AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-mt-state-wire-ap-top-news-police-health-b9d636f28a9d08ebcceee2e1adcacb69Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-mt-state-wire-ap-top-news-police-health-b9d636f28a9d08ebcceee2e1adcacb69Click to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Lang Holland, the chief of police in tiny Marshall, Arkansas, said he thinks the threat of the coronavirus has been overstated and only wears a face mask if he’s inside a business that requires them. He doesn’t make his officers wear them either. So the day after Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-mt-state-wire-ap-top-news-police-health-b9d636f28a9d08ebcceee2e1adcacb69Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-mt-state-wire-ap-top-news-police-health-b9d636f28a9d08ebcceee2e1adcacb69Click to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Lang Holland, the chief of police in tiny Marshall, Arkansas, said he thinks the threat of the coronavirus has been overstated and only wears a face mask if he’s inside a business that requires them. He doesn’t make his officers wear them either. So the day after Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-us-news-ap-top-news-in-state-wire-ar-state-wire-773ebecab369d826ddfb0a9448a90fc3Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-us-news-ap-top-news-in-state-wire-ar-state-wire-773ebecab369d826ddfb0a9448a90fc3Click to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Family members of three people slain in Arkansas more than 20 years ago have been among the most vocal opponents to the federal government’s plan to execute one of the men convicted of killing their loved ones.That man, Daniel Lewis Lee, as the Trump administration tries to bring...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-us-news-ap-top-news-in-state-wire-ar-state-wire-773ebecab369d826ddfb0a9448a90fc3Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-us-news-ap-top-news-in-state-wire-ar-state-wire-773ebecab369d826ddfb0a9448a90fc3Click to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Family members of three people slain in Arkansas more than 20 years ago have been among the most vocal opponents to the federal government’s plan to execute one of the men convicted of killing their loved ones.That man, Daniel Lewis Lee, as the Trump administration tries to bring...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/6d8642974400369dd0f29c9333214685Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/6d8642974400369dd0f29c9333214685Click to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ governor on Thursday resisted issuing a broad stay-at-home order to curb the coronavirus outbreak, even as the state’s cases increased and a second lawmaker tested positive for the virus.Health officials said the number of people with coronavirus had risen to at least 643, from 624 the night before. An additional two people died from COVID-19, the illness caused by coronavirus, bringing the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/6d8642974400369dd0f29c9333214685Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/6d8642974400369dd0f29c9333214685Click to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ governor on Thursday resisted issuing a broad stay-at-home order to curb the coronavirus outbreak, even as the state’s cases increased and a second lawmaker tested positive for the virus.Health officials said the number of people with coronavirus had risen to at least 643, from 624 the night before. An additional two people died from COVID-19, the illness caused by coronavirus, bringing the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/d817bb5eeac74102d8f10325270ec738Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/d817bb5eeac74102d8f10325270ec738Click to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas prison staff who test positive for the coronavirus have been allowed to work at a facility where at least 876 inmates have the virus, a correction official said in a court document filed Tuesday.Arkansas Division of Correction Director Dexter Payne said the agency has allowed staff who have tested positive to work at the Cummins Unit if they are asymptomatic. The staff are only allowed to work...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/d817bb5eeac74102d8f10325270ec738Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/d817bb5eeac74102d8f10325270ec738Click to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas prison staff who test positive for the coronavirus have been allowed to work at a facility where at least 876 inmates have the virus, a correction official said in a court document filed Tuesday.Arkansas Division of Correction Director Dexter Payne said the agency has allowed staff who have tested positive to work at the Cummins Unit if they are asymptomatic. The staff are only allowed to work...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-health-ar-state-wire-arkansas-little-rock-af1b1301ac1e076d44e8945f741c4f80Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-health-ar-state-wire-arkansas-little-rock-af1b1301ac1e076d44e8945f741c4f80Click to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s top coronavirus adviser on Monday said friends and families holding parties are driving the virus’s spread in the community, issuing the warning as outbreaks at some colleges around the country are being tied to large gatherings.Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-health-ar-state-wire-arkansas-little-rock-af1b1301ac1e076d44e8945f741c4f80Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-health-ar-state-wire-arkansas-little-rock-af1b1301ac1e076d44e8945f741c4f80Click to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s top coronavirus adviser on Monday said friends and families holding parties are driving the virus’s spread in the community, issuing the warning as outbreaks at some colleges around the country are being tied to large gatherings.Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/cc84b168cf6a57da240e2d3890fec92aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/cc84b168cf6a57da240e2d3890fec92aClick to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) — Two Arkansas prisoners died from the illness caused by the coronavirus, health officials said Saturday, as Gov. Asa Hutchinson urged residents to “tip very generously” when businesses shuttered due to the virus reopen in the coming days.The two inmates were from the Cummins Unit, where at least 860 prisoners have tested positive. Both of the inmates who died were in their 60s.Health officials...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/cc84b168cf6a57da240e2d3890fec92aClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/cc84b168cf6a57da240e2d3890fec92aClick to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (AP) — Two Arkansas prisoners died from the illness caused by the coronavirus, health officials said Saturday, as Gov. Asa Hutchinson urged residents to “tip very generously” when businesses shuttered due to the virus reopen in the coming days.The two inmates were from the Cummins Unit, where at least 860 prisoners have tested positive. Both of the inmates who died were in their 60s.Health officials...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/757c58999667cb5b996b800a1df60eceClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/757c58999667cb5b996b800a1df60eceClick to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ governor, who has resisted issuing a broad stay-at-home order for his state to combat the coronavirus, on Tuesday opposed even allowing such restrictions at the local level.Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is among a of governors who haven’t issued stay-at-home orders, said those restrictions need to be dealt with on a statewide basis. Hutchinson said a number of mayors have talked with him about the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/757c58999667cb5b996b800a1df60eceClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/757c58999667cb5b996b800a1df60eceClick to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas’ governor, who has resisted issuing a broad stay-at-home order for his state to combat the coronavirus, on Tuesday opposed even allowing such restrictions at the local level.Gov. Asa Hutchinson, who is among a of governors who haven’t issued stay-at-home orders, said those restrictions need to be dealt with on a statewide basis. Hutchinson said a number of mayors have talked with him about the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/d9fef66e02a4408404ba781d9f5ed7b0Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/d9fef66e02a4408404ba781d9f5ed7b0Click to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Arkansas’ order preventing the state’s only surgical abortion clinic from performing the procedure during the coronavirus pandemic.The decision came as health officials announced that at least 1,498 people in the state have been infected with the coronavirus, an increase over the 1,410 reported a day earlier. Two more people died because of the virus, bringing the...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/d9fef66e02a4408404ba781d9f5ed7b0Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/d9fef66e02a4408404ba781d9f5ed7b0Click to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Arkansas’ order preventing the state’s only surgical abortion clinic from performing the procedure during the coronavirus pandemic.The decision came as health officials announced that at least 1,498 people in the state have been infected with the coronavirus, an increase over the 1,410 reported a day earlier. Two more people died because of the virus, bringing the...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/health-arkansas-little-rock-coronavirus-d874a8020301c04310cb066febdac02eClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/health-arkansas-little-rock-coronavirus-d874a8020301c04310cb066febdac02eClick to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday gave initial approval to measures prohibiting requiring proof of coronavirus vaccination to access services and governments imposing mask mandates similar to one recently lifted by the state.The majority-Republican Senate approved by a 23-8 vote a ban on governments or private entities requiring...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/health-arkansas-little-rock-coronavirus-d874a8020301c04310cb066febdac02eClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/health-arkansas-little-rock-coronavirus-d874a8020301c04310cb066febdac02eClick to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas lawmakers on Tuesday gave initial approval to measures prohibiting requiring proof of coronavirus vaccination to access services and governments imposing mask mandates similar to one recently lifted by the state.The majority-Republican Senate approved by a 23-8 vote a ban on governments or private entities requiring...WW…

AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/8148dbfc39343df986182f95664d740dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/8148dbfc39343df986182f95664d740dClick to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing a requirement for signatures on initiative petitions to be witnessed in person because of the coronavirus pandemic.U.S. District Judge P.K. Holmes on Monday issued a preliminary injunction preventing the state from enforcing the witness requirement. Holmes also blocked a requirement that canvassers sign an affidavit in the presence of a...…AP NEWS https://apnews.com/article/8148dbfc39343df986182f95664d740dClick to copyhttps://apnews.com/article/8148dbfc39343df986182f95664d740dClick to copyRelated topicsLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked the state from enforcing a requirement for signatures on initiative petitions to be witnessed in person because of the coronavirus pandemic.U.S. District Judge P.K. Holmes on Monday issued a preliminary injunction preventing the state from enforcing the witness requirement. Holmes also blocked a requirement that canvassers sign an affidavit in the presence of a...WW…