Ward Wimbish

Arkansas cities are using cash and perks to lure new workers, with Texarkana and West Memphis offering payouts as others shift strategies. read more >

The project would rival the nearly completed Big River Steel 2 plant in Osceola as the biggest economic development project in Arkansas history. read more >

Scouts for a cold storage warehouse, solar panel manufacturing, electric vehicle-related production and a couple of chemical plants are taking lingering looks at the possibilities of setting up shop in the city. read more >

The French manufacturer that plans to produce insulators for the Plains & Eastern Clean Line transmission line project was offered a host of incentives for opening a plant in West Memphis. read more >

The city of West Memphis hopes to get the final approval by the end of this month to start work on a $10.9 million project to expand railroad infrastructure to service the city’s port. read more >