Jonesboro, AR – JonesboroRightNow.com – The red carpet rolled out Thursday afternoon at the Embassy Suites Red Wolf Convention Center in Jonesboro as hundreds of business owners, employees, nonprofit leaders and community members celebrated the release of the 2026 Best of Northeast Arkansas winners.
The annual Best of Northeast Arkansas awards program, presented by Pak Mail Shipping and Printing and produced by Jonesboro Media Group, has grown into one of the region’s largest community-driven recognition programs. This year’s contest drew more than 3,238 nominated businesses, organizations and individuals competing across 215 categories, with more than 651,000 votes cast by residents across the region.
The winners were officially revealed at noon Friday on BestofNEA.com, followed by a six-hour celebration event in the Embassy Suites hotel lobby, where winners stopped by to pick up awards, receive copies of the freshly printed magazine, take photos for the online winners’ gallery and celebrate their recognition with customers, coworkers and friends…