As we enter the seventh month of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting Arkansas, KUAF has decided to sunset regular updates to the COVID-19 Updates and Local…

Sept. 11, 2020 4:00 p.m. — Hosting his daily coronavirus press briefing in Mena on the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain campus in Mena, Arkansas…

Sept. 9, 2020 2:00 p.m. — During today's daily COVID-19 briefing, Gov. Asa Hutchinson reported the state has 66,406 positive cases, an increase of 385…

Sept. 8, 2020 2:25 p.m. — During today's daily COVID-19 briefing, Gov. Asa Hutchinson reported the state has 66,021 positive cases, an increase of 294…

September 4, 2020 3 p.m. — Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson at his daily coronavirus press briefing on Friday, staged at Unity Health White County…

Arkansas' new cases of COVID-19 increased by 969 in the last 24 hours. 211 of those cases were diagnosed in Washington County. At Thursday's Arkansas…

Sept. 2, 2020 2:16 p.m. — During today's daily COVID-19 briefing, Gov. Asa Hutchinson reported the state has 62,112 positive cases, an increase of 615…

Sept. 1, 2020 2:26 p.m. — During today's daily COVID-19 briefing, Gov. Asa Hutchinson reported the state has 61,497 positive cases, an increase of 273…

Aug. 31, 2020 2:26 p.m. — Today is International Opioid Awareness Day and during today's daily COVID-19 briefing, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced the…

August 28, 2020 3:30 p.m. -- Arkansas’s cases of COVID-19 increased by 838 during the recent 24-hour testing period and there have now been 59,583…