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Two Faulkner County filmmakers are concerned about wind damage done to several Southwestern Energy natural gas wells during last week's storms. They are worried the damaged tanks could harm the environment.

A group of residents in Independence and Faulkner counties are suing three natural gas drilling companies, claiming that waste fluids are improperly being pumped underneath land the companies don't own or lease.  |   Injection Well Lawsuit (3.3MB)

Officials in Searcy say 90 people will be out of work when a gas-drilling company closes its doors.

The U.S. natural gas market is bursting at the seams. So much natural gas is being produced that soon there may be nowhere left to put the country's swelling surplus. After years of explosive growth, natural gas producers are retrenching.

One of the government's top scientists says much more research is needed to determine the possible impacts of shale gas drilling on human health and the environment.

The U.S. Geological Survey says no fracking fluid has been found in domestic water wells in the Fayetteville Shale area of Van Buren County.

One of the top officials from the Obama administration's energy department is on the ground in Arkansas on Friday. The visit highlights how the Fayetteville Shale play is part of a bigger economic vision for the country.