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Festivities at mall welcome shoppers during sales tax holiday
It's that time of year again -- the sales tax-free holiday weekend aimed at giving a break to parents buying school necessities for their children before class…
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Subscriber ExclusiveLithium-extraction companies ask Arkansas agency to set royalty rates for mineral-rights holders
The major players in Arkansas' nascent lithium extraction industry filed a joint application with the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission requesting that it set a …
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Subscriber ExclusiveJudge’s OK sought for deal on 2013 Mayflower oil spill; ExxonMobil would settle claims for $1.75M
Federal and state government plaintiffs have asked a federal judge to approve a proposed consent decree with settling claims against ExxonMobil Pipeline Co. ov…
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Subscriber ExclusiveFlights on World War II plane a part of Arkansas group’s effort to educate people about military aviation history
The clouds were low-hanging at North Little Rock Municipal Airport on Saturday when Rob Lashbrook, the head of the Razorback Wing of the Commemorative Air Forc…
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Subscriber ExclusiveMoratorium on swine farm permits in Buffalo watershed would be permanent due to ecology panel rule changes
The Pollution Control and Ecology Commission gave the Department of Energy and Environment the go-ahead to proceed on two proposed changes to its rules during …
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Subscriber ExclusiveSecond Union County oil spill in month confirmed, this one into Ouachita River tributary
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment confirmed an oil spill that affected a tributary of the Ouachita River in Norphlet earlier this month.
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Subscriber ExclusiveRulemaking for disposal wells in state advances
The Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment got the nod from the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission to commence the rulemaking process for two proposed rule c…
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Subscriber ExclusiveCommission approves lithium-extraction application filed by Albemarle
EL DORADO -- The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission approved an application filed by Albemarle Corp., a bromine-producer in Magnolia, which will allow it to begin…
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Subscriber ExclusiveEPA: Cleanup of oil spill near Smackover completed, maintenance phase begins
The Environmental Protection Agency announced this week that it was ending its emergency operations in Smackover in response to the June oil spill that led to …
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Subscriber ExclusiveFayetteville wetlands restoration project working to spread conservation awareness
A hoop house lies at the end of a rocky road, surrounded by trees and grasses. The only sign that this property — which will eventually become the River Common…
