Highland Pellets LLC

A federal judge last month confirmed a $10.1 million arbitration award to a contractor for work done on Highland Pellets LLC’s plant in Pine Bluff. read more >

Both systems, the state’s largest pension funds, exceeded their goals for returns after a dismal fiscal 2022, and both also have new leaders fresh out of state agencies. read more >

The dispute between the two companies started in 2020 when Highland hired PPM to upgrade and increase production at Highland’s wood pellet plant in Pine Bluff. read more >

South Arkansas has been fertile ground for the wood pellets industry this year, as three manufacturers have recently started or completed projects. read more >

Drax Group says it will begin building the first of three new "satellite" pellet plants in Arkansas later this month. read more >

Highland Pellets LLC said Wednesday that it has reached a $135 million capital partnership with Orion Energy Partners LP to fund the expansion and upgrade of its wood pellet facility in Pine Bluff. read more >

Led by the Saracen Casino Resort, which has a construction value of $215 million, Pine Bluff is seeing growth across the city unlike any in recent years. read more >

It’s been two years since Arkansas Business reported on the planned renovation of the historic Hotel Pines in Pine Bluff. read more >

Some people view a derelict hotel and see what has been lost. Others possess a different kind of vision: They see beyond what was lost to what remains and what can be again. Stuart Hee and his partners in the nonprofit Pine Bluff Rising are in the latter camp. read more >

If permit applications are to be believed, plans are in the works for a microbrewery and restaurant in the 200 block of Barraque St. in Pine Bluff and for a restaurant in the old Hotel Pines at 426 S. Main. read more >

A Nebraska engineering company alleges it was stiffed for work done on a $230 million wood pellet plant in Pine Bluff. read more >

Pine Bluff has never lacked for boosters, but there must be more than sentimental nostalgia for a once-great city to create real, sustainable growth. read more >

A growing army of developers and investors are on a mission of revitalization for the city of Pine Bluff. read more >

Hopes for a new wood pellet plant between Stephens and Camden are in the balance as the decision-making scale toggles between Arkansas and Mississippi. read more >

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday helped Highland Pellets LLC celebrate its new 600,000 metric ton per year wood pellet facility in Pine Bluff. read more >

Europe’s increasing emphasis on renewable energy lies behind the announcements this summer that two companies plan to build wood pellet plants in Arkansas. read more >

Highland Pellets LLC said Wednesday that it will build a 500,000 metric ton per year wood pellet facility in Pine Bluff. read more >