Ballet Arkansas, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra are fighting to keep the lights on — and, where possible, Arkansans employed — while retaining their audiences. read more >
Seventy-six years into its mission, Heifer is thinking bigger and smaller simultaneously, shepherding fewer but more inclusive projects with a slightly reduced workforce. read more >
Christine E. Gronwald is director of development for EAST Initiative Inc., a nonprofit that offers students “relevant, individualized, life-changing educational experiences.” read more >
Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday ruled out rolling back the state’s reopening despite a recent surge in coronavirus hospitalizations and 25 more deaths from the illness caused by the virus. read more >
The number of coronavirus patients in Arkansas hospitals has once again hit a record-high, with 608 people hospitalized on Monday, health officials said. read more >
A Jonesboro real estate broker is among those who sees a potential for malls transforming after the pandemic, with a silver lining possibly being local stores taking over chain space. read more >
Pulaski County Assessor Janet Troutman Ward isn’t even thinking about going back to business as usual. read more >
Student housing operations in Fayetteville have seen only modest drops in occupancy, and in cases where campuses have closed residence halls, occupancy has increased. read more >
As COVID-19 continues to impact our society, it’s easy for daily business obligations to blind owners to the importance of evaluating their operation in light of the ongoing social and economic challenges the pandemic has created. read more >
Steve Doty, the owner of ERA Doty Real Estate in Jonesboro, says real estate agents need to be flexible in these challenging times. read more >
Arkansas reported its biggest one-day increase in new coronavirus cases on Thursday and the number of people hospitalized because of the illness caused by the virus climbed to a new high. read more >
Shifting from city to nonprofit ownership could mean a million dollars a year to Magnolia Regional Medical Center, but patients and doctors may see no outward difference. read more >
Concern that the COVID-19 outbreak could overwhelm Arkansas’ health care system remains a brooding cloud. The pandemic scenario is a possibility with a likelihood that’s elusive to gauge. read more >
OrthoArkansas of Little Rock plans to open a Spine Institute in January, on the third floor of its main office at 800 Fair Park Blvd., just off Interstate 630 in midtown Little Rock. read more >
Arkansas hospitals are still losing millions of dollars to the COVID-19 pandemic, and executives say they can’t count on a second injection of federal stimulus money. read more >
Attorney Carter Stein is concerned about the lack of civil jury trials in Arkansas state courts since the middle of March, when the coronavirus began to overwhelm the state and country. read more >
Dr. Steppe Mette, CEO of UAMS Medical Center, discusses the challenges facing health care workers during a pandemic. read more >
Ross Ridout offers insights into the pandemic-linked phenomenon of soaring lumber prices. read more >
The number of COVID deaths in our country has already topped 200,000 (roughly the population of Little Rock). But there are millions upon millions of other casualties: More than 61 million unemployment claims had been filed between March and mid-September. read more >
Kristen Gibson, a professor at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, is leading a research effort to find ways to protect dine-in restaurant customers from the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. read more >
