Arkansas

A new report released Wednesday details just how little younger generations of Americans know about the Holocaust, especially those in Arkansas. Gideon Taylor is president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany and spoke with KUAR’s Michael Hibblen about the U.S. Millennial Holocaust Knowledge and Awareness Survey.

Arkansas surpassed 1,000 total deaths from the illness caused by the coronavirus on Tuesday, including more than 100 newly-counted fatalities from probable cases over the past several weeks. The state reported 17 new deaths among confirmed coronavirus cases, and 139 from probable cases. The probable cases come from people who tested positive through antigen testing or had COVID-19 listed as a cause of death but did not have lab results. The latest figures bring Arkansas' total COVID-19 deaths since the pandemic began in March to 1,149. It's not clear how far back the probable cases go.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a nationwide moratorium on evictions due to the COVID-19 crisis, but the protections aren't automatic. Comments from Neil Sealy, executive director, Arkansas Renters United and Arkansas Community Organizations; and Lynn Foster, professor of law emeritus, William H. Bowen School of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

A woman accused of killing a former state senator will spend the rest of her life in prison. In a court hearing in Pocahontas Thursday, Rebecca O’Donnell…

President W. Joseph King announced that Lyon College will continue remote learning for the fall 2020 semester in a July 24 address to students, faculty…

This from the Arkansas Department of Health: Little Rock, Ark. – When a patient tests positive for COVID-19, case investigators and contact tracers work…

Quarantine fatigue is a major concern with those who are most vulnerable.  As the economy starts to slowly open up, those with weakened immune systems are…

(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) — Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism Secretary Stacy Hurst today announced that beginning May 1, campgrounds at…

 CRITTENDEN AND POINSETT COUNTIES (4-17) – Resurfacing 13 miles of Interstate 555 between Marked Tree and the I-55/I-555 interchange will…

LITTLE ROCK – Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced the formation of the Governor’s Medical Advisory Committee for Post-Peak COVID-19 Response. The…