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The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) reported 104 influenza-related deaths in the 2023-24 flu season, including 1 pediatric death. It also reports 5 out of 13 for the influenza-like-illness. more

EDITORS: NEWS DIRECTORS: NOT FOR BROADCAST, PUBLICATION OR USE ONLINE The Arkansas Primary Runoff election is April, 2, 2024. Poll close: 8:30 p.m. EDT/7:30 p.m. CDT First results … more

DALLAS — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized a settlement with the Arkansas Midland Railroad Company over alleged hazardous waste violations at a private rail track in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The company illegally stored more than 750,000 gallons of highly flammable hazardous waste in rail cars near homes, a school, and waterways. Under the settlement, the company must pay a civil penalty of $910,985. Under direction from EPA, the waste was removed and disposed of in a permitted facility. more

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LITTLE ROCK — Bryan Malinowski, 53, died after a shootout with federal authorities Tuesday morning in west Little Rock. Malinowski was the executive director of Bill & Hillary Clinton National Airport. more

The statewide gas price average in Arkansas was $3.18 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel on Thursday, according to the AAA Arkansas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is 11 cents more compared to that day last week and 14 cents more compared to that day last year. more

The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) reported 97 influenza-related deaths in the 2023-24 flu season, including 1 pediatric death. It also reports 8 out of 13 for the influenza-like-illness. more

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LITTLE ROCK — Benjamin S. of Russellville won a $25,000 prize in the March 6 LOTTO drawing. He claimed his prize at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Claim Center on March 15. more

LITTLE ROCK — A predominantly Republican panel on Thursday endorsed an Arkansas agency’s elimination of “X” as an option alongside male and female on state-issued driver’s licenses and identification cards, despite skepticism from other lawmakers about the need for the move. more

RUSSELLVILLE — Arkansas Tech University faculty member Dr. Kelly Houston Jones is one of 23 scholars selected as George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon research fellows for the 2024-25 academic year. more

LITTLE ROCK — The Arkansas State Broadband Office will launch its Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) mapping challenge process on Wednesday, March 20. more

Arkansas Children's Hospital Embarks on $318 Million Expansion Project more

BENTONVILLE — Monday, violinist, dancer and entertainer extraordinaire Lindsey Stirling announced her North American Duality 2024 tour including a stop at the Walmart AMP in Northwest Arkansas on Monday, July 29, as part of the Cox Concert Series. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. Music starts at 7 p.m. more

Blaise Taylor, a former college football star at Arkansas State who has worked as an analyst on college football staffs and as an NFL scout, has been arrested on suspicion in the poisoning deaths of his girlfriend and her unborn child in Nashville, Tennessee. more

The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) reported 89 influenza-related deaths in the 2023-24 flu season, including 1 pediatric death. It also reports 10 out of 13 for the influenza-like-illness. more

The statewide gas price average in Arkansas was $3.07 for a gallon of regular unleaded fuel on Thursday, according to the AAA Arkansas Weekend Gas Watch. That price is 1 cent more compared to that day last week and is flat compared to that day last year. more

EDITORS: NEWS DIRECTORS: NOT FOR BROADCAST, PUBLICATION OR USE ONLINE The Arkansas Primary Runoff election is April, 2, 2024. Poll close: 8:30 p.m. EDT/7:30 p.m. CDT First results … more