Hytrol Conveyor, Inc., headquartered in Jonesboro, will expand their product line in Fort Smith, adding 100 manufacturing jobs to the area. Hytrol designs and supplies customers with conveyor systems, helpful for companies who move heavy material.…
U.S. home construction rose 3.6% in May as builders battled a surge in lumber prices that have made homes more expensive. The May increase left construction at a seasonally adjusted…
North America’s sawmills can’t keep up with demand, which has sent wood prices on a meteoric rise. Don’t expect new mills to start popping up though.Executives in the cyclical business…
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The economy in nine Midwest and Plains states is roaring back to life in the wake of a devastating global pandemic, according to a new monthly…
Snarled supply chains, labor shortage thwart full reopening; ‘everyone was caught flat-footed’ U.S. manufacturers aced the shutdown of their factories and warehouses last spring in response to Covid-19. They’re botching…
In the hunt to gain access to Covid vaccines, large employers like Tyson Foods are faring no better than a lot of individual Americans. Tight supplies are leaving them mostly…