The Arkansas Department of Health gave the following numbers for the Covid-19 update on Monday, September 21, 2020: 616 new cases 6,706 active cases 447 hospitalized, which is up 35 from Sunday 97 on ventilators, which is up 12 from Sunday deaths added today, 15, for a total of 1,197 a total of 76,364 cases […]
Bauxite, Sardis, Chicot & East End areas could get broadband if residents take speed test
Bauxite, Sardis, Chicot and East End residents in Saline County may remember being left out of the areas benefiting from a recent $3 million grant for broadband internet improvements. Now is your chance to change that. Saline County Judge Jeff Arey announced the opportunity to apply for an additional grant through the Arkansas Rural Connect […]
Governor Hutchinson encouraged by antigen testing; 883 COVID-19 cases added today
Governor Asa Hutchinson released the following statement on today’s COVID-19 numbers: “The increased use of antigen point-of-care testing is encouraging. This shows our investment in point-of-care testing is helping address the new demand for rapid tests on our K-12 and college campuses. Today’s report includes almost 10,000 tests between the PCR tests and the antigen […]
Bryant Council Special Meeting Sept 15 to address Police equipment and Midtown overlay
The Bryant City Council will hold a special called meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, at 6:30 p.m. See the meeting on Bryant City Hall Facebook or at the Boswell Municipal Complex-City Hall Courtroom at 210 SW 3rd St., Bryant. AR 72022, (501) 943-0999. The agenda includes: Midtown Settlement Ordinance Amending Ordinance 2011-3 For the Putpose of Reducing […]
Quorum Court to vote Sept 21st on proposed merged 911 agencies, Resolution for Issue 1
The Saline County Quorum Court will meet on Monday, September 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the Saline County Courthouse, in Courtroom #1, upstairs. Ordinances to be discussed: Adding roads to the county road system; approving interlocal agreement between Saline County ad the City of Benton to form the Saline County Emergency Communications Center; Transferring funds […]
Saline County reveals what communities will benefit from broadband internet grant
Some remote areas of the county will be getting broadband internet soon. We heard about Saline County’s nearly $3 million grant last week, and now we know where it will be applied. The Arkansas Department of Commerce awarded Saline county $2,950,000 from its Arkansas Rural Connect (ARC) broadband grant program to serve several communities in […]
CDC Temporarily Halts Residential Evictions to Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19
To prevent the spread of the COVID-19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a national moratorium on evictions for nonpayment of rent from September 4 until December 31, 2020. This places a temporary halt to residential evictions in an effort by the CDC to help prevent the further spread of […]
Saline County to get a share of $100M in additional grant funding for high speed internet in rural areas
The Arkansas Department of Commerce recently announced that companies capable of deploying broadband to rural Arkansas are now eligible to apply for an Arkansas Rural Connect (ARC) grant. The Arkansas Legislative Council executive subcommittee approved the change outlined in a supplemental emergency ARC rule this week. The approved rule also gives further flexibility to the […]
Arkansas Secretary of State explains how to request an absentee ballot
Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston issued a statement in June telling citizens the reasons that registered voters could present for requesting an absentee ballot. Now, there are further instructions for exactly how to go about doing that. Options for Requesting a Ballot: Request to have an absentee ballot application sent to you by contacting […]
Benton Council to hold emergency meeting Sep 3rd to secure IT services
There will be a Special Called meeting of the Benton City Council at 5:00 p.m., Thursday, September 3, 2020, in Council Chambers at the Benton Municipal Complex. The meeting will also be streamed live on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TimeForBenton/posts/1931123970356221. The one item on the agenda addresses the immediate need for information technology services, due to an […]
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