NWA Online10 Aug 2020 Have you noticed there are more bikes on Arkansas roads than ever before, and fewer bikes left in stores? As the number of COVID cases in Arkansas has jumped, thousands of people turned to an activity that naturally offers socially distanced exercise. All of these new riders are a reminder that […]
Photo by Grav Weldon (This is an excerpt from Bill Paddack’s interview with Kat Robinson that was featured in the summer issue of Good Roads magazine.) Kat Robinson is widely recognized across the state for her series of books about Arkansas food, her blog and TV shows on Arkansas PBS. She’s the Natural State’s foodie […]
LITTLE ROCK (04-30) – Officers from the Arkansas Highway Police Division of the Arkansas Department of Transportation (ARDOT) are distributing 100,000 masks to commercial truck drivers at weigh stations and rest areas across the state. This is part of a coordinated effort with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and […]
By Joe Quinn I’d been home alone for days watching the COVID-19 coverage when it became clear I had to break down and make a grocery run or not eat. I drove on empty streets past dark restaurants thinking my neighborhood looked like it was a snow day, but there was no snow or ice […]
Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed Marie Holder of Little Rock as the newest commissioner of the Arkansas State Highway Commission, he announced in a news conference on March 12. Holder will replace the late Tom Schueck, former chairman of the Commission. Holder will serve the remainder of Schueck’s appointment, which will expire January 14, 2021. […]
by Marty Cook, Arkansas BusinessThursday, Feb. 20, 2020 Scott Bennett announced Wednesday he will retire as director of the Arkansas Department of Transportation, effective March 20, and the state’s Highway Commission wasted little time naming Lorie Harris Tudor as his replacement after a special meeting Thursday. Tudor, a 36-year veteran of the department, will be […]