DRIVETIME MAHATMA: Tickets for drag racing run gamut

Last week’s column was about drag racing generally. Today we look at the many drag-racing tickets issued June 6. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Arkansas Teacher of Year semifinalists honored

Four teachers from around the state Friday were named semifinalists for 2021-22 Arkansas Teacher of the Year. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Pre-elective surgery testing rule scrapped

Arkansas no longer will require patients undergoing elective surgery to take coronavirus tests before their procedures, officials said Thursday, citing the need to preserve testing capacity for people more likely to have encountered the virus. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Pre-elective surgery testing rule scrapped; state reports another 791 virus cases

Arkansas no longer will require patients undergoing elective surgery to take coronavirus tests before their procedures, officials said Thursday, citing the need to preserve testing capacity for people more likely to have encountered the virus. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

State GOP not signing on to idea of vote ‘delay’

President Donald Trump raised the possibility of postponing the nation’s November election, questioning Thursday whether an accurate tally could take place given current conditions. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Tyson Foods to increase virus testing in U.S. meat plants

Tyson Foods says it plans to administer thousands of coronavirus tests per week at its U.S. facilities under an expanded effort to protect workers and keep plants running. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Hutchinson tells of U.S. assurances on testing ramp-up; state cases up 787

Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday that the White House assured him in a conversation the day before that covid-19 testing across the nation will ramp up significantly by next month, delivering faster results to get ahead of the virus. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Hutchinson tells of U.S. assurances on testing ramp-up; state cases up 787

Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Wednesday that the White House assured him in a conversation the day before that covid-19 testing across the nation will ramp up significantly by next month, delivering faster results to get ahead of the virus. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Day’s toll of 20 a state record

Arkansas’ coronavirus latest statistics were deemed “not good numbers” Tuesday by the governor, who noted that the total of cases since the pandemic began topped 40,000, current hospitalizations rose above 500 and the death toll jumped by a single-day record of 20. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Day’s toll of 20 a state record

Arkansas’ coronavirus latest statistics were deemed “not good numbers” Tuesday by the governor, who noted that the total of cases since the pandemic began topped 40,000, current hospitalizations rose above 500 and the death toll jumped by a single-day record of 20. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

$7M in virus aid OK’d for Northwest Arkansas

State lawmakers on Tuesday agreed to send $7 million in federal funds to Northwest Arkansas to help rein in an outbreak of the coronavirus that has caused a disproportionate number of illnesses in the region’s Hispanic and Marshallese communities. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Students to get home Wi-Fi aid

Arkansas will spend $10 million in federal aid to purchase Wi-Fi-access devices for families with school-age children, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday as the state’s total number of active covid-19 cases grew slightly, about a month before the start of school. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Students to get home Wi-Fi aid; state sets $10M for devices

Arkansas will spend $10 million in federal aid to purchase Wi-Fi-access devices for families with school-age children, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced Monday as the state’s total number of active covid-19 cases grew slightly, about a month before the start of school. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Misquoted on slavery, Cotton says after furor

WASHINGTON — A day after the publication of his comments on slavery sparked a firestorm of criticism, U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas denied Monday he was insensitive, saying he had been recounting the views of the Founding Fathers — not his own — that slavery was a “necessary evil” toward creating the Union. Top…

State’s covid-19 deaths surpass 400

Covid-19 cases in Arkansas increased by 642 on Sunday, according to the state Department of Health, a decline from the approximately 1,000 new cases the state saw on two consecutive days late last week. But Arkansas surpassed another grim milestone after two additional deaths related to covid-19 pushed the total number of reported victims to…

Transstate highway’s cost put at $2.3 billion; road called key for Arkansas’ north

The estimated price tag to complete a four-lane build-out of U.S. 412 from Oklahoma to the Missouri Bootheel, “which is seen as a critical path toward economic prosperity for north Arkansas,” is $2.3 billion. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Confederate section of Little Rock cemetery damaged

Oakland Cemetery management is stepping up security after grave desecration in the Confederate section of the cemetery earlier this month, according to Sexton John Rains. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

For Arkansas, virus tests still posing challenge

Since Arkansas’ first case of covid-19 was detected March 11 in Pine Bluff, the state has conducted more than 470,000 tests — about 15% of its population — with nearly 38,000 people found positive for the virus as of Saturday. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Bill by Sen. Tom Cotton targets curriculum on slavery

WASHINGTON — A New York Times-based school curriculum emphasizing American slavery instead of American independence has been targeted by U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Daily Arkansas case count declines to 732

The Arkansas Department of Health reported 732 new covid-19 cases Saturday, down from the previous two days but still far above the average number before Memorial Day. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Request gets OK for Arkansas disability posts

The Legislative Council on Friday approved Arkansas Disability Determination for Social Security Administration’s request to create 92 new positions. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Northwest Arkansas virus expenditure sidelined

Lawmakers on Friday balked at considering the state Department of Health’s request to clear the way for the Northwest Arkansas Council to use $7 million in federal funds for covid-19 contact tracing, testing and case coordination for the region’s Hispanic and Marshallese populations. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

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