New Arkansas COVID-19 Cases Top 2,000, 1st Time in 5 Months
by Associated Press – 1 day ago
COVID-19 continues to rage through Arkansas as new day-over-day cases topped 2,000 for the first time since February.
COVID-19 continues to rage through Arkansas as new day-over-day cases topped 2,000 for the first time since February.
Sarah Palmiero has been hired as wellness administrator for JTS Financial in Little Rock.
Investors from Idaho paid $10.2 million for three student townhome projects in Fayetteville.
Gov. Asa Hutchinson says he plans to meet with House and Senate leaders about growing calls to allow schools to require face masks as the state reported 23 more deaths from COVID-19. read more >
UAMS hires John Erck as vice chancellor of institutional advancement. read more >
Walmart Inc. rules Arkansas Business' annual lists of the state's public companies and how much their executives are paid, and it's hard to imagine a time when that won't be true — especially as the lists get shorter. read more >
This week, we serve up a six-pack of real estate transactions that includes apartments, commercial space and a home in Little Rock as well as undeveloped acreage in northwest Pulaski County and undeveloped apartment land in Sherwood. read more >
The best thing about being a journalist is being paid to learn stuff, and the best thing about working on Arkansas Business has been learning about so many different industries, each with its own nuances. read more >
As U.S. regulators weigh a final stamp of approval for COVID-19 vaccines, governors in states hard hit by the pandemic — including Arkansas — hope the move will help persuade holdouts to get the shot. read more >
Dr. Timothy Langford has been appointed chair of the Department of Urology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, effective Oct. 3. read more >
Arkansas stands to get up to $216 million of a $26 billion payout from three major pharmaceutical distributors and a major drug manufacturer accused of fueling the opioid epidemic. read more >
A federal judge temporarily blocks enforcement of Arkansas' ban on gender confirming treatments for transgender youth while a lawsuit challenging the prohibition proceeds. read more >
Rock Dental Brands announces the acquisition of nine clinics across Arkansas, Tennessee and Missouri. read more >
A federal judge blocks an Arkansas law banning nearly all abortions in the state while she hears a challenge to its constitutionality. read more >
Public health researchers on Tuesday called the rapid rise in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in Arkansas a “raging forest fire," and the state's top health official warned that he expects significant outbreaks in schools. read more >
Megan Crozier, chief merchant for Sam's Club, and University of Arkansas Vice Chancellor for Athletics Hunter Yurachek are among the featured speakers for the fall Arkansas Business Executive Leadership Academy in Bentonville. read more >
Studies have shown the COVID-19 vaccines to be safe and effective. But misinformation continues to sow doubts about them, especially in conservative and rural areas. read more >
Walmart insists it doesn't want to be a bank, but it's surely acting like one. read more >
An affiliate of New York's White Oak Healthcare MOB REIT purchased the 12th Street project from an affiliate of Orion Investment & Management Ltd. of Miami. read more >
Dr. Greg Bledsoe, the state's surgeon general and Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, blames the current failure in public health outcomes on liberals. read more >
Dr. Clark Trapp has joined Conway Regional Health System as a faculty member with the Family Medicine Residency Program. read more >
UAMS researchers have received a a $1.36 million grant to develop a non-invasive means of detecting weaknesses in a pregnant woman's pelvic floor muscles that could lead to injury while giving birth. read more >
The Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas is giving $5.29 million in grants for behavioral health programs in Arkansas. read more >
Arkansas' unemployment rate remained unchanged for the third month in a row, at 4.4% from May to June. read more >
The Walton Family Foundation and the Excellerate Foundation commit $3 million to start a nonprofit to retrain workers for jobs in high-demand industries, starting with health care. read more >
Arkansas Children's announced Wednesday that it has raised $274 million of its Campaign for a Healthier Tomorrow, surpassing its goal of $250 million. read more >
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits has reached its lowest level since the pandemic struck last year. read more >
Rising COVID-19 infections in other states have prompted Chicago to restart a travel order after several weeks without travel restrictions. read more >
Dr. Lubna Maruf has been appointed chief medical officer and vice president of the Arkansas Health Network in Little Rock. read more >
Quapaw House Inc., the troubled Hot Springs drug and alcohol treatment provider that is no longer operating, recently entered into a consent judgment for $1.43 million with Relyance Bank. read more >
After a year in the barrel, spirit makers in Arkansas welcome tasters and tours. read more >
Nearly three years after a gunshot to the head killed his 20-year-old son in a Jefferson County hunting lodge in 2015, Kerry Baker of Conway started the machinery to dig up his boy's body for the autopsy he had initially declined. read more >
Arkansas Children's celebrates its new $17.5 million clinic in Pine Bluff, set to open later this month. read more >
