NWAonline Town hall queries governor on environment, education By Doug Thompson BENTONVILLE — Gov. Asa Hutchinson received little objection in principle to his plan to reorganize executive departments but heard specific concerns about whether the environment, workforce education and health care would be fully protected during a town hall meeting Tuesday. […]
No words minced Malcolm Cleaveland of Fayetteville holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in forestry from Clemson University, and a Ph.D in geosciences from the University of Arizona, with a concentration in watershed management. He’s spent his academic career teaching in the environmental sciences, and is an emeritus professor and associate […]
Court order puts Arkansas hog farm’s permit application process on hold By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: October 19, 2018 at 4:30 a.m. A circuit judge has paused a state commission’s order that had reopened a permit application process for a large-scale hog farm within the Buffalo River watershed. Newton County Circuit Judge […]
Harrison Daily Times Something political happened for hog farm Staff Report [email protected] Oct 18, 2018 JASPER — The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Office of Water Quality held a public hearing Tuesday night at the Jasper School on the proposed draft decision to deny the Regulation 5 permit […]
NWAOnline C&H hog farm sues state over records request By Emily Walkenhorst Posted: October 19, 2018 at 4 a.m.Updated: October 19, 2018 at 4 a.m. C&H Hog Farms has sued the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality over an unfulfilled public records request. In the petition to Newton County Circuit Court, the […]
https://m.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2018/10/18/hog-farm-gets-a-reprieve-in-newton-county-circuit-court Hog farm gets a reprieve in Newton County circuit court Max BrantleyOctober 18, 2018 Richard H. Mays, attorney for groups attempting to stop operation of the C and H Hog Farm in the Buffalo River watershed, reports that Newton County Circuit Judge John Putman issued an order yesterday that will allow the hog feeding operation […]
Obvious power grab After reading the two guest columns on the Voices page Monday morning, I felt I had to quote Judge Grisham Phillips’ first sentence: “Issue 1 is the most un-American constitutional amendment referred to Arkansas citizens by the Legislature during my lifetime.” This did not even mention what […]
Arkansas Democrat Gazette Sides at hog-farm hearing claim backing of science by Emily Walkenhorst | Today at 4:30 a.m. A supporter of and opponents of C&H Hog Farms both cited science as the basis of their opinions at the first of […]