George Jared
George Jared is a reporter for Talk Business & Politics.
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Craighead County has had 4,432 confirmed cases with 40 deaths, the ADH reported. In addition to surges in new cases, school districts throughout Northeast Arkansas have been identified as in the “red zone” for new cases, according to the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement.
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The COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the Natural State and since mid-September the transmission rate in Northeast Arkansas has been the highest in the state, according to the Arkansas Department of Health. The growth rate in the region was 7.4% from Sept. 13-19. It outpaced central Arkansas, which had a growth rate of 5.7%.
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Dicamba Task Force charged with providing the Arkansas State Plant Board with a recommendation about the use of the controversial herbicide, will...