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The City of Little Rock, the Little Rock School District, Central Arkansas Library System, and nonprofit Heartland Forward are working together to increase awareness for the Emergency Broadband Benefit program. The Emergency Broadband Benefit is a Federal Communications Commission (FCC)…

A competitive housing market and aging homes mean many homeowners in central Arkansas are tackling long-planned renovations. According to the National Association of Homebuilders, the median age of owner occupied homes is 39 years – and some much older than…

A year and a half into the COVID-19 pandemic, Susannah Marshall says Arkansas banks are strong and continue to outperform the national average in most areas. She should know. Last year, she was appointed by Gov. Asa Hutchinson to replace…

Just a few months ago, Arkansas seemed to have turned a corner in the COVID-19 pandemic. After a winter in which new daily case counts were routinely in the thousands, new cases in May typically numbered no more than a…

On Monday, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced that its frontline employees must be vaccinated, becoming the first federal agency to set such a requirement. Starting Wednesday, July 28, VA employees will have eight weeks to get vaccinated or face…

LRCVB’s Gretchen Hall hopes capital city can ride board-chair coattails The pandemic “rain delay” seemingly behind us, organizations like the Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) are back on the field, warming up and preparing to resume the game…

People frustrated by lack of reliable, cost-effective broadband could be looking to the skies for help. Elon Musk’s SpaceX is just one of several companies seeking to provide broadband services from space with satellites. Conway Corp. Chief Technology Officer Jason…

Last year was a recipe for disaster for most, but also a chance to reinvent and stir the pot. While the phrase “when everything is back to normal,” dominated most conversations and placed doubt on new opportunities, a silver lining,…

Arkansas will be ending its COVID-19 public health emergency at the end of May. Gov. Asa Hutchinson will not be extending the public health emergency declaration, which will expire on Sunday, May 30. Hutchinson first initiated the public health emergency…

The trucking industry has rarely been so valued as during the pandemic, when grocery stores and other retailers were struggling to keep the shelves stocked with toilet paper, paper towels, sanitizer, meat, appliances and laptop computers. In the past, most…