Pine Bluff Arsenal News

The Pine Bluff Arsenal opened its transition office for hundreds of employees who will lose their jobs when the arsenal finishes destroying its chemical weapons.

A top official at the Pine Bluff Arsenal says it could be only about a year before the Army chemical-weapons destruction operation in Arkansas finishes its task.

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Well, 66 years ago that is. Eileen Lentz of Walton shares what everyday life was like serving in the Women's Army Corps as one of the 150,000 WACs in World War II.

The Atlas Township board recently approved a 15-year tax abatement for Burton Industries Inc., a move to help the company as it receives a large portion of a $6.8-million U.S. Department of Defense contract announced today.

On January 24, a piece of white phosphorus burns at the UNRWA primary school in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

HHS [Health and Human Services] must improve bioshield spending controls "The Department of Health and Human Services has not identified appropriate purchasing risks in Project BioShield, thereby increasing chances that an agency might procure biological countermeasures at an unreasonable price, warned congressional investigators Tuesday.

The Pine Bluff Arsenal has its eyes on a $25 million prize. The facility could get the money for infrastructure upgrades as part of President Obama's 2010 budget request.

EPA green lights first antimicrobial pesticide against anthrax [bacteria] "The Environmental Protection Agency has approved the first registration, or license, of an antimicrobial pesticide product to deactivate anthrax spores on hard surfaces.

Chemical weapons destruction at the Pine Bluff Arsenal is in its final stage, and officials are now considering what to do with the disposal facility after the incinerator and related equipment are decommissioned.

Emergency preparedness exercises held at banks [Louisville, KY] "[...] dozens of people [...] participated [in] an emergency preparedness exercise sponsored by the Louisville Metro Department of Public Health & Wellness that tested the use of bank drive-throughs to deliver medications in emergencies.