by - December 3, 2020 5:13 pm
New known COVID-19 cases again set a new daily record on Thursday (Dec. 3), and the head of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences said the system is looking…
by - December 3, 2020 4:21 pm
Rich Hillman of Carlisle was re-elected as Arkansas Farm Bureau’s president and Mike Freeze was re-elected vice president Thursday (Dec. 3) at Farm Bureau’s 86th Annual Convention. Delegates also elected…
by - December 3, 2020 4:13 pm
Robert Steinbuch, a law professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, has been reappointed to the Arkansas Advisory Committee of the U.S….
by - December 3, 2020 1:23 pm
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of Nursing received a commitment of $500,000 from Michael Carter, D.N.Sc., D.N.P., and Sarah Carter, M.D., to create the Dr. Elois…
by - December 2, 2020 4:59 pm
The University of Arkansas at Monticello, the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and the Five Oaks Ag Research and Education Center on Wednesday (Dec. 2) entered into a…
by - December 2, 2020 1:06 pm
Gains in retail and vehicle sales, along with a shift in individual income tax payments, continue to show up in Arkansas tax revenue that beats estimates. For the first five…
by - December 1, 2020 6:25 pm
At-risk health professionals in Arkansas will be first in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine – even if they’ve already had the virus – while members of the broad general…
by - December 1, 2020 4:49 pm
The debate over the use of dicamba use continues to rage throughout the country and in the courtroom and it will soon affect crop planning for 2021. The broad-spectrum herbicide,…
by - December 1, 2020 1:22 pm
The Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center’s assistance helped businesses add millions of dollars in sales revenues and capital investment, according to a new study of the program’s economic…
by - November 30, 2020 3:47 pm
The hits just keep coming. COVID-19 hospitalizations and patients on ventilators again set new daily records in Monday’s (Nov. 30) report from the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH). Total cases…
by - November 29, 2020 9:52 am
As details become clearer for President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet and agenda, UA Walton College economist Mervin Jebaraj says control of the U.S. Senate will dictate how aggressive Biden can be…
by - November 29, 2020 9:19 am
The world anxiously awaits news of a safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine and the hope of returning to “normal” that it provides. How will we know if a vaccine is…
by - November 24, 2020 11:55 am
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler announced an award of $3.224 million to the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Commission to protect water quality statewide. The funding…
by - November 23, 2020 3:51 pm
Reducing the number of COVID-19 patients in Arkansas hospitals depends on how Arkansans follow health safety protocols during the Thanksgiving holiday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Monday (Nov. 23) in conjunction…
by - November 22, 2020 10:03 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson thinks President Donald Trump is entitled to pursue legal challenges in the election process, but he acknowledges that former Vice President Joe Biden is likely to be…
by - November 22, 2020 10:03 am
Gov. Asa Hutchinson anticipates a lot of negotiation over taxes in the upcoming legislative session. With an expected $240 million surplus, Hutchinson has laid out proposals to: Reduce the top…
by - November 20, 2020 4:25 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday (Nov. 20) he does not plan to shut down schools or businesses despite rising numbers among COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. On Friday, the governor…
by - November 19, 2020 7:41 pm
When traffic volumes plummeted early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Arkansas Department of Transportation Director Lorie Tudor thought ARDOT might take a $300 million hit to its highway revenues. But traffic…
by - November 19, 2020 7:11 pm
District Judge Sam Terry has been hired as the new city prosecutor for Fort Smith. Terry will begin as the city prosecutor Jan. 4 and report directly to City Administrator Carl…
by - November 19, 2020 5:52 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the state and in Northeast Arkansas. Craighead County had 102 new reported cases Thursday (Nov. 19) the fifth most of any county in…
