Stories from Friday, August 7, 2020

Arkansas’s bear population has made the news on more than one occasion in the last few weeks. Arkansas Game and Fish Biologists have had to relocate some black bears from a few towns in The Natural State recently, with one even taking a stroll on the University of Arkansas’s campus. The uptick in sightings is fairly common for this time of the year, but there are a few things people can do to help keep these wild animals in the woods and out of trouble...

Poinsett County has had 217 active cases (up 27 from Wednesday and 44 from Tuesday) with 77 cases still being active. There have been 137 recoveries, three deaths and 2,553 negative tests.