by - September 23, 2020 6:05 pm
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the Natural State and since mid-September the transmission rate in Northeast Arkansas has been the highest in the state, according to the Arkansas…
by - September 23, 2020 5:05 pm
Hopes that lower COVID-19 case numbers in recent days would be a trend were dashed Wednesday (Sept. 23) when the Arkansas Department of Health reported 874 new cases and 190…
by - September 23, 2020 4:47 pm
Sixty-nine percent of likely Arkansas voters favor a half-cent sales tax for roads that will be on the November ballot, according to a poll released by Gov. Asa Hutchinson Sept….
by - September 23, 2020 12:45 pm
Northwest Arkansas business and community leaders are invited to participate in a voter participation forum hosted by the Northwest Arkansas Council and EngageNWA. The event will take place through a…
by - September 23, 2020 11:03 am
The Arkansas Insurance Department has approved individual health insurance rate increases ranging from 2.9% for Arkansas Blue Cross & Blue Shield to 4.9% for Ambetter. Average rate increases, with the…
by - September 23, 2020 10:56 am
The Walton Family Foundation is distributing $500,000 to Little Rock nonprofit organizations based on the results of a poll showing a need for helping students in specific areas, providing tutoring,…
by - September 22, 2020 3:49 pm
More testing, more flu shots and improved contact tracing are part of Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s “winter strategy” to battle COVID-19, and how he hopes to reverse a trend that has…
by - September 22, 2020 2:45 pm
A lawsuit was filed Tuesday (Sept. 22) by the League of Women Voters of Arkansas to alter the process for accounting for absentee ballots this fall. The lawsuit claims Arkansas’…
by - September 22, 2020 2:25 pm
Arkansas State Forester Joe Fox was selected as President of the National Association of State Foresters (NASF), a group of national, state and territorial foresters. As Arkansas’s State Forester, Fox…
by - September 21, 2020 5:49 pm
Deaths, hospitalizations, and ventilator use rose by double-digit numbers, according to data posted Monday (Sept. 21) by the Arkansas Department of Health. Total deaths were 1,197 as of Monday, with…
by - September 20, 2020 10:11 am
Skip Rutherford, dean of the UA Clinton School of Public Service, announced last week that he would retire from the post at the end of June 2021. By then, he…
by - September 20, 2020 9:57 am
Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ new book, Speaking for Myself, offers her version of events behind-the-scenes during her tenure in the Trump White House. Serving in the press office and as White…
by - September 19, 2020 10:08 pm
Walmart said Saturday (Sept. 19) it continues to work on the final agreements to purchase a 7.5% stake in video-sharing platform TikTok Global as well as enter into commercial agreements…
by - September 19, 2020 10:20 am
The U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey portrays an Arkansas in 2019 where the poverty rate was declining but the uninsured rate was rising. Also, the number of foreign-born residents…
by - September 19, 2020 10:12 am
The United States Department of Agriculture released $151 million in funding through its Electric Infrastructure Loan Program to Arkansas Valley Electric Cooperative. The money will be used for power grid…
by - September 18, 2020 7:32 pm
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday (Sept. 18) at 87. Her death is likely to create a political fight if President Donald Trump submits a nominee prior…
by - September 18, 2020 5:00 pm
A record number of antigen test results were posted Friday (Sept. 18) by the Arkansas Department of Health, with the report also including 1,135 new positive cases. Of those, 724…
by - September 18, 2020 1:44 pm
Editor’s note: Story update with comments from Gov. Asa Hutchinson and the Arkansas Department of Health. An error in where COVID-19 cases are located by the Arkansas Department of Health…
by - September 18, 2020 12:43 pm
The number of employed Arkansans grew by more than 31,000 in August over July, but a larger labor force and rise in the number of unemployed pushed the state’s jobless…
by - September 17, 2020 4:24 pm
The Arkansas Department of Health on Thursday (Sept. 17) reported more than 1,100 new COVID-19 cases, with 223 of those coming from antigen testing. Gov. Asa Hutchinson said the increased…
