Pocahontas Relief Efforts Continue
Volunteers help residents recover. Engineer hired to propose solutions to levee problems.
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Church Provides Nontraditional Services
Jonesboro church stands out with rich tradition, community service and same-sex unions.
Read moreDelta Not Directly Affected by Dakota Access Pipeline
Direct effects not likely … unless it gets into Mississippi River
Read moreDog Park Awaits Donations
By Katie Woodall Delta Digital News Service JONESBORO – Almost a year after plans for a dog park were unveiled, lack of funding still keeps the city from starting the groundwork. Organizers presented plans for a dog park for Jonesboro at a late March 2016 meeting, after a group of citizens approached Mayor Harold Perrin and Parks and Recreation Director
Read moreDelta Residents Join March for Women, Equality
by Caitlin Janczys Delta Digital News Service LITTLE ROCK – People filled the intersection at Pulaski and Capitol streets, waiting behind a long purple marker. Police blockaded the surrounding streets, preparing for participants to walk. Thousands of citizens joined at the Capitol Saturday, Jan. 21, as part of the Women’s March. Formally known as the Million Woman March, the Women’s March originated
Read moreVoters Give Officials More Time
by Kirsten May Courtesy of A-State Department of Media Arkansas voters passed an amendment to the Arkansas Constitution that will lengthen term limits for elected county officials from two years to four years. As Kirsten May explains, people in those positions think this will help them be more effective. JONESBORO — Now even though the new term limits won’t go
Read morePark Celebrates ‘Ghosts, Legends, and the Unexplained’
by Marie Mitchell Delta Digital News Service GREENE COUNTY – While on a hunting trip, a man only identified as Mr. Hamilton and an acquaintance observed a drove of cattle in a state of alarm. As the cattle fled past, they also became alarmed at the sight of an animal that unmistakably resembled a giant human presence. Hamilton claimed the
Read moreJournalist, Artist Pass Through on Western Trek
JONESBORO, Ark. – A journalist and artist team from Alabama stopped through Jonesboro during their quest to bring public attention to problems with privatization of the national parks. Loosely traveling the same path Capt. Meriwether Louis and 2nd Lt. William Clark took in 1804, Glynn Wilson and Walter Simon of Alabama plan to travel to St. Louis next on their
Read moreUsing the Arts to Change Lives
JONESBORO, Ark. – Premiering on Broadway in 1969, the musical “1776” showcases important events in American history. But even after the success of its latest show, members of the Foundation of Arts for Northeast Arkansas still consider bringing the community together to be its greatest endeavor. FOA creative and artistic director Kristi Pulliam said “1776” draws the audience due to its humanization of
Read moreNEA Humane Society Helps the Community
by Kimberely Blackburn Delta Digital News Service Jonesboro, Ark. – The Northeast Arkansas Humane Society strives to help the Jonesboro community with its pet ownership. In addition to taking in unloved… Continue reading at: NEA Humane Society Helps the Community
Read moreCotton Acreage Experiencing All-Time Low in Arkansas
by Melissa Martin Delta Digital News Service JONESBORO, Ark. — Arkansas cotton acreage is experiencing an all-time low in Arkansas’ history of growing cotton. It’s estimated the latest planted acrea… Source: Cotton Acreage Experiencing All-Time Low in Arkansas
Read moreThe Price of Cotton Drops
Originally posted on Arkansas State Photojournalism:
With cotton production at a 38 year low, Logan Dewitt and his father Allen (not pictured) experience technical difficulties with their picking machine in the cotton field on Nov. 5, 2015. The cotton picking machine fails to wrap the cotton, causing it to fall out unpackaged. This creates an unwanted delay for the farmers,…
