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Farmers speak up about conflicting and confusing messaging during floods.

Farmers speak up about conflicting and confusing messaging during floods.

Farmers speak up about conflicting and confusing messaging during floods.

Jones said the neglected commercial and residential properties also become havens for crimes and other problems.

Food, music and a chance to socialize brought out the crowd to Third Street for Dinner on the Bricks, the official start to Alex River Fete.

The launch of a new Indigenous-owned travel agency this week was an emotional moment for Chris Maxfield because he now has an opportunity to carry on the…

Construction is underway at Paragould Light, Water and Cable’s new solar panel located at the corner of Highways 69 and 358. Work crews from Columbia, Mo.-based contractor EnergyLink have been at the site, pouring concrete for transformers and a ground-mounted single axis tracker for the 4,680 panels to be installed in the 10-acre array. “The panels will track the sun as it travels from east to west,” explained EnergyLink construction manager Luke Dangelser. “That’s the...

Work has begun in earnest on the 10-acre solar panel farm Paragould Light, Water and Cable will build at the intersection of Jones Road and South Second Avenue. The utility hosted a ground-breaking ceremony on Wednesday. The facility, when finished by July 31, will produce 1.5 megawatts (MW) of power, enough supply electricity for 280 homes through its 4,680 panels. No plans yet exist to expand the solar panel farm beyond its current 10 acres to the full 28 acres available. PLWC received a $2 m...

Paragould Light, Water and Cable has begun preliminary work on its planned solar panel farm. According to information made available by the utility, its workers have removed the old Mayflower building on the 10-acre site at the corner of Highways 69 (South Second Avenue) and 358 (Jones Road) and was working to remove the foundation slab. “We’ll have a kickoff meeting on the 13th with Evergy Energy Partners,” PLWC Chief Executive Officer Darrell Phillips said Thursday, “but a...