From Staff and Wire Reports

LITTLE ROCK—State regulators approved a proposal Wednesday for a $1.3 billion coal-fired power plant in Southwest Arkansas near Fulton and McNab despite objections by hunters and environmentalists that it would harm the surrounding land and pollute the atmosphere.

By a 2-1 vote, the Arkansas Public Service Commission granted Southwest-ern Electric Power Co.’s application to build the John W. Turk Plant in Hempstead County. The plant must also obtain permits from Louisiana and Texas, as well as from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Qua...