Fulton, Arkansas

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Weather in:
Fulton

Sunny
Temperature: 62.1 °F

Humidity: 34 %
Wind Speed: 6 mph ESE
Pressure: 29.98 "

Dew Point: 33 °F
Gusts: 8 mph NNE
Rain Today: 0.00 "

• Helping to Heat Your Home
  

  Right now our budgets are tight, even when it comes down to paying the necessary utilities.

• Batesville Museum Continues Story Time
  

  Batesville's Old Independence Regional Museum is continuing its popular story time for toddlers and preschoolers this winter and spring.

• Top 10 in '08: SWEPCO sees the light for new plant
  

  Staff photo by Evan Lewis A Shaw Group construction worker measures the depth of holes Dec.

• Strong thunderstorms rage over state
  

  Thunderstorms pushed through Arkansas on Saturday afternoon, with the worst storm stretching from Conway to Mountain Home, according to the National Weather Service in Little Rock.

• Coal plant debate heats up
  

  Everyone gets into the act---but no one likes it---when Bernie Mac jokes about the family during his weeklong stint on a radio show.

• SWEPCO exec frustrated with coal-fired fight
  

  The chief executive of the electric utility that wants to operate a $1.5 billion coal-fired electric generation plant in Hempstead County says he is frustrated with the environmental challenges that have ...

• Power plant related degree implemented at Hope college
  

  The development of an associates of applied sciences degree with four potential tracks in various aspects of electrical power plant operations has been endorsed by the University of Arkansas Community College ...

• 2008 General Election: Stage set for record voter turnout
  

  Polling places are set to open at 7:30 a.m. today at 24 locations across Baxter County for voting in the 2008 General Election.

• Hearing on proposed power plant is today
  

  A second public hearing to discuss the proposed coal-fired electric power plant near Fulton, Ark., is at 6 p.m. today in the library auditorium at the University of Arkansas Community College at Hope, 2500 S. ...

• Economy vs. environment
  

  Staff photo by Jim Williamson Bill Thurman, left, plays the fiddle while Jack Sundell sings and plays guitar during a protest Thursday evening in Hope prior to a public hearing regarding SWEPCO's proposed power ...

• AR Man Killed in Accident
  

  A man is dead after falling 40 feet at a plant in Fulton. The incident occurred Tuesday at Mueller Copper Tube Tuesday afternoon.

• 'No coal' group to hold demonstration before public hearing
  

  The group Arkansans Unite to Stop New Coal Plant will attend the public hearing Thursday regarding the proposed AEP/SWEPCO power plant near Fulton, Ark.

• Gas hike fear sends drivers rushing to fill up at area stations
  

  Staff photo by Evan Lewis Robert Ragland of Fulton, Ark., fills his truck at the Raceway gas station Friday afternoon on State Line Avenue in Texarkana, Ark.

• Texas approves SWEPCO plans
  

  The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved an application Thursday from SWEPCO to construct a 600-megawatt, coal-fueled power plant near Fulton, Ark.

• Texas firm recommends denying Arkansas coal-fired plant
  

  For a second time, the staff of the Public Utility Commission of Texas made its recommendation in a filing Friday against Southwestern Electric Power Co.'s project near Fulton.

• Severe Thunderstorm Watch
  

  Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect for the Northern half of Arkansas until midnight.

• Demand up for public transportation
  

  Gasoline prices in Mountain Home surpassed the $4 mark at some locations Monday, but local travelers are not without a way to fight back.

• Ruling within week on Turk plant
  

  By KEN McLEMORE Published: Monday, June 9, 2008 4:03 PM CDT Hope Star Editor U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes is expected to make a determination some time later this week regarding whether AEP/Southwestern ...

• Beebe: Coal plants not going away tomorrow
  

  Gov. Mike Beebe on Wednesday told conservationists opposed to a new $1.3 billion coal-fired power plant in southwest Arkansas that it's unrealistic to quickly eliminate coal as an energy source.

City Description

Fulton is a city in Hempstead County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 245 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Hope Micropolitan Statistical Area. Fulton is located at 33°36′43″N 93°48′52″W / 33.61194, -93.81444 (33.611984, -93.814471). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²), of which, 0.2 square miles (0.5 km²) of it is land and 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²) of it (10.00%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 245 people, 95 households, and 68 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,349.1 people per square mile (525.5/km²). There were 110 housing units at an average density of 605.7/sq mi (236.0/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 55.92% White, 43.27% Black or African American, 0.41% Native American, and 0.41% from two or more races. 1.63% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 95 households out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.7% were married couples living together, 17.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.4% were non-families. 25.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.7%

City Contained By:

• Hempstead County
• Arkansas

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 0.517997622067 km squared

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