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Flavius Carpenter at Carpenter Dam
Flavius Carpenter at Carpenter Dam
Insights > People Power
End of a legacy as Carpenter retires from Entergy Arkansas
02/09/2023

In November of last year, Flave Carpenter retired from Entergy Arkansas after 26 years, essentially ending the family legacy at the company.

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Insights > Giving Back
Arkansas Foodbank recognizes Entergy Arkansas volunteers
07/13/2022

Entergy Arkansas was recently awarded as the top Arkansas Foodbank Corporate Volunteer Group for the second consecutive year.

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Entergy Arkansas' David Wasson (far right) and other volunteers plant native seeds along the new river channel.
Entergy Arkansas' David Wasson (far right) and other volunteers plant native seeds along the new river channel.
Insights > Our Future, People Power, Giving Back
Entergy Arkansas Helps With Saline Solution
10/29/2021

The Nature Conservancy had removed a major barrier, an old, washed-out road and culvert system, from this site situated along a tributary to the Alum Fork of the Saline River. The crossing here had been impassable for years, yet was causing erosion that ultimately landed in the Saline River, and that was preventing fish from migrating up and down the river system. THC had a solution, and Entergy was happy to have the opportunity to help.

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Sara Russell-Lingo, Entergy Arkansas' first female lineworker.
Sara Russell-Lingo, Entergy Arkansas' first female lineworker.
Insights > Our Future, People Power
Entergy Arkansas’ First Female Line Worker ‘Loves the Adventure’
10/29/2021

Sara Russell-Lingo didn’t set out to make history. But after a few post-high-school years of dead-end warehouse jobs and a stint in retail, “I was looking for a career.”

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Carpenter Dam has been generating electricity for Entergy Arkansas customers since 1931.
Carpenter Dam has been generating electricity for Entergy Arkansas customers since 1931.
From Sawdust to Sunshine: A Brief History of Entergy Arkansas Power Generation
06/11/2021

Arkansas Power and Light founder Harvey Couch made a deal in 1913 to purchase sawdust – the company’s first fuel source – to burn and power a steam-powered turbine and send power through a 20-mile transmission line to customers in Malvern and Arkadelphia.

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More than 100 years of service to Entergy by three generations of Sadlers ends Friday.
Insights > People Power
Entergy retiree has keys to the city, or at least the grounds
05/28/2020

Longtime Entergy employee and Mountain View resident Everette Sadler Jr. has the keys to the city. Or at least the keys to the gates. More like the tool shed. “I have the keys to get to the lawnmower so I can keep the grass cut at our professional-grade disc golf course I helped create,” Sadler said recently, “which makes me pretty proud.”

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Insights > Our Future
STEM is Growing in Russellville
01/30/2020

Students in one Russellville school learned all about nuclear power as part of STEM visit by Entergy.

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Robert White
Robert White
Insights > People Power
Employee’s Training Kicks in When Customer Yells, ‘Somebody Help Me’
07/16/2019

Robert White helps revive unresponsive toddler until ambulance arrives.

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Eric Mitchell helps remove burn victims from the roof. (Photo courtesy of the Stone County Leader.)
Eric Mitchell helps remove burn victims from the roof. (Photo courtesy of the Stone County Leader.)
Insights > People Power
Mountain View Linemen Deploy Bucket Truck for Life-Saving Rooftop Rescue
03/20/2019

It was near quitting time March 15 at the Entergy Arkansas Service Center in Mountain View when Eric Mitchell and Ethan McClung got a call alerting them that the wood pellet factory just down the hill was on fire. They jumped into action.

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