Latest Arkansas Headlines
All the headlines from our Arkansas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Number of Smokers in Arkansas Drops by 84K Since 2002
Aug 12 2008 // State health officials say Arkansas’ smoking rate has dropped in recent years in part because of the state’s ban on smoking in workplaces and increased awareness of the dangers of smoking. The Arkansas...
Arkansas Forestry Commission: Fire Danger High
Aug 4 2008 // A tanker airplane has been used to dump water on six different fires in southern and central Arkansas, the state Forestry Commission said Aug. 1, warning that the danger of wildfires is now very high. Sixteen Arkansas...
Former Insurance Offices to Become Arkansas Black History Museum
Jul 31 2008 // An insurance business incorporated in 1883 by two former slaves when segregation laws and white businesses considered blacks nearly invisible opens with fanfare this fall as a new state museum to honor African-American...
South Arkansas Farmers Report Fuel Thefts
Jul 1 2008 // As fuel costs keep climbing, farmers and police say thieves are beginning to target off-road diesel tanks kept in fields throughout south Arkansas. In Desha County, about 3,000 gallons of off-road diesel have been reported...
Weather Is a Big Deal in South Central States
Jun 16 2008 // Well before the June 1 start of hurricane season claims costs from weather related damages were on a steady climb across the South Central states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and Louisiana. Late May, early June hailstorms...
Arkansas College Sued After Backing Out of Caged Fury Tournament
Jun 11 2008 // An entertainment company is suing Hendrix College saying the private school in Conway, Ark., backed out of a deal to allow a “Caged Fury” tournament on campus. Bone Krusher Entertainment Inc. made a deal with...
It Figures
Jun 2 2008 // $94,614,453.59 Arkansas has racked up nearly $95 million in insured losses from four major storm systems that hit the state so far this year. May 10 storms caused $17,150,530.56 in damages, the Arkansas Insurance...
Declarations
Jun 2 2008 // A Crime Epidemic “The increasing value of copper has made it a valuable commodity, and subsequently an attractive target for criminals. … This is a crime happening throughout the state, and it’s costing...
Damages Mount – again – In Storm-battered South Central States
May 19 2008 // Storms have caused more than $3 billion in damages this year, insurance group says As the town of Picher, Okla., began to climb out of the wreckage of the deadly tornadoes that swept across Southeastern Oklahoma, Missouri...
South Central Workers’ Comp Markets Show Signs of Improvement
May 19 2008 // Arkansas Workers’ comp premium rates in Arkansas will continue on the declining path they have followed since the state passed workers’ compensation legislative reform in 1993, when a 12.8 percent rate decrease...
Liability Costs for Long Term Care Industry Stabilize, Aon Reports
May 13 2008 // An Aon Corp. analysis of liability in the long term care industry found for the first time in nine years of reporting that liability costs are stable on a national average basis. The study found that average general...
Damages Mount, Again, in Storm-battered South Central States
May 13 2008 // As the town of Picher, Okla., begins to climb out of the wreckage of the deadly tornado that swept across Southeastern Oklahoma and into Missouri and beyond over the May 10 weekend, some are predicting that the town may...
7 Die in Arkansas Storms, Raising Year’s Weather-Related Death Toll
May 5 2008 // Residents of communities across Arkansas on May 2 faced the wreckage of homes torn apart by violent weather that has pushed this year’s storm death toll in the southern state up to 26. “You can see the bags...
Ark. Regulators: MLK Director Made Misrepresentations in Auto Claims
May 1 2008 // The new director of Arkansas’ Martin Luther King Commission made misrepresentations in insurance claims for traffic accidents tied to an insurance fraud ring, according to a circuit court case filed by the Arkansas...
Historic Arkansas Museum Closing Because of Tornado Damage
Apr 30 2008 // Baxter County Heritage Museum in Gassville, Ark., damaged by a tornado while closed for its winter break, will not reopen in the historic building it has occupied for eight years. Officials say a new site will be sought in...
Workers’ Compensation Rates Continue to Decline in Arkansas
Apr 24 2008 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced a decrease in workers’ compensation rates effective July 1, 2008. Since the passage of an all-encompassing workers’ compensation legislative...
Arkansas Gov. Says State is Losing $4.3M in Workforce Funding
Apr 22 2008 // Arkansas is losing $4.3 million in federal money already allocated for workforce training programs, Gov. Mike Beebe said. Beebe provided details of the cut in his pre-recorded radio address, released April 18. The move by...
Spring Storms Hammer Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas
Apr 21 2008 // Damage estimates continue to pile up Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas have been hammered numerous times this Spring with violent storms that produced tornadoes, hail, heavy rain and floods, and the damages are...
New Markets
Apr 21 2008 // The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Liquor Liability Coverage Nuts &...
Ark. Gov.: Agricultural Damage Heavy After Persistent Flooding
Apr 16 2008 // Arkansas’ emergency management chief says rising flood waters may undo the cleanup and repairs some homes and regions have already completed after more than a month of flooding. “Some areas we’ve surveyed...
