by - August 2, 2021 6:31 pm
Ahead of a special session the governor is expected to call later this week, Arkansas lawmakers heard from some of the state’s top health officials on Monday (Aug. 2). During…
by - August 2, 2021 3:14 pm
The Division of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has tapped Arkansas State University and its sponsored initiative, the Arkansas Out of School Network, to oversee the American Rescue Plan (ARP)…
by - August 2, 2021 11:24 am
The COVID-19 virus and its latest variant, Delta, is spreading rampantly throughout Northeast Arkansas with near record numbers of patients filling local hospitals. In an effort to make vaccines available…
by - August 1, 2021 7:04 pm
A truck study, commissioned by the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ArDOT), will determine the feasibility of a new U.S. 64 river crossing into downtown Fort Smith, Highway Commissioner Keith Gibson…
by - August 1, 2021 10:13 am
Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau CEO Gretchen Hall is seeing signs of recovery in her industry, but there is still a lag from 2019 numbers and the new Delta…
by - August 1, 2021 9:56 am
Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield CEO Curtis Barnett said the state’s largest health insurance company is supportive of the governor’s new call for a COVID-19 pandemic emergency and a special…
by - July 29, 2021 9:35 pm
2022 Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Dan Whitfield said he thinks a $1 trillion bipartisan deal on infrastructure doesn’t go far enough, and if he’s elected, he wants to see more…
by - July 29, 2021 5:20 pm
Jobless workers who received supplemental unemployment benefits until Gov. Asa Hutchinson removed the state from the program could receive those benefits once more. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Herbert Wright on…
by - July 29, 2021 2:11 pm
With a rising surge in COVID-19 cases, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Thursday (July 29) he has established a new 60-day public health emergency and will call a special session for…
by - July 28, 2021 6:31 pm
Fort Smith City Director Lavon Morton said at board study session Tuesday (July 27) he would rather the city develop a collaborative program with city partners to promote spaying and…
by - July 28, 2021 4:49 pm
The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees approved Wednesday (July 28) a resolution to leave the statue of former U.S. Sen. J. William Fulbright where it is on the University…
by - July 28, 2021 2:33 pm
The worst outbreak of armyworms in recent memory could cost Arkansas farmers millions of dollars in crop losses, but rice farmers just received a bit of good news. The federal…
by - July 28, 2021 10:47 am
The Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) announced Wednesday (July 28) that the I-40 Hernando de Soto Bridge over the Mississippi River will reopen Monday, Aug. 2 under limited traffic while…
by - July 27, 2021 12:37 pm
Arkansas’ soybean farmers are two months away from harvest, and both the cash and book markets for the crop are well into double-digit dollars. Markets closed Friday (July 23) as…
by - July 27, 2021 12:28 pm
Whoops. The spam folder strikes again. Fort Smith Attorney Joey McCutchen has withdrawn the Freedom of Information Act lawsuit he brought against the City of Fort Smith on Monday (July…
by - July 27, 2021 11:42 am
KATV and Talk Business & Politics will host two town halls focused on education in August that will provide forums for the Republican and Democratic candidates for Arkansas governor. The…
by - July 26, 2021 6:57 pm
Fort Smith Attorney Joey McCutchen filed a lawsuit in Sebastian County Circuit Court against the City of Fort Smith for a Freedom of Information Act violation for the second time…
by - July 26, 2021 5:41 pm
COVID-19 and its new variant, Delta, continued to rage across the Natural State during the weekend and now Arkansas leads the country in per capita new cases, according to researchers…
by - July 25, 2021 11:18 am
U.S. Rep. French Hill, R-Little Rock, says he’s trying to lead on encouraging vaccinations and he believes fear will be the biggest driver of the unvaccinated to get a COVID-19…
by - July 25, 2021 10:58 am
Dr. Joe Thompson, former state surgeon general and CEO of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement, says we are nearing the point of declaring another pandemic emergency and his biggest…
