Coronavirus
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A new study of stock sales by U.S. executives with corporate ties to China indicates that corporate insiders sold stock in their companies…
by Joshua Turner April 11, 2022LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- The number of Arkansas residents hospitalized due to the coronavirus has dropped to levels not seen since late November, when the omi…
by The Associated Press March 8, 2022The omicron wave that assaulted the United States this winter also bolstered its defenses, leaving enough protection against the coronavirus that future spikes…
by The Associated Press February 18, 2022Magnolia schools will be returning to the use of masks this semester.
by Joshua Turner January 20, 2022Magnolia Regional Medical Center employees who refuse to get the COVID-19 vaccine will be terminated Monday, Dec. 5, MRMC Chief Executive Officer, Rex Jones, s…
by Becky Bell December 1, 2021Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson will allow a congressional redistricting plan that trisects the state's most populous county and legislation targeting employer-ma…
by Michael R. Wickline , Rachel Herzog October 14, 2021Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday criticized as "poorly reasoned" a judge's decision last week to block the Bentonville School District from enforcing a mask re…
by Andy Davis October 14, 2021An injunction barring the enforcement of a ban on government mask mandates will stay in place after the Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday denied the state's r…
by Lara Farrar October 1, 2021Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, along with state Secretary of Health Dr. Jose Romero and Dr. Jera Smith, a family health practitioner, answered questions reg…
by Bradly Gill August 17, 2021Only eight intensive care unit beds were available in the state Monday when the state's hospitalizations increased by 103 to 1,376, the largest daily increase …
by Jeannie Roberts August 9, 2021An Arkansas judge on Friday temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban on mask mandates after lawmakers left the prohibition in place despite a risin…
by Associated Press August 6, 2021TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- It didn't take much for the White House to set Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis off. As coronavirus cases rise across the Sun Belt, Presiden…
by The Associated Press August 6, 2021New COVID-19 guidelines call for Arkansas schools to maintain as many virus precautions as possible — including mask use in classrooms where children are under…
by Arkansas Democrat-Gazette , Cynthia Howell , Rachel Herzog , Tess Vrbin July 29, 2021New guidance from the federal government set off a cascade of mask rules across the nation Wednesday as cities, states, schools and businesses raced to bring b…
by Associated Press July 29, 2021Most Americans who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 say they are unlikely to get the shots and doubt they would work against the aggressive delta varia…
by Associated Press July 26, 2021