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Sweet Potatoes should be rolling in by fall
Finishing touches are being added to the sweet potato storage facility…
Open Forum: Arkadelphia Speaks
With the successful effort to pass the half-cent economic sales tax behind us, Dr. Wesley Kluck, co-chair of the Clark County Strategic Planning initiative, talked last week about where we go from here.
Go for Gold!
Although I missed the race itself, I read the news and web accounts of Olympic athlete Joey Cheek who announced, on winning the gold medal in speedskating, that he would donate the entire $25,000 prize to the philanthropic work of Norway’s famed Olav Koss, another gold medal Olympian.
Consolidated Biofuels and IBF JV Announce Planned 150 MPGY Biodiesel Production/Crush Facility at Arkansas Port Location
CHICAGO — Yesterday, in cooperation and agreement with International Bio Fuels Corp., Consolidated Biofuels, Inc., a Chicago-based alternative fuels company (Pink Sheets:CSBF), announced through its CEO, Daniel L. Honeycutt, that on November 28, 2006, IBF, on behalf of the IBF/CSBF joint venture partnership, contracted with Chicot County, Arkansas to build and operate a unique combination biodiesel production and soybean oil crush facility located at the Port of Yellow Bend in…
Banking in the Delta
Good business banks accounts and a full range of financial tools to help manage the operations of a business are vital factors in the success and growth of Delta companies large and small. In addition to their many offerings to individual account holders, Delta banks provide a wide variety of services designed specifically to meet business needs.
Delta Southern Bank pledges $200,000 to B.B. King Museum
The Board of Directors of Delta Southern Bank is pleased to have been able to help the B.B. King Museum and Delta Interpretive Center meet the terms of a $2.5 million challenge from Jim Barksdale. Mr. Barksdale had pledged the funds to the B.B. King Museum provided their board of directors raise $500,000 in matching funds.
Tyson teams to build biofuel plant
In its second major energy announcement this year, Tyson Foods Inc. said Monday that it would spend $75 million to help build a synthetic fuels plant to power diesel cars and high performance military jets.
Helena’s Miller among six nominees for federal judge
Little Rock (AP) – Congressman John Boozman has nominated six potential candidates as a successor on the federal bench for the late US District Judge George Howard Jr.
Tyson teams to build biofuel plant
In its second major energy announcement this year, Tyson Foods Inc. said Monday that it would spend $75 million to help to power diesel cars and high-performance military jets.
A Slow Demise in the Delta
From 2001 to 2005, the federal government spent nearly $1.2 billion in agricultural subsidies to boost farmers’ incomes and invigorate local economies in this poverty-stricken region of the Mississippi Delta.