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Caddo River Forest Products reopening sawmill, needs 136 workers in Pike County

GLENWOOD, Ark. — Caddo River Forest Products will invest $50 million to reopen a Glenwood sawmill, a move expected to create 136 jobs in the Pike County town. Own...

Big Deal: Sun Paper’s new $1 billion Arkadelphia bio-products mill to bring 250 jobs

LITTLE ROCK —Sun Paper, one of the top 500 Chinese enterprises and one of the world’s top pulp and paper makers, has announced the selection of a site in Arkadel...

GW Communications opening new office in Paragould, creating 28 jobs

PARAGOULD, Ark. — GW Communications, a company providing broadband solutions to telecommunications, cable and other industries, announced plans to locate a new off...

Sprint opens Little Rock headquarters, creates 100 jobs

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce announced the wireless carrier Sprint recently opened a regional office in Little Rock, Arkansas...

Big River Steel, jobs welcome in Osceola

OSCEOLA, Ark. — Forty miles upriver from Memphis, nearly 2,000 construction workers from far away as Utah and Texas are completing the final stages of a $1.3 billion steel mill that has turned the once faded Arkansas Delta city of Osceola into a boom to ...

Bekaert expands steel wire plant, creates 100 jobs in Rogers

ROGERS, Ark. — The Arkansas Economic Development Commission has announced expansions in the state by global steel wire products manufacturer and supplier Bekaert and by FMH Conveyors, which designs and manufactures material handling products and service ...

Paper company Glatfelter bringing 83 manufacturing jobs to Fort Smith

FORT SMITH, Ark. — Glatfelter, a global manufacturer of specialty papers and fiber-based engineered materials, announced the company is locating a new manufacturing facility in Fort Smith, Arkansas, subject to the approval of the Fort Smith Board of Di ...

Blake Shelton and Smithworks create vodka with ties to Okla., Ark., Kan. and Mo.

OKLAHOMA — Country music star Blake Shelton, a native of Ada, and Smithworks Vodka have released a new spirit made with corn from Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma, and water from Lake Fort Smith in Arkansas. Smithworks is distilled three times and charco ...

Remington Outdoor hits target for 84 jobs in Lonoke (AR)

LONOKE, Ark. — The Remington Outdoor Company, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of firearms, ammunition and related products, announced growth plans at its ammunition plant in Lonoke, Arkansas. As part of the plans, the company plans to i ...

Technology firm 10th Magnitude opens in Dallas to serve Texas, surrounding states (TX)

DALLAS — 10th Magnitude, one of the top Microsoft Azure services firms, has opened in Dallas, Texas. Key business development and consulting personnel are set to serve clients in the South Central region, which includes Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and A ...

Listen up, fellow Americans. Kid President has a few things to say about being thankful

At JustGOODNews.BIZ, we love the frivolity and creativity of Kid President. Here’s one for the Holiday Season for you to enjoy! Video and image by Soul Pancake/Kid President ...

Cadron Creek Capital says Conway is the way up

CONWAY, Ark. — The vice president of a tech startup company and co-founder of angel investment firm Cadron Creek Capital says that college-town Conway could become a hotspot for future tech firms. In the big picture of the state’s emerging tech ...

Arkansas governor seeks Asian businesses

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) executive director will travel to Asia this month to recruit companies to the state. The governor and AEDC Executive Director Mike Preston wi ...

McLarty Daniel Automotive cruises into new digs

BENTONVILLE, Ark. — The McLarty Daniel Automotive dealership has moved to a new and bigger location, creating new jobs through the expansion. The company expects the new dealership to create about 50 jobs, bringing total employment in Bentonville to ...

AT&T signals growth opportunities with hiring announcement

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — As a testament to the possibility of increased business growth, telecommunications giant AT&T plans to add employees in Arkansas. The company announced it will hire workers for more than 75 jobs. The positions are primarily cal ...

Cromwell Architects Engineers sets Little Rock development project

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Cromwell Architects Engineers has drafted a major development project downtown, including plans for its own headquarters. Cromwell Architects Engineers and Moses Tucker Real Estate are working together on what the firms call a n ...

SFC Fluidics gets drug pump research grant

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The SFC Fluidics insulin delivery research company was awarded a grant to develop a drug delivery pump for animals. SFC Fluidics announced it has received Phase I Small Business Innovation Research funding from the National Inst ...

Baxter adds new jobs to Arkansas plant

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. — Baxter International Inc. said it will add hundreds of new employees to its plant in Arkansas. Baxter, of Deerfield, Illinois, a publicly traded health care products manufacturer, announced Thursday that it will add about 225 full ...

Micro Plastics goes macro with Arkansas expansion

MELBOURNE, Ark. — Nylon fastener maker Micro Plastics is expanding its north central Arkansas plant with a $2.4 million investment, and plans to add 79 jobs in the next five years. The company, which produces threaded nylon fasteners, will begin pro ...

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