General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems (OTS) and Today’s Power, Inc., flipped the switch Wednesday, symbolically energizing two solar arrays in Calhoun County’s Highland Industrial Park.
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Albemarle Corporation stockholders will enjoy an increase in their quarterly dividend.
Issue 3 on the Election Day ballot is the one we really loath, and we encourage our readers to vote against it. Simply put, Issue 3 wants to make it more difficult for citizens to place initiatives on the Arkansas ballot. We don’t want this process to become more difficult. It’s hard enough …
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Don Williams has enjoyed the complexity of honey bees since he first helped his brother with them in the 1950s.
American Rheinmetall Munition Inc. has been awarded a $32,449,901 modification to previously awarded contract for the production of MK281 MOD 3 40MM high velocity day/night practice cartridges at its Camden facility.
Standard Lithium Ltd. CEO Robert Mintak was a featured guest on Fox Business Networks Mornings with Maria Bartiromo on Monday.
If you want to buy a car here in the U.S. that is made in Korea, you can. Korea makes Hyundai and Kia, brands that have gone from relative obscurity some years back to now capturing roughly six percent of the U.S. car market. Korea also makes toasters, vacuum cleaners, hard drives and smartp…
The Columbia County Election Commission will begin the canvass of absentee ballots at 9 a.m. Thursday at the County Annex building.
Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport has announced expanded community COVID-19 testing this week in Cullen, LA.
The following people have recently been booked into the custody of the Columbia County Justice and Detention Facility on Rawhide Road in Magnolia. All of the following people are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. Not listed are people serving brief commitments or state …
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There was no grand prize winner Tuesday night in the national Mega Millions lottery.
Egg production in Arkansas totaled 334 million eggs during September 2020, down slightly from the previous month but up 15 percent from September 2019.
Highlights: One additional death in Columbia County raises total to 21. Four new COVID-19 cases at Southern Arkansas University. Case count in Magnolia School District, which had dropped to three, now back up to eight. Additional death in Claiborne Parish raises total to 26.
The “boil order” issued on October 9 for all customers of the Walker Water Association has been lifted.
With so many Arkansans already voting, is it too late for a column about the three proposed constitutional amendments that were submitted by legislators? For those who haven’t voted, here’s a fair and balanced review, with a bone to pick at the end.
Issue 2 on the Arkansas election ballot is the latest tinkering with the idea of limiting the amount of time Arkansas public officials may remain in office. While it is mislabeled as the “Arkansas Term Limits Amendment” it is, in fact, a term extension amendment. It provides a means for pres…
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Amfuel, with a little help from the Magnolia City Council, is again set to expand its local fuel cell operation.
On Monday, Magnolia Police Chief Todd Dew, Magnolia Mayor Parnell Vann, and Magnolia Inspector David Nelson issued building and construction updates for Magnolia. Their presentations included the following details:
Recent arrests made by the Magnolia Police Department. Many, but not all, these arrests have previously been listed in our daily report Columbia County Justice and Detention Facility bookings and releases.
PotlatchDeltic Corporation has reported net income of $81 million, or $1.20 per diluted share, on revenues of $313.0 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020.
Arkansans who have lost income because of the public health emergency and who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless are encouraged to apply for rental and housing assistance through the COVID-19 Emergency Solutions Grant.
Arkansas Razorbacks Head Coach Eric Musselman will be one of the celebrity readers for this year’s virtual “Read for the Record” program with the El Dorado School District.
Today’s highlights: The number of Columbia County deaths is up 1 to 20. There are seven new COVID-19 cases at Dudneywood Assisted Living in Magnolia, including six residents. The number of active cases in the Magnolia School District has dropped from eight to three.
There has been much talk about voting by absentee ballot ahead of the Tuesday, November 3 general election since some people fear voting in person amid COVID-19 concerns.
Tropical Storm Zeta is expected to become a hurricane on Monday.
Two Monroe, LA residents, including a child, were killed about 6:20 p.m. in a wreck on Interstate 20 in Richland Parish.
Today’s regional COVID-19 headlines: The number of Arkansas COVID-19 hospitalizations rose by 14, to 633. There were 797 new cases statewide. The death toll topped 1,800 and now stands at 1,812. Twenty-five Columbia County antigen tests were reported, with 24 negative. The death toll in Clai…
The Magnolia City Council has a brief agenda for its meeting at 5 p.m. Monday in the City Council Chambers in the Police-Fire Building.
There was no grand prize winner in Saturday’s national Powerball lottery, but a ticket sold in Arkansas won $50,000.
SouthArk Community Education will present the latest in its “Holiday Culinary Series: Farm To Table with Chef Lilli Ellen.”
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Emerson, Arkansas has never had a sales tax, but Mayor Linda Mullins said she needs Emerson citizens to vote yes for the one cent sales tax on the ballot.
Today's highlight: The seven South Arkansas counties monitored by magnoliareporter.com were all "under water" on Saturday, with more new infection reports than recoveries. There were no new deaths in the area.
Tropical Storm Zeta has formed between western Cuba and Mexico, and may threaten the United States coast between Louisiana and Florida by Wednesday.
Marriage licenses issued in Columbia County in October 2020. The date is the day the license was issued. Most recent licenses are listed first.
There was no grand prize winner Friday night in the national Mega Millions lottery.
The Department of Transformation and Shared Services (TSS) Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced that the State of Arkansas launched a new employment website, ARCareers.
Recent arrests made by the Magnolia Police Department. Many, but not all, these arrests have previously been listed in our daily report Columbia County Justice and Detention Facility bookings and releases.
COVID-19 infection information for seven South Arkansas counties and three North Louisiana parishes from respective state health departments. The following figures for COVID-19 virus cases are current through 6 p.m. Friday.
The National Hurricane Center is tracking a low-pressure system located just west of Grand Cayman Island.
Arkansas experienced its highest number of new COVID-19 cases on Thursday.
Among the amazing features of our website is the archive. Last week, we crossed the 90,000 mark for the number of news articles, news packages, advertising images, charts, photographs and videos that have been posted on magnoliareporter.com since our launch on April 7, 2010. That’s more than…
The El Dorado Film Festival, presented by the South Arkansas Arts Center and sponsored by Suddenlink, has announced the festival’s full schedule of independent films from around the world.
A 10-foot-tall “trojan horse” will stop in Texarkana, El Dorado and Magnolia on Friday as part of a campaign to defeat Issue 2 and Issue 3 on the general election ballot.
Canfor Corporation has reported its third quarter 2020 results.
A new prosecutor has been appointed in Southwest Arkansas by Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
Let’s look at the bright side in this year filled with hardship, sorrow and acrimony. People are voting peacefully in high numbers, while two candidates in Utah are showing it’s still possible to treat an opponent – and the process – with respect.
A Monroe, LA woman died Thursday afternoon when the vehicle she was driving wrecked at an Ashley County highway construction zone, and caught fire.
The Columbia County Library will have its monthly board meeting at 5 p.m. Monday, October 26, in the board room of the library.
Firestone Building Products is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Prescott plant.
HOPE – A comprehensive energy use and savings plan proposed for the Hope Public Schools, including construction of a 1.13 megawatt AC solar array owned by the school district, was accepted Monday by the Hope Board of Education.
