by - March 15, 2021 5:17 pm
Editor’s note: This is the second of four stories in a series about the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Arkansas. Link here for the first story. John Goff…
by - October 22, 2020 5:22 pm
New daily COVID-19 cases again topped 1,000 in Thursday’s (Oct. 22) report, and the number of public school districts in “red zones” rose to 42, up from 26 a week…
by - September 4, 2020 3:04 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Friday (Sept. 4) praised the move by University of Arkansas officials to suspend on-campus events and limit off-campus events to 10 or fewer people. The action…
by - August 19, 2020 3:24 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday (Aug. 19) responded to estimates that returning students to in-class instruction will boost new COVID-19 cases, saying a UAMS report “ignores the reality and the…
by - August 13, 2020 9:13 pm
With roughly 10 days before the return of in-person school classes across the state, Arkansas officials are working to provide data to assess how COVID-19 is impacting communities at the…
by - August 13, 2020 3:54 pm
State officials have published a 20-page “Healthy School Guide” they say will help return hundreds of thousands of students, teachers and staff to more than 1,000 school facilities on Aug….
by - August 10, 2020 4:07 pm
Objections to opening schools with in-class instruction from Arkansas teachers of the year and the Arkansas Education Association are not moving Gov. Asa Hutchinson from his stance on the Aug….
by - July 21, 2020 4:14 pm
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (July 21) showed a national television news segment in which five pediatricians said they would send their children to school. Coincidentally, the Arkansas Chapter of…
by - July 9, 2020 4:20 pm
The opening date for Arkansas public schools is being moved forward to the week of Aug. 24. The change is based on “urgent, but reasonable concerns” about some districts not…
by - June 11, 2020 6:43 am
School officials are planning for the upcoming school year using guidance from the Arkansas Department of Education saying they should consider having students wear masks in classrooms and on school…
