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Pine Bluff paper mill sold
American Kraft Paper Industries, an affiliate of American Industrial Acquisition Corporation, has acquired the unbleached kraft paper subsidiary located in Pine Bluff from Twin Rivers Paper Company, a leading producer of specialty paper products. The two companies announced the sale jointly. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Twin Rivers...
Who owns Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan? Meet Lance Gasaway, Brent Gasaway, Daniel Hamby
Growing up in tiny Gould, Arkansas — population of fewer than 800 residents, per the most recent U.S. Census in 2020 — Clint Gasaway took his family, which included his two sons, Lance and Greg, to horse races at the state's signature track, Oaklawn. Those two-hour treks, each way, ignited in Lance a lifelong passion for the sport. ...
Learning Amid Chaos in the Arkansas Delta: What the School Research Shows Us
Eric Walden makes a lot of school visits near the end of the academic year, just as the weather turns warmer and the promise of summer vacation beckons. That’s when the kids in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, start getting into more fights — or, as he puts it, when “business is booming.” Walden is the assistant […]
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