Broadway Bridge plans unveiled
The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department this morning released preliminary design ideas for a replacement for the Broadway Bridge. Among other details, the Highway Department said its initial commitment of $45 million for the bridge will be increased to $58 million, based on preliminary engineering studies. Here's a link to a page about the three proposals. Two are similar, one with ...
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Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas are developing an emergency communications network that will maintain operation during natural disasters and provide critical warnings and geographic information to people affected by the disasters.
Oil spill cleanup continues in Bodcaw Creek
Emergency crews have been working hard to clean a creek in Stamps, Arkansas after an oil spill Friday.
82-year-old bridge may get new lease on life
An eastern Arkansas town wants to preserve an 82-year-old bridge across the White River that's too old for modern-day traffic but could be converted for other purposes.
An Emergency Network for Natural Disasters
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas are developing an emergency communications network that will maintain operation during natural disasters and provide critical warnings and geographic information to people affected by the disasters.
Video: On CNBC, Beebe Says Arkansas Ready for Another Caterpillar Plant
Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. of Peoria, Ill., is moving a manufacturing plant to North America from Japan, and Arkansas wants to be its new home.
Roundtable pushes Super Ditch study
The Arkansas Basin Roundtable agreed to seek another $76,000 toward an engineering tool that is expected to reduce water court costs related to Super Ditch.
Schools join technology program
Arkansas Education Commissioner Tom Kimbrell announced Wednesday the first 16 school districts that will participate in the state’s STEM Works initiative designed to better educate students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Arkansas Native, Cosmopolitan Editor Gifts $30 Million For New Media Project
Legendary Cosmopolitan magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown made a $30 million to the Columbia School of Journalism and the Stanford School of Engineering to boost media innovation. Brown, who was born in Green Forest, Arkansas and raised in Little Rock, was a successful advertising executive and author who steered the provocative magazine’s editorial direction for more [...]
5 killed, 3 injured in Yell County crash
Arkansas State Police say five people were killed and three children were injured in a head-on collision in Yell County.