Jonesboro-based library to lose 13 employees after funding slashed [View all]

BY Debra Hale-Shelton ON November 22, 20232:17 pm


The war on libraries is real.

The Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library will soon lose 13 employees because of major funding cuts voters approved last year, the library director confirmed today. Library officials also expect to close one or more branches.

Director Vanessa Adams said the library system gave notice in the past two days to the two full-time and 11 part-time workers affected. “It is horrible,” she said. “We lost half of our budget.”

The cuts will take effect Dec. 23, she said.

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