COVID-19

Starting Tuesday, Jan. 19, the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) will be operating a COVID-19 vaccine clinic targeting specific demographics. This vaccination clinic will be part of the State of Arkansas’ ongoing Phase 1-A and upcoming partial Phase…

Arkansas’ COVID-19 death toll increased by 65 on Wednesday, Jan. 13. The Arkansas Department of Health reported that there were 46 new confirmed deaths and 19 new probable deaths due to COVID-19 since yesterday. This brings the state’s COVID-related death…

Col. Robert Ator will be coordinating the State of Arkansas’ vaccine distribution program.  Gov. Asa Hutchinson named Ator as the program manager for the ongoing distribution program on Tuesday, Jan. 12 during the state’s weekly COVID-19 press briefing. In this…

Education staff members and individuals aged 70 and older will soon be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccination soon. Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced on Tuesday, Jan. 12 that the state will be partly moving into Phase 1-B of the state’s…

We’re almost a month into our COVID-19 immunization program, and today I’d like to emphasize the importance of Arkansans taking one of the two approved vaccines so that we can stop the coronavirus and get back to our lives. The…

The Small Business Administration is reopening the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) next week for both new and existing borrowers. In this new round of financing, there will be $284 billion available through March 31, 2021. This additional PPP financing is…

In the last 14 days, 179 Arkansas school districts have reported 50 or more COVID-19 infections per 100,000 district residents, according to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement. This accounts for more than half of the public school districts statewide.…

We have a vaccine, so this COVID thing will be over soon, right?  Short Answer: As a nation, and as a state, we can expect to see the pandemic get worse over the next two months. Once most people have…

According to a recent article published in AMP, solar energy has been booming across the United States, growing by an average annual rate of 49 percent, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the leading U.S. solar trade organization.…

While the vaccine rollout continues in Arkansas, the state is seeing increasing numbers of active cases. On Wednesday, Jan. 6, Arkansas crossed the 25,000 mark for total active cases. In the latest Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) case report, Arkansas…