Stephen Bell

The Arkadelphia Regional Economic Development Alliance announced on Facebook that it's preparing to market a 1,000-acre industrial property described as "the former Sun Bio site." read more >

Danfoss Commercial Compressors says it will close its Arkadelphia plant by the end of the year, affecting 170 employees. read more >

The Sun Bio Materials project in Clark County has emerged from a period of halting progress with a new profile expected to increase investment, employment and wood consumption. read more >

We have a question for President Donald Trump: Which is more important, defeating countries like China in a trade war or a booming U.S. economy? read more >

The threat of a full-blown trade war has delayed the $1 billion Sun Paper project near Arkadelphia and prompted Gov. Asa Hutchinson to send his top economic development official to China to make sure it stays on track. read more >

Construction could start late this year on the billion-dollar Sun Bio Material pulp mill near Gum Springs. But the building process for the sprawling Clark County complex is expected to begin in earnest early next year. read more >

Through a program made possible by a half-cent county sales tax, the Economic Development Corporation of Clark County awarded $60,000 in May to Danfoss for moving a production line from Mexico to Arkadelphia. read more >

A poultry company outside Arkadelphia has partnered with several southwest Arkansas counties to hatch, grow and process a “specialty chicken” popular in Asian markets across the western United States. read more >

Arkansans and Americans in general seem to be feeling blue these days. Maybe a deluge of negative political advertising bludgeoned us into sadness. Perhaps I’m a “glass half-full” guy because I keep noticing that, nationally and within Arkansas, there are positive economic indicators. read more >

Duck hunting permits in Arkansas neared the 100,000 mark in 2003, but the sport is still dwarfed in popularity by deer hunting — an annual pastime for some 300,000 Arkansans. read more >