by August 22, 2021 8:12 am
-Five named to Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame
The Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame has announced the 2021 class of inductees. Five new inductees will be honored at the Induction Banquet on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 at the…
by August 22, 2021 8:12 am
-The Arkansas Insurance Hall of Fame has announced the 2021 class of inductees. Five new inductees will be honored at the Induction Banquet on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2021 at the…
by August 22, 2021 8:09 am
-Gov. Asa Hutchinson appointed Chris Colclasure as director of its Natural Resources Division, part of the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. “Chris will make an outstanding addition to the Department of…
by August 19, 2021 4:04 pm
-Arkansas-based steel manufacturer Lexicon and solar company Seal Solar unveiled Thursday (Aug. 19) in Blytheville the state’s first solar array made with locally produced steel. U.S. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark.,…
by August 19, 2021 2:12 pm
-Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday (Aug. 19) said Arkansas is preparing to distribute booster vaccines as the state’s daily COVID-19 cases climbed over 3,500 in the last 24 hours. Hutchinson…
by August 19, 2021 12:46 pm
-Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott, Jr. touted the capital city’s growth in population and diversity, according to the 2020 U.S. Census figures released last week. Scott said Little Rock saw…
by August 19, 2021 11:18 am
-Ten years ago today (Aug. 19), three men convicted of brutally beating three, 8-year-old West Memphis boys to death were released from prison after being incarcerated for almost two decades….
by August 18, 2021 9:17 pm
-The nation’s nursing homes are under additional pressure from the federal government to increase worker vaccinations, according to a new emergency regulation announced Wednesday (Aug. 18) from The Centers for…
by August 18, 2021 2:35 pm
-COVID-19 has brought unprecedented sickness and death to Northeast Arkansas as the death toll from the virus has topped 200 in Craighead County, according to the Arkansas Department of Health….
by August 16, 2021 9:36 pm
-Forty-three out of 152 Arkansas nursing homes reporting the most current data had less than 50% COVID-19 vaccination rates among health care staff as of Aug. 1, according to data…
by August 15, 2021 6:50 pm
-Remember when automobile headlight switches had three positions — off, parking lights only and headlights fully on? So what’s the big deal, you might ask? That three position headlight switch…
by August 15, 2021 10:40 am
-University of Central Arkansas President Dr. Houston Davis has experienced this scenario before – students returning to campus for the fall semester amidst the backdrop of a global pandemic. This…
by August 15, 2021 10:12 am
-Arkansas Children’s CEO Marcy Doderer says staffing challenges and ICU resources are the biggest challenges to treating the surge in COVID-19 patients, particularly those under the age of 12, who…
by August 13, 2021 5:33 pm
-Attorney General Leslie Rutledge on Friday (Aug. 13) said she would defend the controversial state law that would prevent local governments and schools from enacting mask mandates, but Gov. Asa…
by August 13, 2021 3:54 pm
-Isabella Casillas Guzman, administrator for the Small Business Administration (SBA), visited Northwest Arkansas on Friday (Aug. 13) to meet with small business owners as part of a nationwide tour highlighting…
by August 12, 2021 8:13 pm
-Arkansas-based Nabholz Corp. and AnderCorp of Mississippi have formed a joint venture to oversee construction of Gulfside Casino Partnership’s proposed $254 million River Valley Casino Resort in Pope County. The…
by August 12, 2021 7:02 pm
-All public primary and secondary schools in Fort Smith will require masks from students, visitors and employees when students head back to school next week, including the Future School of…
by August 12, 2021 6:52 pm
-Population trends in Arkansas have remained the same in recent years at least through the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a state demographer said Thursday (Aug. 12). Meanwhile, the number of…
by August 12, 2021 5:04 pm
-Employees at St. Bernards Healthcare, the largest medical employer in Northeast Arkansas will be required to get immunized against COVID-19 and Arkansas State University will require students to wear masks…
by August 12, 2021 12:58 pm
-At least 73 Arkansas school districts have enacted mask mandates as of noon Thursday, while 38 have decided against the mandates, according to a list compiled by the Arkansas Center…
by August 12, 2021 8:05 am
-The University of Arkansas at Little Rock has received a $175,000 grant from the Arkansas Department of Education that will provide funding for a new online teacher academy for K-12…