Ribbon cutting

While we've had some big hits with large employers cutting back or closing plants altogether, we're continuing to see small businesses opening here locally. Here's a ribbon cutting from Jake Hambleton's new State Farm office on Arkansas Blvd. here in Texarkana today.

Unfortunately, after this event, I had to go and listen to an update on idling of the Alcoa plant. The remainder of the salaried employees (except for a handful) will be laid off tomorrow.