http://www.yourstreet.com/news/hempstead-county YourStreet collects the latest local news and information from around the web. Find out what's going on in your town. en-us SWEPCO is asking for a 20 percent rate increase in Texas, partly to help pay for the Turk Plant being built in Hempstead County, Arkansas. According to the East Texas Review : The company is also seeking to offset financing costs during construction of the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6666807/in-the-hole Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:58:08 -0700 The Sierra Club and the Audubon Society have asked the state Pollution Control and Ecology Commission to order a halt to construction of the American Electric Power coal-burning power plant in Hempstead County. They cite the precedent of a recent Environmental... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6617216/stop-coal-plant-construction Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:04:08 -0700 The state Public Service Commission has joined an American Electric Power subsidiary in asking for a state Supreme Court review of the Appeals Court ruling that invalidated the  permit for the coal-fired power plant in Hempstead County. Here's the PSC statement... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6302280/psc-wants-turk-plant-review Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:27:08 -0700 Ernest Dumas' column for this week's Times on the fallout from the Court of Appeals ruling on the coal-burning power plant in Hempstead County merits posting today in the heat of American Electric Power's decision to forge ahead with construction. If the Supreme... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6234303/the-power-plant-hearing-next-time Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:34:08 -0700 SWEPCO will react today  to the Arkansas Court of Appeals' reversal of a permit for construction of the coal-fired Turk Plant in Hempstead County. Officials have scheduled a 2 p.m. news conference at the Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce. They will appeal the... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6231962/swepco-sets-news-conference Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:40:08 -0700 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- The Arkansas Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that state regulators didn't adequately review plans for a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in Hempstead County and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6201035/court-rejects-power-plant-permit-for-sw-arkansas Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:21:08 -0700 LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas Court of Appeals says state regulators didn't adequately review plans for a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in Hempstead County and has rejected a permit allowing its construction. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6198281/court-rejects-power-plant-permit-for-sw-arkansas Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:42:08 -0700 The Arkansas Court of Appeals says state regulators didn't adequately review plans for a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in Hempstead County and has rejected a permit allowing its construction. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6198307/court-rejects-power-plant-permit-for-sw-arkansas Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:25:08 -0700 The Arkansas Court of Appeals says state regulators didn’t adequately review plans for a $1.6 billion coal-fired power plant in Hempstead County and has rejected a permit allowing its construction. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6198327/update-court-rejects-power-plant-permit-for-southwest-arkansas Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:19:08 -0700 Irony, paradox, laughable? You choose. But the Arkansas Public Service Commission , the nominally neutral arbiter of utility cases, is presenting a series of programs on sustainable energy. Today, at noon at the Clinton School, the speakers are CEO David... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/6004982/this-is-green- Fri, 29 May 2009 07:13:08 -0700 I continue to be puzzled by the full-throated fury with which the Arkansas Public Service Commission, its staff and the attorney general are resisting intervention requests by groups with environmental and cost objections to the proposed SWEPCO coal-burning power... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5986583/silencing-critics Wed, 27 May 2009 06:15:08 -0700 Hempstead County authorities seized drugs and counterfeit money in a raid on a rural home, where they arrested a man and a woman. http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5979439/couple-arrested-for-drugs Tue, 26 May 2009 08:37:08 -0700 Today, the Arkansas Court of Appeals will hear an appeal filed by opponents to the Turk Power plant now under construction in Hempstead County.  The group, which includes the Hempstead County Hunting Club, Schultz Family Management Co., Po-Boy Land Co., and... http://www.yourstreet.com/news/5889982/coal-opponents-in-court Wed, 13 May 2009 05:49:08 -0700