The Good News and the People Making it Happen

As we prepared the September edition, two of our focuses were NEA Harvest and NEA Seniors, so I spent a lot of time thinking about the seasons of the year and the season of life.

If I’m being honest, the changing of seasons has been on my mind pretty much all year. My mom, who suffered from dementia, went through her final days in the spring. At the same time, my youngest son was completing his junior year at Greene County Tech and through the summer has been preparing for his last year of high school.

Perhaps those life-changing experiences had an impact on my decision to make a change in my life and, in a way, enter a new season. After 26 years working in newspapers in Northeast Arkansas, I’m excited to become part of the wonderful staff at NEA’s Premiere Magazine.

Ecclesiastes, and later The Byrds, shared that there is a time for everything – among them a time to be born and a time to die; a time to weep and a time to laugh; and a time of war and a time of peace. Some of those seasons are definitely harder than others.

As I launch into this new season of my life, I am looking forward to continuing Premiere’s mission of sharing the stories of the area’s “People Making the Good News Happen.”

Gretchen Hunt
Content Manager & Graphic Designer
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From Us to You

We welcome Gretchen Hunt to the helm of Premiere Magazine!

As you all know we have had some fantastic talent over the years, great photography, great graphics design, great story crafters, great editors and more. Gretchen is a veteran journalist with years of connections to NEA and she possesses ALL those skills, and we are thrilled to have her on board.

We miss Gabby Powell already, but we know the next generation needs educators like her and wish her all the best. I hope you will still see some contributions from her in future editions of Premiere and ExploreMORnea.com.

This month is packed, so enjoy the Fans and we hope you catch the spirit and cheer on your hometown schools. Thank you for making it possible to feature “the Good News and the People Making it Happen in NEA.”

Dina Mason
General Manager & Publisher
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About Premiere Magazine

Northeast Arkansas' Community Magazine

We look for stories about people serving their community in both big and small ways in hopes that these stories inspire others to do good, too. We also cover local events and share information about upcoming opportunities. We include stories from Paragould, Jonesboro, and surrounding areas.

MOR Media Radio, Publishing, and Digital. Doing MOR(e) for your business.

RADIO

Our parent company also encompasses three radio stations: Jack, Jill and iRock.

PUBLISHING

That's us! Premiere is a monthly publication delivered on or by the first of each month.

DIGITAL

A website curated to help people keep up with what's happening, where, and when, Explore MOR is the local's guide to NEA and our "sister" publication.