Continuing-Care Communities (CCRC)
Southern Arkansas
Area Info
South Arkansas is the greater area in Arkansas that encompasses the lower 15 counties of the state, with Union County being the most predominate. In the 1920s, nationwide attention focused on South Arkansas when the Smackover field was ranked first among the nation's oil fields. For five months in 1925, the 40-square-mile Smackover field was the focal point of one of the wildest mineral booms in North America. Today, south Arkansas's oil fields produce petroleum throughout a 10-county area.
Columbia and Union counties also stretch over one of the largest brine reserves in the world. Bromine is derived from brine, or saltwater, and local companies play an international role in the commercialization of bromine and its many applications.
Articles
News from the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Keep the music real, Case says
Mar 14, 2010 11:32 am
Neko Case says you, too, can write and sing great songs and play a mean guitar all the while.
Mar 14, 2010 11:10 am
Patricia Pearson had an uh-oh moment Saturday morning. She forgot that she planned to help police, community-service workers and volunteers with a cleanup in her Baring Cross neighborhood and instead ...
After struggle to stay open, district waits
Mar 14, 2010 11:10 am
Turrell School District Superintendent Alfred Hogan tried to recruit businesses and lure more people to move to the Crittenden County town over the past year in an effort to save his school district.
Mar 14, 2010 9:15 am
Campaign season is officially under way for Arkansas Democrats now that dinner is done in Russellville.
PB trial is set to begin in womans 07 slaying
Mar 14, 2010 9:14 am
Mario Scott will stand trial Monday on capital-murder charges in the May 2007 death of Katesia Weathers, who prosecutors say in court documents was beaten to death before her body was burned to ashes ...
LR plan to curtail rent cash on hold
Mar 14, 2010 9:13 am
The Little Rock Housing Authority is considering slashing rent payments to hundreds of landlords unless it receives more federal funding for a program that helps low-income residents afford housing.
Candidate filings for state and federal offices
Mar 14, 2010 9:11 am
These candidates have filed for state and federal offices in Arkansas. The list is arranged by the three branches of government (executive, legislative and judicial).
WASHINGTON NEWS IN BRIEF: Ross not among Rangels payees
Mar 14, 2010 9:10 am
Democratic House members have sought to distance themselves from U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., since he stepped down as chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee this month amid an ethics sca...
Mar 14, 2010 9:07 am
Information for the obituaries and funeral notices below was supplied to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Advertising Department by funeral homes.
CONWAY Sanitation Department worker honored for service
Mar 14, 2010 8:53 am
While some people are still asleep or going out in their robes to get the newspaper, Don Beene is driving through neighborhoods, picking up garbage.
