The City of Conway will begin building the city’s 25th roundabout on Monday, February 25th.

The intersection of Chestnut Street and Van Ronkle Street in downtown Conway will be closed to thru traffic from Monday, February 25th to Monday, March 4th.

The 15th Annual Midsouth Summit Black Expo, presented by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, will celebrate Black History Month by bringing together the community for a day of health education, business empowerment, entertainment and shopping.

Tomorrow’s Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Arkansas in Searcy has been rescheduled due to the projected severe weather.

The event will now take place on Monday night starting at 7:00pm. Registration begins at 6:30pm.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission unanimously approved updates to the AGFC Code of Regulations concerning the possession, breeding, sale and importation of captive wildlife species at its regularly scheduled meeting Thursday.

The Arkansas Agriculture Department’s State Plant Board voted at a public hearing and special board meeting on February 20th to approve regulatory changes for application of dicamba herbicides on dicamba-tolerant crops in Arkansas. 

Provisions in a new law passed with the support of Arkansas U.S. Senator John Boozman stand to deliver numerous benefits for Arkansas for the remainder of the government’s Fiscal Year 2019. The bill funds federal agencies, including the Departments of Homeland Security, Transportation, Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, State, Treasury and Justice and contains measures advancing many of the Natural State’s priorities and interests.

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has established the Institute for Digital Health & Innovation, and named Curtis Lowery, M.D., as its director.

Lowery is founder and medical director of the UAMS Center for Distance Health. He also served for many years as chair of the UAMS Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in the College of Medicine.