Envirotech Vehicles recently announced a partnership with Arkansas-based Olympus Construction to renovate the state-of-the-art manufacturing facility at 1425 Ohlendorf Road in Osceola, Ark. The manufacturing facility is approximately 580,00- SF and the total cost of renovations is estimated to be…
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Sunstar Insurance Expands in NE Arkansas with Evins Insurance Merger
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffSunstar Insurance Group, LLC is merging with Evins Insurance Group of Jonesboro. The merger will be Sunstar’s ninth expansion in five years. Sunstar Insurance Group effectively blankets the state of Arkansas with a comprehensive insurance network comprised of industry veterans.…
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Wallace Fowler Sr., Arkansas Business Leader, Dead at 87
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffWallace W. Fowler Sr., one of Arkansas’ most influential business leaders, has died. Wallace passed away Wednesday, May 4, at NEA Baptist Hospital in Jonesboro, according to Emerson Funeral Home. He was 87. Wallace’s wife of 65 years, Jama, passed…
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Atlas Tube Opens World’s Largest ERW Mill in Blytheville
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffAtlas Tube recently opened its second steel mill in Blytheville. The new facility will be dedicated to producing Jumbo Hollow Structural Sections (HSS) as large as 28″ OD with walls up to 1″ thick. According to the company, the $150…
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Envirotech Celebrates Final Assembly at First US Plant in Osceola
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffEnvirotech Vehicles held an event Thursday in Osceola, Ark. to celebrate the first electric vehicles to undergo final assembly at its first U.S. manufacturing facility. Representatives of the electric vehicle company were joined by community and business leaders from across…
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Arkansas State University Appoints New Museum Director
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffMichael Reinschmidt has been named the new director of the Arkansas State University Museum in Jonesboro, effective April 11. ASU Provost Alan Utter announced Reinschmidt’s appointment this week and said Reinschmidt was recommended by the search committee to succeed retiring Director…
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Air Choice One Acquired By Southern Airways Express
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffSouthern Airways Express, a Florida-based commuter airline company, is acquiring St. Louis-based airline Air Choice One, according to a recent Southern Airways press release. Air Choice One has provided flight services for Northeast Arkansas since 2012, and offers flights from…
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Jonesboro Cycle & ATV Planning ‘Destination Dealership’ for Bono in NEA
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffJonesboro Cycle & ATV recently purchased the former Jimco Lamp Manufacturing building in Bono, with plans to transform the over 100,000- SF into a “destination dealership” for the company. Jonesboro Cycle headquarters is currently located at 2800 Fair Park Blvd.…
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Arkansas State Trooper Named National Trooper of the Year
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffArkansas State Trooper Spencer Morris was named National Trooper of the Year by the International Association of Chiefs of Police, State and Provincial Division during a March 25 award ceremony in Seattle, before an audience of law enforcement officers from…
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Production Underway at New Colson Plant in Jonesboro Tech Park
by AMP Staffby AMP StaffMove-in and production has begun at the new Colson Caster factory in Jonesboro’s Craighead Technology Park, according to an update from Jonesboro Unlimited on Wednesday. The Colson facility is one of three new buildings currently under construction in the 1,500-acre…