Officials with the Helena-West Helena/Phillips County Port Authority, known as Helena Harbor, announced October 28 that the inland river port in Phillips County, Ark., has been awarded $6,412,652 in grant… Read More
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Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson keynoted the Helm Fertilizer Terminal Expansion groundbreaking at Helena Harbor, Ark., on October 6. The governor was joined by local elected officials, the board of directors… Read More
The Arkansas Waterways Commission announced July 28 that it awarded grants totaling $1,952,102.55 to three Arkansas ports through its Arkansas Port, Intermodal and Waterway Development Grant Program. Through the grant… Read More
A museum in Marion, Ark., commemorating the worst maritime disaster in United States history—the burning and sinking of the steamboat Sultana—received $1 million in federal funding from the American Rescue… Read More
The Arkansas Waterways Commission announced April 4 that the Arkansas Port, Intermodal and Waterway Development Grant Program is accepting applications for the 2022 grant season. A total of $1,952,102.55 in… Read More
The Greater Little Rock Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted a virtual event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS), a 445-mile waterway that stretches from… Read More
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) has fired a bridge inspector whom the agency said did not report a steel beam’s crack that worsened, leading to the Mississippi River closing… Read More
Local, state and federal leaders gathered July 6 for a groundbreaking ceremony on new transportation infrastructure at the Port of Little Rock, Ark. Construction has now begun to widen and… Read More
Last month, the Little Rock Engineer District got $26.7 million in supplemental funds for restoring river infrastructure from the floods of 2019. It is a first installment of a total… Read More
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The famous opening sentence of Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities could well apply to the Port… Read More
