Rapper Kanye West beats clock to get on Arkansas ballot

Rapper Kanye West of Cody, Wyo., filed papers with the Arkansas secretary of state’s office on Monday to run as an independent candidate for president on Arkansas’ ballot in the Nov. 3 general election. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Students at UA return to classes on campus

FAYETTEVILLE — Students returned Monday for in-person classes at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, where they found a few familiar faces and some new things to get used to. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

State general revenue in July exceeds forecast by $79.9M

Fueled by better-than-expected individual income and sales and use tax collections, state general revenue in July increased by $245.9 million over the same month a year ago to $766.8 million and exceeded the state’s forecast by $79.9 million. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Sheriff’s office: 8 dead puppies dumped on Arkansas 10

Eight dead puppies found last week along Arkansas 10 were “believed” to be drowned and then dumped, according to a Pulaski County sheriff’s office report. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Hospitalizations in Arkansas hit 515; new cases fall

The number of patients hospitalized as a result of covid-19 in Arkansas reached a record high of 515 on Sunday as new covid-19 cases increased by 637, according to the Arkansas Department of Health. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Virus rate in Arkansas prisons seen as U.S.’ worst

Outbreaks of the coronavirus at more than a half-dozen state prisons have left Arkansas with the ignominious distinction of having the highest rate of infected prisoners of any state in the country, according to a nonprofit news outlet that is tracking the virus’s spread throughout the country’s prisons. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press…

Election advice outlined by state panel; virus steps can’t limit voters, it says

Voters should be encouraged to wear facial coverings at the polls during the Nov. 3 general election, but counties don’t have the authority to curtail access to polling places based on a person’s health screening or refusal to use a mask, the state Board of Election Commissioners is advising officials on the county level. Top…

Church bell in Pine Bluff tolls for Lewis

The late Democratic Rep. John Lewis was honored in Pine Bluff by the ringing of a bell at Elm Grove Baptist Church for 80 seconds Thursday, one second for each year of the Georgia congressman’s life. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

Arkansas schools weigh how to ID, handle ill kids in pandemic

With the start of the academic year less than a month away, school district officials in Arkansas are preparing response plans for when a student presents symptoms that could mean he has been infected with the coronavirus. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

PAPER TRAILS: The family that flips together …

“It’s like Christmas morning. You never know what you’re going to get.” Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

POLICE BEAT: Reported gun theft in North Little Rock

North Little Rock police arrested a man on Thursday in the theft of a firearm. Top Featured Tags: – Arkansas News Press Release Distribution Service

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

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