by - August 10, 2020 4:16 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic has paralyzed many economic sectors as it spread from the northeast to the south and west this spring. Before the pandemic, Jonesboro had experienced historic sales tax…
by - July 22, 2020 5:36 pm
Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin has announced that due to a recent but ongoing health issue he will not seek re-election to a fourth term. First elected in 2008, he had…
by - April 21, 2020 2:20 pm
The city of Jonesboro set an all-time sales tax collection record for March, but those numbers are expected to drop drastically as the impacts to the sales tax base in…
by - December 19, 2019 6:13 pm
Jonesboro ranks fifth in the nation among places to work in manufacturing and sixth among cities for working parents, according to Smartasset.com, a website that says it is dedicated to…
by - October 28, 2019 6:08 pm
Northeast Arkansas’ economy continues to thrive if sales and use tax collections are any indication of consumer spending in Craighead County and Jonesboro. In October, the city collected $1.633 million…
by - October 10, 2019 1:00 pm
One measure for a vibrant local economy is the number of commercial real estate projects underway. In Jonesboro, the Embassy Suites by Hilton and Red Wolf Convention Center project is…
by - July 9, 2019 10:39 am
I was on a hay ride in the middle of a pumpkin patch in central Arkansas when my husband, Chad, called to tell me he had just accepted a job…
by - May 22, 2019 9:00 pm
A grassroots organization, Team Jonesboro, has formed with the intention of passing a sales tax hike that the group hopes will improve the safety and standard of living in Northeast…
by - May 7, 2019 6:14 pm
Northeast Arkansas’ hub city and its home county are experiencing the longest sales tax and use growth pattern in history. Jonesboro collected $1.413 million in sales and use taxes during…
by - May 4, 2019 8:57 pm
Jonesboro, Arkansas did not make the final short list for a possible relocation of one of two divisions of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Earlier this year, Trump administration officials…
by - March 13, 2019 1:24 am
Arkansas is among the 67 select semi-finalists still in the running to land the new national headquarters for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) farming-related research and science-funding groups. U.S….
by - October 8, 2018 6:39 pm
The city of Jonesboro has received five grants totaling almost $1.4 million during the past month. The federal and state grants will provide bulletproof vests, body-worn cameras, technology upgrades and…
by - May 18, 2017 5:56 pm
Jonesboro’s economy has almost been impervious to bad numbers during the last 15 months, but one economic indicator has nosed dived in the early part of 2017. The city has…
by - March 27, 2017 3:58 pm
One of Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin’s goals has been to eliminate homelessness in the city. A new program, Helping Underserved Belong, HUB will be launched April 4 to help him…
by - March 6, 2017 5:46 pm
Northeast Arkansas’ hub city and its home county continued to show historic economic growth in February. Craighead County collected $1.999 million in sales tax receipts last month, the second most…
by - March 2, 2017 6:40 am
Former city of Jonesboro IT Director Erick Woodruff was placed on a performance improvement plan (PIP) 10 months before he was fired in January after a 2015 audit revealed deficiencies…
by - January 24, 2017 5:56 pm
Craighead County and its seat, Jonesboro, set all-time sales tax collection records in 2016. The trend accelerated during the first month in 2017, according to the city and county. Jonesboro…
by - December 1, 2016 4:18 pm
Jonesboro has received preliminary approval for at least $90 million from the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department, and the city will have to provide a $7.8 million match, Mayor Harold…
by - November 29, 2016 6:37 pm
Craighead County and its seat, Jonesboro, continue to exhibit steady economic growth as 2016 nears its end. Jonesboro has collected $15.898 million in city sales tax through November, a 4.8%…
by - November 8, 2016 11:39 pm
Harold Perrin will remain Jonesboro’s chief administrator. The two-term incumbent defeated five challengers Tuesday night, and avoided a runoff by beating his next closest opponent by more than 20 percentage…
