U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Under the deal, Montrose will provide solutions and remedial plans for air and water quality compliance, pollution prevention, hazardous waste and more. read more >

Walker’s role is focused on designing mechanical building systems, preparing technical documents and performing engineering calculations for distribution centers across North America. read more >

Historic flooding in 2019 led to the creation of a levee task force, but it's unclear how many of the group's recommendations have been implemented. read more >

Concern about the aging levees have waned since the floods, but experts say there's potential for a disaster if not maintained. read more >

The Port of Fort Smith sits on a portion of the river shipping channel that is 26 feet deep, plenty deep for the heaviest of barges that could come th read more >

As the deputy commander of the Little Rock District, Warren oversees the district staff and supports the commander in the leadership of more than 800 employees. read more >

The amount adds to $203.5 million it received from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act in January. read more >

After a record year in 2020 that saw 64 residential homes sell for $1 million or more, northwest Arkansas catapulted over those robust numbers in 2021. read more >

Wayne LaRue makes a federal case out of a $280 ticket given to him by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for having too wide of a footpath at his lakefront home on Greers Ferry Lake. read more >

The first new house built in the neighborhood immediately east of downtown Little Rock since 1995 is occupied, and scores of apartments will be ready within weeks. read more >

President Joe Biden’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2022 includes $149 million for the Three Rivers Project, which officials say would prevent an economically devastating shutdown of the 50-year-old McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. read more >

As of early last week, President Joe Biden’s eight-year, $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal appeared to be holding, but polarization in Washington makes the deal fragile. read more >

Leroy Carter has been elected chairman of the board of the Helena Harbor, a slackwater harbor and 4,000-acre industrial park on the Mississippi River. read more >

Brian Richardson has been chosen by Jonesboro Mayor Harold Copenhaver to serve as the city’s chief administrative officer. read more >

Five months ago, state officials scrambled to prepare for a pandemic scenario in which the added caseload of COVID-19 patients overwhelmed the Arkansas network of hospitals. read more >

Roger Williams’ eight-year path to his dream — a $3.5 billion plant to make ultra-clean diesel near the banks of the Arkansas River — is intersecting with a quite literal road, perhaps the state’s sturdiest. read more >

For now, the camping ban through April 30 extends to overnight stays in lodges, cabins and group lodging in the Arkansas State Parks system. Where it goes from there is undetermined. read more >

Visions of a $3.5 billion plant to turn natural gas into liquid fuel have tantalized Jefferson County while doubters have touted the project as pie in the sky. With two of four crucial environmental permits in hand, that pie could be going into the oven soon. read more >

The historic spring flooding in Arkansas caused at least $100 million in damage. Now comes the re-evaluation of Arkansas’ long-neglected levee system, which will surely seek to address at least two big public policy questions: Who should be responsible for the levees? Who should pay for their maintenance? read more >

America’s entry into the First World War set the stage for a historic economic development opportunity that business leaders in Little Rock seized back in the spring of 1917. read more >