by - May 4, 2021 10:51 am
The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked global economic havoc in nearly every economic sector during 2020. It fueled the worst U.S. recession since the Great Depression as unemployment soared and the country’s…
by - November 27, 2018 5:58 am
A decade ago the Great Recession was raging and most of the rural counties in Northeast Arkansas had double digit unemployment and stagnant wage growth. Three counties — Clay, Randolph…
by - June 13, 2018 5:10 pm
The Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Authority will launch an economic development planning project designed to refine the top targeted business and industry targets for the region but as well as…
by - February 20, 2018 6:47 pm
The Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Facilities Authority (NARIFA) has selected Graycen Bigger as its new executive director. Bigger told Talk Business & Politics she will start work immediately. Bigger is…
by - March 8, 2017 6:21 pm
The Northeast Arkansas Regional Intermodal Facilities Authority (NARIFA) is once again searching for a new executive director. Derrick Harris, 28, of Piggott was hired earlier this year to serve as…
