Lonoke's plant on overdrive on ammo by John Magsam | Today at 2:05 a.m. The CEO of Vista Outdoor, the parent company of Remington Ammunition, said in a Thursday interview that the Lonoke ammunition plant continues to push out ammunition day and night, and will hire more workers to meet unprecedented demand even as the state faces a new covid-19 surge. On Thursday afternoon Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced during a news conference at the state Capitol that he was reinstating Arkansas' public health emergency. He also said he asked the White House to send a surge response team to Arkansas to help assess hospital capacity in the state.