Lincoln County receives grant for road project

Lincoln County has received a $100,000 Arkansas Unpaved Road Grant that will be used for work on the Boston Road project. According to the Lincoln Ledger Newspaper, work will include replacing culverts, new pipes, ditch work and more. County Judge Buddy Earnest said during a... Read More.

Grant county to host COVID-19 testing event

Grant county will host a COVID-19 testing event on July 23 from 3-7 p.m. at the Sheridan Parks and Recreation Center located at 1511 South Rose Street according to a press release from the Arkansas Department of Health. Anyone can be tested regardless of whether... Read More.
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Motorcyclist killed, one injured in Grant County accident

A Grant County man was killed and a second injured in a two-vehicle traffic accident on Highway 46 Thursday afternoon. According to a preliminary report from the Arkansas State Police, Phillip Baldwin, 66, of Sheridan was westbound on Highway 46 riding a Honda Valkarie motorcycle... Read More.

Public vote can help UAMS win grant

LITTLE ROCK — A culinary nutritionist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) is a finalist for a $20,000 grant to help take a UAMS culinary program into the wider community — and the public can vote to help select the three... Read More.
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Pine Bluff Transit gets $2.2 million Federal grant

LITTLE ROCK — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA)  announced Thursday a $2.2 million grant award to Pine Bluff Transit as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, signed by President Donald J. Trump on March 27, 2020. Pine Bluff Transit will use the grant funds for transit operations, capital expenses, preventive maintenance, paratransit, and services and equipment... Read More.

UAMS Researcher to use grant to study food insecurity and diabetes

FAYETTEVILLE – A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) researcher recently received a $991,145 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to study the nutritional health of low-income individuals with type 2 diabetes. Christopher Long, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the Department of... Read More.
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UAMS receives grant for digital health education

LITTLE ROCK — The South Central Telehealth Resource Center at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS), has received $825,000 in federal funding to expand digital health education and support for health care providers in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are excited... Read More.
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Jefferson Regional gets grant for COVID-19 testing

  Jefferson Regional has received a grant from the Blue & You Foundation for a Healthier Arkansas that will allow for faster COVID-19 testing. The grant, in the amount of $122,093, will be used to expand COVID-19 testing capabilities and implement rapid testing that will provide... Read More.

Governor announces $10 million grant for rural hospitals

By Ray King Governor Asa Hutchinson on Saturday announced that the state will provide $10 million to assist rural hospitals who are struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic. At his daily press conference, the governor said the funds will go to 27 different rural hospitals in... Read More.
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