NWA EDITORIAL | Cost for UA facility skyrockets, but building remains a step into a promising future

Semiconductor facility a major leap forward

March 27, 2024 at 1:00 a.m.

by NWA Democrat-Gazette

Alan Mantooth, executive director of the Multi-User Silicon Carbide Research and Fabrication Facility, speaks Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, during the CHIPS America Summit organized by the University of Arkansas and the Arkansas Department of Commerce in the Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences on the university campus in Fayetteville. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery.
(NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe) — Alan Mantooth, executive director of the Multi-User Silicon Carbide Research and Fabrication Facility, speaks Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023, during the CHIPS America Summit organized by the University of Arkansas and the Arkansas Department of Commerce in the Don Tyson Center for Agricultural Sciences on the university campus in Fayetteville. Visit nwaonline.com/photo for today's photo gallery. (NWA Democrat-Gazette/Andy Shupe)

Any Arkansan who goes into the woods in the fall wearing camouflage and orange can tell you it costs a considerable amount -- more than most expect -- to get geared up for hunting season.

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