by - February 10, 2026 9:28 pm
Arkansas State University (ASU) has received $2.1 million in federal funding to expand its steel research and testing capabilities, the school announced Tuesday (Feb. 10). The funding will support the…
by - January 13, 2025 2:46 pm
Mississippi County produces more steel than any other in the United States and that trend is likely to continue into the future, steel stakeholders said during a panel discussion at…
by - August 7, 2023 11:57 am
A $1.2 million grant from the Arkansas Office of Skills Development (OSD) to Arkansas Northeastern College (ANC) will help create the Arkansas Steelmaking Bootcamp. The bootcamp, a job skills initiative…
by - April 12, 2023 7:34 am
For more than three generations, agriculture reigned as the supreme economic driver in Mississippi County. Soybeans, corn and most importantly, cotton were grown in the county’s fertile soil. The county…
by - November 1, 2022 9:18 am
Highbar LLC, a newly formed company focused on sustainable scrap metal recycling and steel production, announced Tuesday (Nov. 1) it has selected a greenfield site in Northeast Arkansas to build…
by - May 14, 2018 2:21 pm
In Mississippi County, it has always been about the geography. The land and river determine our economics, our lifestyles and our history. First there was a great hardwood forest, full…
