Covid-19 mitigation work continues at Washington County Detention Center

A covid-19 mitigation expansion project at the Washington County Detention Center is proceeding and expected to to be completed by October 2026, according to the sheriff's office, but critics say the ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Officials reject fiscal impact study on Washington County jail covid project

FAYETTEVILLE -- County officials on Tuesday rejected a request for a fiscal impact statement on the covid mitigation project at the Washington County Detention Center. The Quorum Court's Finance and ...
The Inlander

As vaccination rates lag in rural northeast Washington, health officials fear COVID 'onslaught'

S am Artzis is exhausted. As both an emergency room doctor and the public health officer in rural northeast Washington, he's spent more than a year trying to convince people to take COVID-19 seriously ...