Mississippi County, Arkansas, thrives with steel industry jobs, but struggles with a labor shortage. Workers commute long ...

Clif Chitwood, president of the Mississippi County ... “Housing is our number one crisis,” said Melisa Logan, Blytheville’s mayor. “We’re a housing desert.” The problem’s so bad ...

Thomas Reisinger commutes almost an hour-and-a-half each way for a job in a cavernous steel processing plant here. “I don’t speed,” he said dryly. Some of his coworkers come from much farther, ...

Clif Chitwood, president of the Mississippi County ... "Housing is our number one crisis," said Melisa Logan, Blytheville’s mayor. "We’re a housing desert." UP TO $50,000 TO BUILD A HOUSE ...

Clif Chitwood, president of the Mississippi County Economic Development ... "Housing is our number one crisis," said Melisa Logan, Blytheville's mayor. "We're a housing desert." UP TO $50,000 TO BUILD ...