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  • December

    Little Rock District commander Col. Courtney W. Paul, University of Pine Bluff Chancellor Laurence B. Alexander, UAPB’s vice chancellor for Academic Affairs Mary E. Benjamin, and Little Rock District Contracting Chief Sandra Easter, who is also a UAPB alumna, discuss the new Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Memorandum of Understanding between the district and university.

    STEM: Little Rock District teams up with University of Pine Bluff

    The Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District recently signed a partnership agreement with the oldest historically black institution of higher education in Arkansas. The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, established in 1873, and the district signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the advancement of Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics enrichment programs to increase the number of well‐prepared underrepresented minority STEM graduates for careers in STEM professions.
  • President John F. Kennedy adjusts the tie of Heber Springs Mayor William J. Allbright at the dedication of Greers Ferry Dam Oct. 3, 1963. (photo by USACE Little Rock District)

    From jubilation to sorrow…President Kennedy’s historic celebration at Greers Ferry Dam followed by tragedy in Dallas

    Gasoline cost 30 cents, a loaf of bread was 20 cents, and the price of a gallon of milk was a little more than a dollar. It was 1963, and the residents of a small Arkansas town nestled at the foothills of the Ozark Mountains were eagerly awaiting the arrival of one of the most important persons on earth. President John F. Kennedy was set to address the people of Heber Springs, Ark., and thousands of others who would converge on the small town to hear him speak at the dedication of Greers Ferry Dam October 3.

  • July

    Moonshine Beach Recreation Area is a very popular sandy swimming beach along the shores of Table Rock Lake.

    Citizens rescue struggling swimmer

    Close call a lesson in water safetyDrowning kills 10 people every day in the United States and half

  • March

    STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

    Little Rock District’s STEM efforts in the past 10 days reach nearly 600 students

    It has been an active 10 days for the Little Rock District’s Science, Technology, Engineering and

  • February

    Milton Crenshaw, a Tuskegee airman, makes a point during a presentation at a Black History event.

    SWL celebrates African American History Month

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Little Rock District observed National African American History Month

  • December

    Josh Park Memorial Trail will be closed until March 2013 to complete a project aimed to enhance the popular trail and improve the health of a dense pine forest.

    CORPS SPRUCES UP JOSH PARK MEMORIAL TRAIL FOR USERS

    The Army Corps of Engineers, Greers Ferry Project Office, is in the midst of a project aimed to enhance a popular trail and improve the health of a dense pine forest.

  • November

    Little Rock District Commander Col. Glen Masset and Augusta Mayor Rocky Tidwell sign a Project Partnership Agreement to proceed with a streambank protection project. Heavy rains in the spring of 2008 and 2009 caused serious bank erosion along the White River near Augusta’s downtown area.

    Town looks to Corps for help

    The Army Corps of Engineers’ Little Rock District and the city of Augusta, Ark., have teamed up to ensure the White River doesn’t wash away a piece of the town’s history, swallow up an access road, or damage the community’s main sewer line.