Archives for June 2020

Congressman French Hill talks Protests, Police Brutality, Looting, and more on KFFB’s Open Mic with Bob Connell June 3, 2020

U.S. Congressman French Hill (R-AR) on KFFB’s Open Mic he's discussing, Protest Police Brutality, Looting, Congress going back to work, and more. The interview program hosted by KFFB’s General Manager Bob Connell featured US Congressman French Hill at 7:50 am and 5:50 pm on June 3, 2020. Email … [Read more...]

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Awards Arkansas $2.5 Million to medical community to Respond to COVID-19

U.S. Senators John Boozman and Tom Cotton—along with Congressmen Rick Crawford, French Hill, Steve Womack and Bruce Westerman—applauded the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for awarding $2.5 million to Arkansas to expand its testing capacity for COVID-19. In this latest round of … [Read more...]

COVID-19 Update Confirm 2,355 active cases with 151 Total Deaths in Arkansas as of 1:30 pm Thursday, June 4, 2020

Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 2,355 active cases (95 are in nursing homes, 43 in prison, 2,217 in the community), 5,919 recovered, for a total of 8,425 total Confirmed Cases. At the time of this press conference, a total of 137 are Hospitalized, 32 … [Read more...]

Senator John Boozman Boosts Loan Flexibility for Small Businesses Impacted by COVID-19

U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) supported adding flexibility to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to make it more accessible for Arkansas small businesses in need of assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Senate-passed Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act updates the … [Read more...]

COVID-19 Update Confirm 2,208 active cases with 142 Total Deaths in Arkansas as of 1:30 pm Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 2,208 active cases (102 are in nursing homes, 55 in prison, 2,051 in the community), 5,717 recovered, for a total of 8,067 total Confirmed Cases. At the time of this press conference, a total of 138 are Hospitalized, 30 … [Read more...]

Governor Asa Hutchinson Announces Intent to Grant Executive Clemency

Governor Asa Hutchinson Governor Asa Hutchinson today announced his intent to grant five pardons, and three commutations. An additional 46 clemency requests were denied and one had no action taken upon them. These include requests from both inmates and non-inmates. The applicants intended for … [Read more...]

Arkansas’s long-term care facilities’ COVID-19 response outpaces the National Average

The Arkansas Health Care Association (AHCA) shared the overall response to COVID-19 by long term care facilities in the state today at the Governor’s press briefing. Newly released federal data shows that Arkansas's rate of nursing home cases and fatalities related to the pandemic is in fact … [Read more...]

8th Annual BAAC National Juried Exhibition

The Batesville Area Arts Council Gallery on Main is pleased to host the 2020 BAAC National Juried Exhibition, on display through August 1, 2020. The exhibition consists of 21 pieces from 19 artists across the United States. The juror for BAAC’s 8th Annual National Juried Exhibition is Eric Freeman, … [Read more...]

First Community Bank Lobbies Open Now

The First Community Bank has announced that lobbies are now open for business. Safe social distancing and practices will be followed. For online assistance, you can call 888-780-8391. … [Read more...]

COVID-19 Update Confirm 2,115 active cases with 136 Total Deaths in Arkansas as of 1:30 pm Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Dr. Nathaniel Smith, Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health, confirm 2,115 active cases (73 are in nursing homes, 53 in prison, 1,989 in the community), 5,567 recovered, for a total of 7,818 total Confirmed Cases. At the time of this press conference, a total of 132 are Hospitalized, 31 … [Read more...]