Capitol & Scott: The Great Delta Divide
On this episode of Capitol & Scott, Democrat-Gazette reporter Stephen Simpson discusses his six-part series on health and economic disparities in the Arkansas …
The Great Delta Divide
-
![]()
-
![]()
With covid, government's role in Delta clearer
Before Ben Gilmore was a senator, he lived in the Delta in southeast Arkansas and witnessed firsthand the region's struggles with health care, infrastructure, …
-
![]()
Simmons Bank CEO: Capacity needed to drive growth in Delta
George Makris Jr., chairman and CEO of Simmons Bank, considers himself a longtime fighter for his hometown of Pine Bluff, but when it came to business decision…
-
![]()
Subscriber ExclusiveDelta's cities show its plight; Blytheville, Pine Bluff face future after population drops
Tom Sylvester used to look up at the sky above Blytheville in the 1970s, watch the planes fly out of the nearby Air Force base and dream about being able to gl…
-
![]()
Depression poses major health risk; experts see stress of poverty wearing on Delta residents
Dr. Valencia Andrew-Pirtle began working in Blytheville more than 20 years ago as a family medicine specialist and, over time, she has learned the most dangero…
-
![]()
Arkansas' west is a world apart; health care an example of state’s haves, have-nots gulf
Kenneth Crosskno, a farmer from Mississippi County who has lived just a few miles outside of Blytheville for his entire life, said living in the rural Delta is…
-
![]()
Towns in Delta losing people, hope for change
The Central and Northwest metropolitan areas of Arkansas have grown in population over the past decade, but towns in the Delta -- with the exception of Jonesbo…
