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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
Berry: Voting no on health-care legislation
Mar 21, 2010 9:59 pm
U.S. Rep. Marion Berry announced this afternoon that he will oppose the sweeping health-care legislation when it comes up for a vote on Capitol Hill this evening.
In early days of campaign, ad battle is on
Mar 21, 2010 11:08 am
The campaign for the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate has blossomed into an ad war. U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln has had three ads and Lt. Gov. Bill Halter, four. For repeated airings, of course.
Down to the wire, Berry playing vote close to vest
Mar 21, 2010 8:38 am
For Arkansas U.S. House members, the process to overhaul health care thats been a year in the making from townhall meetings to Blue Dog negotiations to presidential telephone calls will culminate in...
Despite ban attempts, earmarks still alive
Mar 21, 2010 8:35 am
Despite attempts by both parties in the House to prune spending on projects requested by individual lawmakers, socalled earmarks are likely to sprout on each of the spending bills currently being deba...
Mar 21, 2010 8:09 am
The winning numbers drawn Saturday night in Powerball are: 9-36-39-44-45 Powerball : 9 Estimated jackpot : $30.3 million Power Play: 2
Mar 21, 2010 8:08 am
The winning numbers drawn Friday night in Mega Millions : 10-31-45-50-54 Mega Ball : 25 Estimated jackpot : $20 million Megaplier: 04
New jobs on line for Delta town
Mar 21, 2010 8:02 am
Forty or 50 jobs may not sound like a lot, but in a town thats been losing about 250 residents a year since 2000, when theres an opportunity to reopen a plant thats been closed for a decade, the hope ...
Clinton campaign one of fits and starts
Mar 21, 2010 8:00 am
The 1992 campaign of former President Bill Clinton, regarded by some experts as a streamlined machine, was a loosely organized endeavor that succeeded because it addressed the emerging 24-hour news cy...
Center makes history turn personal
Mar 21, 2010 7:59 am
It didnt take long for Jerry Maulden to ignore the video camera, large microphones, reflective panels and studio lights a few feet from his face.
New managers looking at amphitheater rent
Mar 21, 2010 7:58 am
Now that the Riverfest Amphitheatre is under its control, the Little Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau is undertaking a review of the downtown venues rents as well as the citys past agreements to of...
