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Jonesboro-based Hytrol plans to invest more than $20 million to open a manufacturing operation in Fort Smith that will employ up to 250 within five years.

Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Thursday (Dec. 10) used his first primetime television address while in the state’s top office to essentially repeat pleas for Arkansans to wear masks, follow other health safety rules, and be smart about holiday gatherings.

There are at least 779 active cases in Craighead County and a reported 82 deaths. Jonesboro Mayor Harold Perrin and the city’s other leaders have decided to limit direct contact in some services offered by the city, Communications Director Bill Campbell said.

The debate over the use of dicamba use continues to rage throughout the country and in the courtroom and it will soon affect crop planning for 2021.

With hospitalizations continuing to set new daily records, Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Tuesday (Dec. 1) discussed changes to the state’s trauma system to coordinate COVID-19 care, and efforts to expedite bringing teachers into the state’s beleaguered public schools.

St. Bernards Medical Center has opened its new COVID-19 clinic. It will serve as a COVID-19 follow-up clinic and COVID-19 treatment infusion center, as well as its upcoming participation in distributing the COVID-19 vaccine.

The report showed that hospitalizations rose by 12 to 974, and COVID patients on ventilators rose by one to 164. The number of active cases fell to 13,252, down from the 13,714 on Sunday.

A Nov. 15 letter signed by more than 270 Arkansas doctors asked Gov. Asa Hutchinson to do more to stop the “unchecked” COVID-19 spread. Of the 1,124 ICU beds in the state, there were only 83 available as of 2 p.m. Wednesday according to the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH).

Tuesday’s report from the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) showed another record in active COVID cases (12,569), and that hospitalizations rose by 34 to reach a new daily record of 895. The White House report painted a bleak picture of the pandemic spread in the state in recent weeks.

The company, one of the leading wet wipe producers in the world, announced Monday (Nov. 16) it will double its production capacity at its Northeast Arkansas facility and will hire an additional 176 workers.