 23, 2025 10:00 am
Jonesboro Unlimited (JU) received a 2025 Excellence in Economic Development Bronze Award from the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) recognizing their Always Jonesboro initiative in the Talent Development and Retention…
by - June 29, 2025 12:00 pm
Arvest Bank has hired Dana Hedger to the position of mortgage lender at the bank’s Greensborough Village branch in Jonesboro. Hedger has 15 years of banking experience and previously served…
by - June 1, 2025 10:00 am
The 32nd annual Distinguished Performance Awards at Arkansas State University were presented to six staff members and one staff group for excellence in a department or team. The annual campus…
by - March 23, 2025 2:00 pm
Ritter Communications sponsored the 45th Annual St. Jude Radio/Cablethon, which was broadcast on March 1. The annual event raised $313,530 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the world’s…
by - February 26, 2025 9:00 am
Arkansas State University’s status as a Research 2: High Spending and Doctorate Production institution, as designated by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, has been reaffirmed. A-State was…
by - January 22, 2025 1:23 pm
About 1,100 employees with auto parts maker Tenneco will lose their jobs in Paragould later this spring and one local college will offer credit and non-credit courses to re-educate workers…
by - December 31, 2024 2:00 pm
The Arkansas State University Fall Commencement took place in December at First National Bank Arena. Chancellor Todd Shields and Dr. Calvin White Jr., provost and executive vice chancellor, conferred the…
by - December 2, 2024 9:00 am
Black River Technical College’s (BRTC) Law Enforcement Training Academy (LETA) held the fall 2024 graduation ceremony on Nov. 14 for 37 officers who completed the basic police training course. The…
by - September 23, 2024 9:22 am
Black River Technical College had a surge enrollment in terms of actual students and an increase in the in the number of credit hours taken. Jason Smith, vice president of…
by - August 13, 2024 8:53 pm
Black River Technical College (BRTC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Arkansas Army National Guard. Signing the MOU were BRTC president Dr. Martin Eggensperger and Arkansas Adjutant…
by - August 1, 2024 5:13 am
Children were dying and the police were not responding inside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas on May 24, 2022. An 18-year-old gunman, Salvador Ramos, barricaded himself inside the school….
by - January 4, 2024 4:01 pm
Black River Technical College (BRTC) has received $4.7 million from the Arkansas State and Local Recovery funds allocated by the American Rescue Plan Act to help construct barracks to house…
by - May 15, 2023 4:02 pm
Black River Technical College (BRTC) had a 17% drop in its spring enrollment numbers, but pre-registration numbers for the fall term are up dramatically when compared to May of 2022,…
by - April 3, 2023 2:47 pm
Black River Technical College in Pocahontas may increase its out-of-state student tuition and fees. At a recently held special Board of Trustees meeting, board member David Coker suggested the issue…
by - March 29, 2023 6:15 pm
Nubbins, a lab-breed puppy, was rescued several months ago in Greene County. He had a serious problem. The stray was born without front paws, but machinist students at Black River…
by - February 22, 2023 12:23 pm
During a recent Black River Technical College quarterly Board of Trustees meeting, Jason Smith, Vice President of Student Affairs, reported a 17% drop in enrollment from the fall to spring…
by - November 22, 2022 2:21 pm
Black River Technical College recently dedicated the Armory at BRTC in Piggott. The site will house career and technical certification opportunities for students in Piggott, Corning, Rector and the surrounding…
by - September 1, 2022 5:06 pm
Colleges and universities nationwide will be faced with a student shortfall in the coming years, but one school in Northeast Arkansas has fended that trend off for at least one…
by - July 14, 2022 3:30 pm
Black River Technical College will receive a $650,000 state-funded regional workforce grant. The focus of the grant will be in two areas. The first is transportation, with a focus on…
