Pam Jones, principal and chief strategist for Culturally Connected Communications in Little Rock. (Kerry Prichard)
The clicking clock of COVID-19 led Arkansas health officials to bypass typical competitive bidding procedures in awarding $8 million in advertising contracts to three Little Rock marketing firms, officials say, explaining that Gov. Asa Hutchinson’s pandemic emergency order allowed for the expedited process.
The one-year, renewable contracts awarded to the Cranford Co., The Design Group and Culturally Connected Communications were announced in late May, setting off a round of questions from several marketers and ad agencies who said they hadn’t even realized the work was available. The governor’s COVID emergency decree expired at the beginning of June.
Amid increases in new COVID-19 cases in Arkansas, the governor says that the overwhelming majority of those hospitalized with the virus have not been vaccinated.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Amid increases in new COVID-19 cases in Arkansas, the governor says that the overwhelming majority of those hospitalized with the virus have not been vaccinated.
“These vaccines are effective, but we need more Arkansans to get the shot,” Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday on Twitter.
The Arkansas Health Department on Friday reported 302 new confirmed and probable cases of the coronavirus and three additional deaths.
Over the past two weeks, the rolling average number of daily new cases in Arkansas has increased by 97.1, an increase of about 51%, according to researchers from Johns Hopkins University. They say the state rates fifth in the country for new cases per capita.
Baxter Regional Medical Center announced Friday afternoon that it was restricting visitor access to the Cline Emergency Room due to the rapid rise in local
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