sanitation

Arkansas

USDA invests $20.2 million for water and sewer projects in rural Arkansas communities

Little Rock, Ark (KATV) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Thursday they are investing $20.2 million into rural Arkansas communities to fund three new Water and Waste Disposal projects. The project comes as part of the USDA’s wider Water and Waste Disposal Loan and Grant Program, which is designed to improve wastewater infrastructure […]

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City Council

Trash pick up problems plague Columbus residents. City Council wants answers | #citycouncil

Complaints about the city’s new trash collection system are piling up as fast as some of the garbage left on the streets. Based on a litany of grievances aired at this week’s Columbus City Council meeting, the waste pick up transition the Department of Public Works made in September toward automated waste bins is experiencing […]

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