Matthew S.L. Cate

State’s farm losses forecast to worsen

Just too much rain, researchers say

Arkansas farm losses due largely to an abnormally wet year are projected to be well over $225 million, a team of agricultural researchers said Friday.
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River commerce riding a wave

LR port’s tonnage way up, buoyed by business from pipe maker

Despite swollen rivers and an economic downtown, commerce along the Arkansas River is barging ahead, already surpassing last year’s tonnage.
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Steel giant must pay $1.2 million in bias suit

Steel giant Nucor Corp. must pay $1.2 million to a half-dozen former and current black employees for racial discrimination at its northeast Arkansas plants.
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Help turn wood into gas, group asks state

An Illinois-based group is looking at Arkansas and other states to set up a facility to turn timber scraps into a synthetic natural gas to power cars, run factories and generate electricity for homes.
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Suit that links oil to storm revived

Murphy Oil one of dozens sued

A federal appellate court has revived a class-action lawsuit that contends Murphy Oil Corp. and dozens of other petroleum companies, along with coal and chemical firms, are responsible for global warming and should pay for its damage.
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Energy bill seen as jobs creator

Group says state could get 25,000

A group backing federal legislation to cut carbon emissions said Monday that the American Clean Energy Security Act would lead to as many as 25,000 Arkansas jobs over the next decade.
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Meter’s running on new technology

Cities study, try parking by wireless

Another way to pay Cities and parking-industry companies have in recent years offered ways for drivers to use their cell phones to make paying for parking more convenient. POM Inc. of Russellville is hoping its new system, which applies high-tech gadgetry to a keep-it-simple philosophy, will soon catch on.
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Stimulus pivots to cash for fridges

Arkansas to get $2.7 million for energy-saving appliances

A stimulus program encouraging the purchase of energy-efficient appliances will offer Arkansans rebates of up to $200.
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U.S. care rankings put Arkansas at 48

Arkansas’ quality of health care, particularly for children, helped it edge up in a new state-by-state ranking of health systems.
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Cooper Tire to hire 200 in Texarkana

New jobs come with expanded production schedule

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will hire 200 workers at its Texarkana plant starting in January.
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