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The Arkansas Division of Workforce Services is accepting applications for disaster unemployment assistance from individuals in Benton, Boone and Marion counties whose employment or self-employment was lost or interrupted because of severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding that occurred May 24-27, 2024.

Lithium production in South Arkansas will be the focus of a two-day conference next week in Little Rock.

Ellie Baker, Professional Community and Economic Developer for the City of Magnolia, was named Outstanding Economic Developer on Monday during the Arkansas Economic Developers & Chamber Executives (AEDCE) 2023 awards

The Multi-User Silicon Carbide Research and Fabrication Facility will enable companies, national laboratories and other university research groups to develop low-volume prototypes from lab to fab.

The University of Arkansas broke ground on the national Multi-User Silicon Carbide Research and Fabrication Facility, or MUSiC, which will enable companies, national laboratories and other university research groups to develop low-volume prototypes from lab to fab.

The University of Arkansas, Fayettevilles new national Multi-User Silicon Carbide Research and Fabrication Facility will be "a magnet for the economic development we seek," according to Alan Mantooth, an electrical engineering professor spearheading the project.

The University of Arkansas, Fayettevilles new national Multi-User Silicon Carbide Research and Fabrication Facility will be "a magnet for the economic development we seek," according to Alan Mantooth, an electrical engineering professor spearheading the project.

New Hybar LLC rebar mill will create a total of 200 jobs in northeast Arkansas; Westrock Coffee will create 600 jobs in Conway.

The Arkansas Development Finance Authority awarded over $75 million in federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, LIHTC, to build nine affordable housing developments.

Westrock Coffee Co. will become one of Conways largest employers, with about 850 workers and an investment of more than $700 million, when it completes expansion of coffee production at its Faulkner County plant over the next five years.