Face Covering Required on Intracity Transit
April 27, 2020 – As of 6:00 a.m., Monday, April 27, all Intracity Transit passengers must use a face covering at all times while on the bus. This can be a disposable mask, a cloth mask, a ...Read more
Local News
COVID-19 Testing in Garland County Continues to Mitigate the Spread
April 21, 2020 – The coordinated efforts of the Hot Springs/Garland County Call Center, hospitals and clinics and city and county authorities who are acquiring testing kits and supplies, ...Read more
Garland County Testing More Per Capita Than Any County in the State
April 14, 2020 – At the virtual meeting of the Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force on April 13, the rise in confirmed cases in Garland County was attributed to the county’s ...Read more
Area First Responders Bracing for Projected Late-April COVID-19 Peak
March 7, 2020 – At the virtual meeting of the Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force on Monday, April 6, local hospital and first-responder representatives reported they are hopeful the ...Read more
Burn Ban Partially Lifted
County Judge Darryl Mahoney on Tuesday issued an executive order that reduces the scope of a countywide burn ban put into place on March 18 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, leaving it in ...Read more
Task Force: Non-emergency Callers Should Call COVID-19 Hotline
March 30, 2020 – Reiterating the importance of COVID-19 non-emergency callers using the local hotline, steps taken by hospitals in Hot Springs to prepare for the possibility of an increase in ...Read more
If One Person In A Family Has The Coronavirus, Safety Measures Can Keep Everyone Else Safe
Let’s face it — all of us are a bit panicked right now. With new information about COVID-19 being released every hour, many of us don’t know if we’ll be stuck at home for weeks — or ...Read more
Local Authorities Bracing for Rise in COVID-19 Cases
March 23, 2020 – The Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force met this morning, March 23, 2020, to continue to coordinate efforts in what is anticipated to be a continued rise in ...Read more
Don’t Flush That!
March 20, 2020 – With the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Garland County, the Hot Springs Utilities Department would like to remind our homebound residents of the dangers of flushing disinfecting ...Read more
Local Call Center & Evaluation Clinics Operational
March 19, 2020 – The Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 call center is available at 501-760-4307, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, as a first line of triage in an effort not to overrun our ...Read more
