National Briefing: South

ARKANSAS: APPROVAL FOR WEAPONS INCINERATOR The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the state's approval for the Army to build a facility to destroy chemical weapons from the Pine Bluff Arsenal. Opponents argued that the state's environmental regulators were not taking into full account the risk of air pollution from the weapons' incineration. Approximately 3,850 tons of chemical weapons, including sarin and mustard gas, are stored at Pine Bluff, according to the ruling.   Ariel Hart (NYT)