Ashley County’s borders are platted in perfect right angles on three sides, with only its western edge snaking and squiggling along the course of the Saline and Ouachita rivers. Viewed on a map, the county has the general shape of…
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300-Ton Furnace Being Transported From Crossett to Gum Springs
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe Arkansas Department of Transportation has announced that it will be escorting a 300-ton furnace on the final lap of its journey along state highways from Crossett to Gum Springs. The enormous kiln furnace was imported from Italy and made…
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UAM Crossett Nursing Class Achieves 100% Pass Rate on NCLEX Exam
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffThe June 2021 graduates of the Practical Nursing Technical Certificate Program at the UAM College of Technology in Crossett, Arkansas, recently accomplished an impressive feat: The entire class achieved a 100 percent pass rate on the National Council Licensure Examination for…
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Governor’s Address: Cynergy Cargo: Southeast Arkansas’s Newest Success Story
Today I’d like to share a story about the business success of a family that also is an economic development success for southeast Arkansas. The story begins with a fifteen-year-old Guatemalan who immigrated to the United States in 1999. For…
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Cynergy Cargo Rolls Out First Trailer at New Crossett Facility
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleCynergy Cargo 2 has launched its operation in Crossett with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and the completion of its first trailer at its new facility. In April 2020, the Douglas, Ga.-based trailer manufacturer announced its plans to construct a new facility…
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Cynergy Cargo, Enclosed Trailer Manufacturer, Building New Facility in Crossett
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleAn enclosed cargo trailer manufacturer is constructing a new facility in Crossett. Cynergy Cargo, a trailer manufacturer based in Douglas, Ga., announced its plans to build a new facility in the Crossett Industrial Park and hire 70 fulltime employees. According…
CARTI has opened a new clinic in Crossett in Ashley County. The new clinic, CARTI Crossett, opened on Thursday, Aug. 1, and provides infusion services, such as chemotherapy. Medical oncologist Bilal Malik, M.D., will be operating at the clinic, which…
Crossett is the latest Arkansas city to be designated a Competitive Community by the Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC). The south Arkansas town, which had an estimated population of 4,913 according to the U.S. Census Bureau, is the smallest community…
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Georgia-Pacific Shutting Down Part of Crossett Operations
by Tyler Haleby Tyler HaleGeorgia-Pacific announced today that it is shutting down part of its operations in Crossett. The Atlanta-headquartered company will be shuttering its bleached board operations, as well as its extrusion plant, woodyard, pulp mill and part of the energy complex by…
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Face of Business: Kristi Stocker, Owner, Southeast Insurance, Inc.
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffINSURANCE AND EMPLOYEE BENEFITS Shortly after Kristi Stocker entered life insurance sales, she became one of the top three agents in the United States. She realized her interest was in the life, health and investment business, and joined Southeast Insurance…