U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor will visit Pine Bluff and other Southeast Arkansas areas on his tour to discuss job creation and meet local leaders.
Thursday
• At 9 a.m. at Sno-White Grill, 310 E. Fifth Ave., Pryor will join elected officials in Jefferson County to discuss job creation and local needs.
• At 11 a.m., Pryor will visit Lake Village Mayor JoAnne Bush and County Judge Mack Ball to tour the remodeled Lake Village City Hall. The city received a $590,000 loan and a $250,000 grant from the recovery act to restore the city hall and include energy-efficient upgrades.
• At 11:45 a.m., Pryor will meet with community leaders at the Lake Village Country Club.
• At 3 p.m., the senator will tour the Yellow Bend Port in Arkansas City. Earlier this month, he worked with members of the Congressional delegation and the U.S. Corps of Engineers to ensure the navigation channel was dredged so the Port could reopen. While closed, 12 barges sat waiting to load rice and more than 1 million bushels of corn were put on hold, he said.
• At 5:30 p.m., Pryor will attend the annual Grady Lion’s Club 57th annual Fish Fry at the Hardin Farm and Pumpkin Patch, U.S. 65 in Grady.