Fayetteville City Board of Health members met to discuss the surge of new COVID-19 cases in northwest Arkansas, ways to protect U of A and public school students returning to classes next month, and being shackled by the Republican-majority state legislature which bans cities and counties from issuing protective COVID measures.
Fayetteville Health Board Grapples with Summer COVID Outbreak
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