Anheuser-Busch Foundation awarded $130,000 to the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station for rice quality, brewing applications, water stewardship and Discovery Farms work during National Rice Month.
Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers won a $20,000 Arkansas Beef Council grant to use AI and DNA data to find bacteria that help or hurt fresh-beef color stability.
The Teen Court Volunteer Program of Jefferson and Lincoln counties is recruiting ninth- through 12th-graders through Oct. 31 for courtroom leadership experience.
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders and U.S. Rep. Bruce Westerman joined Hanwha Defense USA on Sept. 21 for a ribbon cutting on a $2.2 billion advanced munitions manufacturing campus at the Pine Bluff Arsenal.
Pine Bluff Fire & Emergency Services welcomed eight new recruits who are beginning multi-week training before joining street response, City of Pine Bluff officials said.
Southeast Arkansas College hosted a Sept. 15 workforce summit where Pine Bluff, White Hall, Watson Chapel and Friendship Aspire leaders discussed concurrent enrollment and career pathways.
The first Pine Bluff Promise Walk for Preeclampsia runs 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 3 at the John W. Fallis Waterfront Facility, with check-in at 8:45 a.m.
