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The University of Arkansas System board of trustees Tuesday approved entering into a loan agreement of up to $19.1 million that they said is to help the Razorback athletic department make payments this year and next on debt from facilities bond issues. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Deaths in Arkansas related to the covid-19 outbreak surpassed 900 on Monday as the state’s health officials reported 350 new infections on the final day of Labor Day weekend. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Little Rock School District teachers, who met Labor Day afternoon to decide whether to take a job action against the district over covid-19 safety concerns, will report to work today. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

At 18 years old, she was on her own. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Health officials reported 687 new covid-19 cases on Sunday in Arkansas and 12 additional deaths, as the cumulative number of infections surpassed 65,000. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Hardly able to breathe, Barbara Ritter told her nurses to do whatever it took to save her from covid-19 — even if it meant using a ventilator. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

The statues of Little Rock Nine mentor Daisy Bates and musician Johnny Cash must be completed by sculptors and ready for shipment to Washington, D.C., by Dec. 31, 2021, under the schedule outlined in Secretary of State John Thurston’s requests for qualifications from sculptors to design and caste the statues. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas…

Shari Metz could not believe what she was seeing. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Hundreds of people, the vast majority without masks and many of them clustered together on a hillside, gathered to view the second performance of the National Championship Chuckwagon Races in Clinton on Saturday afternoon, one day after Arkansas reported a single-day record of new coronavirus cases. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution…

Arkansas colleges have begun to announce fall enrollment totals, mostly showing lower numbers than last fall but with a hint of optimism on higher retention rates. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville announced a suspension of nonacademic, on-campus events and restricted off-campus gatherings on Friday as the state’s count of confirmed coronavirus cases rose by a record 1,094. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Medical marijuana dispensary Native Green Wellness appears to be moving ahead with a plan to open a dispensary at a renovated property on Cantrell Road in Little Rock after a decision by the state commission on medical marijuana to grant the company a license in the city. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release…

A North Little Rock man was killed and three people were injured when their vehicle overturned Friday afternoon on Interstate 630 near University Avenue, state police said. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S.’ top infectious-disease expert, said seven states that have seen upticks in covid-19 cases, including Arkansas, should be particularly vigilant over the Labor Day holiday and warned that if Americans are “careless” there could be another jump in cases this fall. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

With the state’s count of confirmed coronavirus cases rising by 969 on Thursday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson warned that the virus is on the verge of surging to a new level unless more Arkansans take precautions against its spread. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

More than a dozen conservative state lawmakers filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to end the public-health emergency declared by Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson in March and overturn many of the actions that his administration has taken to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Arkansas’ health secretary continued to express concern about a growing number of coronavirus cases on college campuses on Wednesday as the state’s official death toll from the coronavirus rose by 27, setting a record for a one-day increase. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

The National Weather Service in North Little Rock confirmed Wednesday that at least three tornadoes touched down Tuesday as a storm system made its way across central and north-central Arkansas. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Little Rock Mayor Frank Scott Jr. and other officials on Wednesday announced an incentive package and a targeted redevelopment plan for the Asher Avenue area that aim to spark more economic development in areas that traditionally haven’t seen as much as other parts of the city. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution…

Part of a middle school in Mountain View and a kindergarten classroom in Rogers moved to all-online instruction Tuesday as the state’s count of coronavirus cases grew 273 — the lowest one-day increase since early July. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Part of a middle school in Mountain View and a kindergarten classroom in Rogers moved to all-online instruction Tuesday as the state’s count of coronavirus cases grew 273 — the lowest one-day increase since early July. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Flooding hit Tuesday morning in western Arkansas and a severe-storm system that included possible tornadoes blew through the central part of the state in the afternoon. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service