UAPB announced $300k in grant money for internship project

By Deseray McKinzy The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB) announced Thursday, that there are nine students that major in business management, political science, accounting, and computer science who will participate in internship projects supported by the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation (WCSF).  The press... Read More.
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UAMS gets grant for school violence reduction project

LITTLE ROCK — The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) Institute for Digital Health & Innovation has received a three-year, $749,968 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice to help reduce violent crime in and around Arkansas schools. The project, the School Telemedicine in... Read More.
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Lincoln County receives grant for road project

Lincoln County has received a $100,000 Arkansas Unpaved Road Grant that will be used for work on the Boston Road project. According to the Lincoln Ledger Newspaper, work will include replacing culverts, new pipes, ditch work and more. County Judge Buddy Earnest said during a... Read More.
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C&L Electric energizes 1 megawatt solar project in Star City

C & L Electric Cooperative’s (C & L) new 1 MW solar array represents the distribution cooperative’s first owned generation source in its almost 80-year history, through a 20-year solar power services agreement. Installed by Today’s Power, Inc. (TPI), the single-axis tracking array consists... Read More.
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Streetscape project continues in downtown Pine Bluff

Significant work is taking place along Main Street in Pine Bluff as the Streetscape project continues. Excavators and other equipment can be seen tearing up concrete and asphalt between Barraque and Fourth streets. Larry Matthews, Director of the Pine Bluff Economic and Community Development, will join... Read More.

Walton Family Foundation announces grant for Delta project

HELENA-WEST HELENA, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the Walton Family Foundation on Thursday announced a multi-million dollar effort to complete a biking and pedestrian trail in eastern Arkansas. Now, about 44 miles (70 kilometers) of The Delta Heritage Trail State Park are... Read More.
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Construction begins on solar project in southeast Arkansas

LAKE VILLAGE, Ark. (AP) — Workers have begun construction on a new solar project in southeast Arkansas that’s expected to produce enough electricity to power more than 18,000 homes once it’s up and running. The Chicot Solar Energy Center near Lake Village is a project... Read More.