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Lactation rooms now available on A-State campus
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT/Edited News Release) - A new addition at Arkansas State University will make life easier for nursing mothers. Eight lactation rooms are now available in spaces across campus. “The need for these spaces really comes down to removing barriers for mothers who are trying to balance school, work...
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St. Bernards Now Provides Region’s Only 24/7 Stroke Care Coverage
Jonesboro, AR – Contributed – St. Bernards Medical Center announced that it now offers 24/7 neurointerventional stroke coverage, the only hospital in northeast Arkansas and southeast Missouri to offer this level of life-saving care. The announcement comes with the arrival of Interventional Neurologist Bhageeradh “Bhagee” Mulpur, M.D. to...
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Toxic Algae Warning Issued for Lake Poinsett
Harrisburg, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – State officials are urging the public to stay out of the water at Lake Poinsett after confirming the presence of a harmful algal bloom. The Arkansas Division of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued an official advisory for the Poinsett County lake Thursday,...
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St. Bernards now provides region’s only 24/7 stroke care coverage
JONESBORO, Ark. — St. Bernards Medical Center announced that it now offers 24/7 neurointerventional stroke coverage, the only hospital in northeast Arkansas and southeast Missouri to offer this level of life-saving care. The announcement comes with the arrival of Interventional Neurologist Bhageeradh “Bhagee” Mulpur, M.D. to St. Bernards. Dr....
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Forrest City Medical Center transitioning to nonprofit hospital
FORREST CITY —The Forrest City Medical Center is currently in the process of transitioning to a nonprofit hospital. That process should be completed by this fall. The hospital’s parent company, Quorum Health, is working with QKA Health Corporation, which does business as Healthside Partners, to complete the transition.
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-Paragould Receives Five Awards for Heart and Stroke Care
Paragould, AR – Contributed – Baptist Memorial Hospital-Paragould has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines — Stroke Bronze, Rural Stroke Silver, Rural Coronary Artery Disease STEMI Gold, Rural Coronary Artery Disease NSTE-ACS Bronze and Coronary Artery Disease STEMI Referring Bronze Plus awards for delivering high-quality stroke and cardiovascular care to patients in Paragould and surrounding rural communities.
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St. Bernards adds 24/7 stroke care with new surgeon
JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - St. Bernards Medical Center announced Friday its neurointerventional suite is now running 24/7 after adding neurointerventional surgeon Bahgee Mulpur to its staff in late July. Mulpur said patients can now get the same level of stroke and vascular care they’d expect in much bigger cities.
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Vital Link EMS unveils new brand identity, but says its mission remains the same
Vital Link EMS ambulances are getting a new look, but the nonprofit says the people inside them — and its commitment to the communities it serves — aren’t changing. The organization is introducing a new brand identity, including a refreshed logo, new colors, and updated ambulance graphics that will begin appearing throughout the communities it serves in the coming months.
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CrossRidge physical therapy moving to larger location
WYNNE — As previously reported, the physical therapy department of St. Bernards CrossRidge Community Hospital will be moving to the old Hibbett Sports location at the Oakwood Shopping Center. Robert Brawner, director of rehab services at CrossRidge, said the department simply needs more room. “I think what I’m in...
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Northeast Arkansas Hospitals Prepare for Another Financial Squeeze as Medicaid Changes Loom
Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – For Northeast Arkansas residents, the most important question surrounding the sweeping changes to Medicaid may not be what happens to the program in Washington. It may be what happens in the hospital down the street. Hospital executives at both NEA Baptist...
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Craig Earley Named CEO of NEA Baptist as Sam Lynd Moves to Memphis
JONESBORO, Ark. — Craig Earley has been named administrator and CEO of NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital as part of a series of leadership changes announced by Baptist Memorial Health Care. Earley succeeds Sam Lynd, who has been appointed administrator and CEO of Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis, the health care system’s...
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Northeast Arkansas Hospitals Prepare for Another Financial Squeeze as Medicaid Changes Loom
Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – For Northeast Arkansas residents, the most important question surrounding the sweeping changes to Medicaid may not be what happens to the program in Washington. It may be what happens in the hospital down the street. Hospital executives at both NEA Baptist...
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NEA Baptist Names New CEO as Former Moves to Lead Memphis Flagship Hospital
Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – Baptist Memorial Health Care announced major leadership transitions recently, including a new chief executive at NEA Baptist Memorial Hospital and the promotion of its former leader to head the health system’s flagship facility in Memphis. According to a news release,...
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Baptist Health Mobile Health Unit Offering Free Screenings in Jonesboro in September
Jonesboro, AR – Jonesboro Right Now – The Baptist Health Mobile Health Unit has unveiled its late summer and early fall screening schedule, and it will be making a stop in Jonesboro. The mobile unit is part of Baptist Health Community Outreach, which aims to provide accessible healthcare...
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A look at Memphis two years after xAI data center’s construction
In June of 2024, the Greater Memphis Chamber announced that xAI would be creating a facility in South Memphis in the building of the former Electrolux facility. Two years later, Memphis is still home to Elon Musk’s supercomputers, Colossus and Colossus Two — the second opening a year after the first.
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2026 AMP Champions of Healthcare: David Fox, White River Health
Like many healthcare organizations in Arkansas, attracting and retaining quality personnel is an operational priority and ongoing challenge for Batesville-based White River Health and its subsidiary Stone County Medical Center in Mountain View. Fortunately, said David Fox, vice president of operations at White River Health and administrator at Stone County Medical Center, once he gets a prospective employee to Mountain View for an interview, the town and surrounding area practically sell themselves.
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Progress being made on Wynne wastewater treatment plant
WYNNE — Wynne Water Utilities General Manager Blake Marotti said two of the three buildings that are part of the rebuild of the wastewater treatment plant are now complete, and the third is already beginning to take shape. Utility commissioners toured the site following their July meeting. Marotti told...