Boutique owner Kendall Sandifer began the year preparing for business as usual. Her shop, Fringe Clothing, sits in the heart of the River Market District of downtown Little Rock and attracts wandering tourists and dedicated shoppers alike. Sandifer opened the…
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Arkansas Reducing Quarantine Requirements, State Hits Record COVID Totals on Thursday
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Dec. 3 that the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) will be reducing quarantine requirements amid record coronavirus totals across the state. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released new quarantine guidance for people who have…
The North Little Rock run off election for mayor is heating up. Early voting for the runoff between Tracy Steele and Terry Hartwick began on Tuesday, Nov. 23. Steele led the general election with 45 percent of the vote, while…
The North Little Rock run off election for mayor is heating up. Early voting for the runoff between Tracy Steele and Terry Hartwick began on Tuesday, Nov. 23. Steele led the general election with 45 percent of the vote, while…
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Hutchinson Announces New Hospital Guidelines, No Plans for Business or School Restrictions
Gov. Asa Hutchinson and his COVID Winter Task Force announced new guidelines for hospitals on Nov. 20 as coronavirus cases continue to increase across the state. Hutchinson announced there have been 2,061 new cases recorded in the past 24 hours,…
Enrollment in high school computer science classes has reached record highs. Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Nov. 18 that 10,450 students are currently taking computer science classes across the state, which is an 847% increase from the 2014-2015 school year.…
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State Raises $510K for Daisy Gatson Bates, Johnny Cash Statues; Public Fundraising to Begin
Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Nov. 12 that $510,000 has been raised to replace Arkansas’ statues in the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. The new statues will be Daisy Lee Gatson Bates and Johnny Cash. The announcement took place…
- Construction/Real EstateMagazineNovember 2020
A New Chapter: Fayetteville Library Expansion Nearing Completion
Photography and renderings provided. When David Johnson became the director of the Fayetteville Public Library in 2012, he did not expect to be overseeing a major expansion. “The previous director told me, ‘The next library director is going to have…
- MagazineNovember 2020Sports/Outdoors
Not Running ‘Afowl’: Hopeful Hunters Look Ahead at Duck Season Amid a Pandemic
As waterfowl season approaches, migration patterns have hunters hopeful for a successful duck season in Arkansas. Due to travel restrictions in Canada, few American hunters were allowed to travel north and participate in the typical waterfowl season there. This inability…
Five students at Little Rock Central High School earned perfect scores on the ACT college admissions exam. The Little Rock School District announced on Monday, Nov. 9 that Alex Borengasser, Deniz Erdag, Kathleen Jackson, Samuel Lu and Joseph Park each…