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Business
1 year ago
Gov. Sanders, Department of Commerce award ASU System institutions $10.5 Million in workforce training grants

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that Arkansas State University System campuses in Jonesboro, Newport and Malvern will receive a combined $10.5 million for three training grants to support workforce development efforts.

Agriculture
1 year ago
ASU Trustees approve $30.6 million bond issue to finance new A-State veterinary school facility

The Arkansas State University System Board of Trustees today in a special meeting approved a $30.6 million bond issue to finance construction for the new College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) at the A-State campus in Jonesboro.

Education
1 year ago
A-State receives grant from ARDOT for concrete engineering study

– A multi-thousand-dollar grant from the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) will allow the Arkansas State University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science to continue research focused on concrete.

Education
1 year ago
Jonesboro Public Schools superintendent to retire at end of the year

The superintendent of Jonesboro Public Schools, Dr. Kim Wilbanks, announced she was retiring at the end of the 2024-2025 school year.

Education
1 year ago
A-State introduces chatbot to help students and campus visitors

In an effort to make Arkansas State University more accessible, student-friendly and user-friendly, the new “Howl Chatbot” is now a resource students can use to ask a myriad of questions.  

Education
1 year ago
Jonesboro resident inducted into Phi Kappa Phi honor society

Samuel Creekmore of Jonesboro, Arkansas, was recently elected to membership into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society, at Mississippi State University.

Business
1 year ago
Recognizing Remarkable Women awards presented at A-State

Seven outstanding women honored at Friday luncheon on the A-State campus

Business
1 year ago
JBA gives MacArthur Junior High students a chance to show off leadership skills

Nine weeks of work came to fruition as several Douglas MacArthur Junior High ninth graders showed off their business leadership skills in the Jonesboro Business Association’s first Youth Entrepreneurship Program Business Pitch Contest on Thursday.

Arts & Entertainment
1 year ago
MSU student from Jonesboro part of industry-sponsored interdisciplinary student design competition

Abby Williams, an architecture major from Jonesboro, Arkansas, is among 94 students in Mississippi State University’s College of Architecture, Art and Design who launched the fall semester with an interdisciplinary student design competition.

google street view of the sign in front of the Jonesboro Public Library
Arts & Entertainment
1 year ago
Craighead County/Jonesboro Public Library director issues statement regarding millage results

The director of the Craighead County/Jonesboro Public Library, Vanessa Adams, issued a statement Thursday morning regarding the results of the library millage.

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