Navy budget proposes decommissioning USS Little Rock after five years; Arkansas' new COVID-19 cases decline, as active cases fall; FBI officials warn about threat of ransomware; City of Conway gets first strategic plan; Marker remembers Black man lynched in Little Rock in 1927

State's coronavirus case count jumps by 289, most in more than two weeks; Arkansas Scholarship Lottery revenues fall $3.5 million from May 2020; Court will rehear arguments over state law requiring vendors not to boycott Israel; Governor's School returning to Russellville through 2024; Little Rock River Market welcomes back Movies in the Park

Arkansas reports twelve more coronavirus hospitalizations, raising total to level last seen in mid-March; Three-judge panel blocks Missouri abortion law, inspiring challengers of Arkansas laws; Tyson Foods sets goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050; Grenade found in Conway residential area; State giving $17 million for expansion at Fort Smith air base

College coach McDonnell dies at 82; Government OKs 3% merit pay raises to state employees; Covid cases in Arkansas up 231; Finance board votes on insurance recommendation

State covid hospitalizations fall to lowest level since May; Teacher Retirement System’s investments increase; UA department leader takes new job; Appeals judge seeks reelection

Health Department reports zero daily COVID-19 deaths, fewer active cases and hospitalizations; Effort begins to track coronavirus vaccination rates at colleges ahead of fall semester; Home of longtime Little Rock community activist hit with gunfire; Warning issued on catalytic converter thefts; Greers Ferry boat accident kills one boater, injures another

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sees I-40 bridge, talks infrastructure needs; U.S. Air Force chooses Fort Smith base for future F-35 fighter planes; Mississippi County farmer cleared of contempt-of-court charges over dicamba comments; covid hospitalizations in state reach two-week low; two bodies found in Bentonville house fire

Strong month for Arkansas general revenue pushes fiscal year surplus to record level; Tyson Foods' president, chief executive officer resigns; Veterans Affairs releases report on pathologist convicted of manslaughter; Arkansas adds 242 new coronavirus cases; Man pleads guilty to fatal 2019 shooting in Craighead County

Board recommends health insurance premium increase for state employees and retirees; State covid cases rise by 69; NLR plans to buy bus station; Paws in Prison comes to women's unit

North Little Rock Memorial Day ceremony held in-person; Fundraising effort launched for Gravette man charged in Capitol riot; Arkansas records 30 new covid cases; Act seeks creation of arts, culture and tech database