Latest Arkansas Headlines
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City Officials Can Be Charged If Sewers Aren’t Fixed, Arkansas Prosecutor Says
Aug 6 2019 // An Arkansas county prosecutor said he has the legal authority to bring criminal charges against Bethel Heights city officials if they don’t take action to fix their system. State records show Bethel Heights’...
Health Insurers Seek Average 2% Rate Hike for Arkansas Exchange
Aug 1 2019 // Arkansas officials say the four companies providing coverage through the state’s insurance exchange under the federal health care overhaul law are seeking an average rate increase of about 2% for next year. Insurance...
SBA: $10.8M in Disaster Loans Made in Arkansas, so Far
Jul 22 2019 // The U.S. Small Business Administration says $10.8 million in disaster assistance loans have been made in Arkansas. SBA director Tanya Garfield in Sacramento, California, said the loans are to businesses and residents to...
Gulf Coast Still Faces Flood, Tornado Risks from Weakened Barry
Jul 16 2019 // Even though Tropical Depression Barry did not unleash catastrophic flooding in Louisiana, many across the Gulf Coast were urged to take heed of tornado and flash-flood warnings Monday as the storm moved north. Barry was...
FEMA: Arkansas’ Sebastian County Has Most Flood Claims, so Far
Jul 15 2019 // From April through mid-June, more than 230 claims stemming from flooding of the Arkansas River and its tributaries in Arkansas had been filed with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), according to the Federal...
Following Historic Flooding, Arkansas Governor Orders Review of the State’s Levees
Jul 15 2019 // Arkansas’ governor has ordered a review of the state’s levees and is asking lawmakers to approve $10 million for immediate repairs after historic flooding along the Arkansas River. Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed an...
FEMA: As of Mid-June, Arkansas’ Sebastian County Had Most Flood Claims
Jul 9 2019 // From April through mid-June, more than 230 claims stemming from flooding of the Arkansas River and its tributaries in Arkansas had been filed with the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), according to the Federal...
Oklahoma State Lawmaker Wants Study on Arkansas River Flooding
Jul 8 2019 // Oklahoma State Rep. Lonnie Sims (R-Jenks) a before and after study of the recent catastrophic flooding that occurred in his state. Sims serves District 68, which includes Creek and Tulsa Counties.He has requested an...
Little Rock Diocese Settles Sexual Abuse Claims for $790K
Jul 3 2019 // Lawyers for five men who claim an Arkansas priest sexually abused them more than four decades ago said that the Catholic Diocese of Little Rock has settled after mediation in what the attorneys believe is a first of its...
Historic Flooding Prompts Arkansas Governor to Order Levee Review
Jul 2 2019 // Arkansas’ governor has ordered a review of the state’s levees and is asking lawmakers to approve $10 million for immediate repairs after historic flooding along the Arkansas River. Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed an...
Arkansas River Too High, Fast to Assess Little Rock-Area Flood Damage
Jun 24 2019 // The Arkansas River remains too high and fast to assess flood damage in the Little Rock area, officials say. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the removal of silt and the restoration of the channel for barge traffic are...
Federal Flood Assistance OK’d for 4 More Oklahoma Counties
Jun 20 2019 // Federal disaster assistance has been approved for four more Oklahoma counties affected by severe storms, flooding and tornadoes last month. Gov. Kevin Stitt said the Federal Emergency Management Agency had added Cherokee,...
Tower Hill Specialty Expands Into Arkansas
Jun 20 2019 // Tower Hill Specialty is now offering manufactured housing and dwelling fire insurance policies in Arkansas. Optional coverage features include equipment breakdown and service line endorsements. The equipment breakdown...
4 Arkansas Counties Cleared to Get Disaster Assistance
Jun 18 2019 // The Federal Emergency Management Agency says four more counties in Arkansas have been approved for disaster assistance as a result of damage from storms and flooding that began May 21. Heavy rains produced record flooding...
Moratorium on Insurance Policy Cancellations in Effect in Arkansas
Jun 17 2019 // The Arkansas Insurance Department at the end of May announced a 60-day moratorium on the cancellation/non-renewal of policies for non-payment of premiums after Gov. Asa Hutchinson declared a State of Emergency due to the...
Officials: Around 600 Tulsa, Oklahoma, Structures Swamped by Floodwaters
Jun 10 2019 // About 600 Tulsa County homes and business were inundated during last week’s historic flooding along the swollen Arkansas River, city officials said. Joe Kralicek, executive director of the Tulsa Area Emergency...
Arkansas Seeking Federal Disaster Declaration for Flooding
Jun 10 2019 // Arkansas’ governor has asked President Donald Trump to declare a major disaster for eight counties that have been hit by historic flooding along the Arkansas River. Gov. Asa Hutchinson asked Trump in a letter dated...
Flooding in Central U.S. Impacts Recreation, Tourism Industries
Jun 10 2019 // As the waters of the swollen Arkansas River rose in Little Rock, and threatened to reach record heights, Samuel Ellis had to make the tough, but prudent, decision to indefinitely shutter kayak rentals from his tour...
50K-Plus New Insurance Producers, Adjusters Licensed in Arkansas Since 2015
Jun 5 2019 // The chief insurance regulator in Arkansas says he has approved more than 50,000 new individual producer and adjuster licenses since his tenure began in January 2015. In a statement released by the Arkansas Insurance...
Flood Clean Up Begins in Oklahoma; Arkansas Awaits River Crest
Jun 3 2019 // Storm-weary residents in Oklahoma were gutting waterlogged homes Sunday as the Arkansas River continued its slow crest rolling hundreds of miles downstream, even as many kept a cautious eye on this week’s weather...
