Why Arkansas’s best duck hunting woods are drowning
The trees that sustain the state’s fabled duck populations are dying after years of excessive flooding. But new practices aim to change that.
Wind energy gains ground in Arkansas after years of setbacks
Updated 12:05 p.m., Sept. 10, 2021 One of Arkansas’s biggest utilities is delivering wind power to thousands of homes in the state, and the company says more is on the way. On Friday, Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) announced the…
Tornadoes increasing in Arkansas due to climate change, researcher says
On the afternoon of Saturday, March 28, 2020, Kathie Pace and her family hid in a stairwell as a tornado slashed through their northeast Jonesboro subdivision. “I heard the windows shattering,” she said recently. “Later, we found someone’s turbine from…