Unity Health along with Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care (AFMC) are pleased to partner on a three-day COVID-19 vaccine event. Arkansans 65 years and older can participate at no charge. They will receive the first vaccine this week and the second dose in the coming weeks. About one thousand shots … [Read more...]
Searcy COVID Vaccine Event available to Arkansans 65 years+ Partnership between Unity Health and AFMC
The COVID “blues:” King Biscuit Blues Festival
In March 2020, life changed in Arkansas. Events were cancelled. Social distancing became the norm. Yet plans for the annual King Biscuit Blues Festival continued, as organizers hoped life would return to normal by October. Historic Helena’s King Biscuit Blues Festival, held annually in October, … [Read more...]
Timeless 106.1 KFFB on Location Saturday at Nichols Realty Express in Higden

Join Timeless 106.1 KFFB this Saturday as we’ll be broadcasting live from 10:30 am till 1:30 pm, at Nichols Realty Express 7648 Edgemont Rd, in Higden, during their Open House Grand Opening from 11 till 4 and Ribbon Cutting to be held at 12 noon, Nichols Realty will provide lunch. Nichols Realty … [Read more...]
Cotton Statement on Confirmation of Tom Vilsack
Washington, D.C. — Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) released the following statement after the confirmation of Tom Vilsack as the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture: “Arkansas’s farmers, ranchers, and foresters need a USDA Secretary who will advocate for them through decreased regulations, … [Read more...]
Senators Stabenow, Boozman Announce Senate Confirmation of Secretary Vilsack
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ranking Member, today announced that the U.S. Senate voted 92-7 to confirm Tom Vilsack to serve as U.S. Secretary of … [Read more...]
2021 Arkansas Food Hall of Fame winners announced by Arkansas Heritage
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (February 22, 2021) – Today, Arkansas Heritage announced the winners for the 2021 class of the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame. Arkansas Heritage also declared corn as the Arkansas Food Hall of Fame Food of the Year for 2021.The Arkansas Food Hall of Fame was launched by Arkansas … [Read more...]
Breaking: National Guard to Bring Drinking Water to Van Buren County on Tuesday, February 23, 2021

The National Guard in coordination with the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management will be bringing in a tanker of drinking water which will be set up at the Courthouse Annex on Highway 65 in Clinton, Arkansas. Water Station should ready by 11:00 am Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Over 800 Van … [Read more...]
School Closings for Monday 2-22-2021
Closed: Bald Knob School District: Closed, Virtual Only Beebe School District: Closed, Virtual Only Cabot Public Schools: Closed, Virtual Only Calico Rock School District: Closed, Virtual Only Cave City School District: Closed, Virtual Only Clinton School District: Closed, Virtual Only Concord … [Read more...]
Arkansas’s Great River Road receives All-American Road Designation
Designation by the Federal Highway Administration will bring new attention to scenic byway The Arkansas section of the Great River Road, which is part of a national scenic byway that runs 3,000 miles from Minnesota to Louisiana, has been designated an “All-American Road” by the Federal Highway … [Read more...]
Governor Hutchinson’s weekly radio address The Rare Winter Storm of 2021
Governor Hutchinson's weekly radio address can be found in MP3 format and downloaded HERE. LITTLE ROCK – We still have eight days left in February, and already this is the third snowiest month in Little Rock since we started keeping records in the 1800s. And it is one of the most severe snowstorms … [Read more...]