Local News

June 29, 2020 — The 15th Annual edition of the Stueart Pennington World Championship Running Of The Tubs bathtub races scheduled for July 11 was postponed Monday until 2021 because of the ...Read more

June 29, 2020 New cases down for 5th consecutive day, but Arkansas crosses the 20,000 total case mark. Here is the recap from today’s briefing: • There were 439 new Covid-19 ...Read more

  June 22, 2020 – The City of Hot Springs and Scenic Hill Solar will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the first of multiple power plant sites in Hot Springs on Thursday, June 25 at ...Read more

June 16, 2020 – With a one-week jump from six active cases to 26, Garland County is trending in the wrong direction; but the area’s increase in cases has not translated to a rise in ...Read more

  June 9, 2020 – With only four positive test results in the past week and currently only six active cases in Garland County, the Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force is pleased ...Read more

  June 2, 2020 – As northern parts of the state are experiencing spikes in COVID-19 cases, Garland County and most of the southwest quadrant of the state seem to be fortunate, as active ...Read more

  May 14, 2020 – A new COVID-19 drive-thru testing site is opening Friday, May 15, in the Walmart parking lot located at 1601 Albert Pike Road, with tests to be offered at no cost to the ...Read more

  May 12, 2020 – With only five active COVID-19 cases and the rate of positive test results this past week falling to just .2%, the early and robust testing in Garland County seem to be ...Read more

2020 Version of World Championship Running Of The Tubs Bathtub Races Now Scheduled for July 11 on Bathhouse Row As City Welcomes Visitors to Return for ‘Cleanest Event in State’ May 11, 2020 ...Read more

  May 11, 2020 – The downtown water fountains have been dyed blue in honor of National Police Week, May 11 – 15, and in appreciation of the officers at the Hot Springs Police Department ...Read more