Tow Service Advisory Committee meeting on Dec. 12

The City of Hot Springs Tow Service Advisory Committee will meet at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 12, in the Board Chambers at City Hall, 133 Convention Boulevard, to consider a recommendation to the Board of Directors on a proposal to amend the private towing ...

Transit buses to stop for Christmas parade

On Monday, Dec. 4, the Hot Springs Intracity Transit will have the last bus leave the Transportation Depot at 5:10 p.m. and all Transit routes will stop at 6 p.m. due to the Oaklawn Rotary 2023 Christmas Parade.

Press Release- NLC City Summit 2023

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

November 28, 2023

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Courtney Kizer, Public Information DirectorCity of Hot Springs, AR · www.cityhs.net

501.321.6806 · ckizer@cityhs.net 

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Planning Commission public hearing on Dec. 14

The Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 14, in the Board Chambers at City Hall, 133 Convention Boulevard, to consider the following:

• 1020 Burchwood Bay Rd. – Preliminary Subdivision and Development Plan Appl...

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Streetlight Outage

Reporting streetlight outages has now gotten easier! If you see a streetlight out, go to Entergy's website at http://www.myentergy.com/s/reportoutage and follow the easy steps!

HS/GC COVID Task Force: County’s COVID numbers flatten or increase following steady decline

After a steady decline in most of the COVID-19 metrics for Garland County, there was a flattening or an increase in the numbers for the week of Oct. 2 – 9, County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby shared in his weekly update to the Hot Springs/Garl...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: County’s COVID-19 numbers level off after rise

After a rise in Garland County’s COVID-19 metrics the week before last, County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby is hopeful the numbers for the week of Sept. 4 – 11 are what will be a leveling off.  

In his weekly update to the Ho...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: County’s Covid numbers remain steady

Garland County’s Covid-19 numbers are “leveling off,” but there is “no evidence that it is going away,” County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby wrote in his weekly update to the Hot Springs/Garland County Co...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: County’s Covid numbers ‘leveling off’

Garland County’s Covid-19 numbers are “leveling off,” but there is “no evidence that it is going away,” County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby wrote in his weekly update to the Hot Springs/Garland County Co...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Covid upward trend slows

For the first time in the past six weeks, Garland County’s new positive Covid cases and active cases for the week of July 10 – 17 are less than they were in the corresponding weeks of 2021, according to County Health Officer Dr. Gene S...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Statistics tracking with 2021 July surge

Garland County continues to see increasing numbers of new Covid-positive and active cases, and County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby said the numbers are tracking very closely to last year’s July surge.

“In addition to having more peopl...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Garland County’s recent statistics likely low

Garland County’s Covid-19 upward trend leveled off according to the past week’s statistics, but County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby said the data that will come out next week should provide a clearer picture.

“I don&rsqu...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Garland County’s COVID statistics continue to rise

Garland County’s COVID-19 statistics are continuing their upward trend, but not as rapidly as previous weeks, according to County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby.

The Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force is only meeting as needed during ...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Garland County’s active cases double in two weeks

Garland County’s COVID-19 statistics are trending with the rest of the state – rising numbers of new and active cases, but no significant increases of serious illness or death – according to County Health Officer Dr. Gene She...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Booster shots recommended as active cases and hospitalizations climb

With the continued prevalence of active COVID-19 cases in Garland County, County Health Officer Dr. Shelby is encouraging anyone eligible for a booster shot to get one.

The Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force is only meeting as needed during the...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: COVID numbers continue to climb in Garland County

Garland County continues to see rising numbers of COVID-19.

The Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force is only meeting as needed during the summer months, but Shelby provides his weekly COVID-19 statistic update electronically to the group on Tuesd...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Garland County sees continued rise in active cases, but none hospitalized

Garland County’s number of active COVID-19 cases has risen for the third-straight week, nearly doubling in the past two weeks, according to County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby.  

The Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force is on...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: County seeing ‘gradual uptick’ in COVID cases

After six weeks of stable COVID-19 statistics in Garland County, there seems to be a gradual uptick with last week’s numbers higher than they have been in two months, County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby shared with the Hot Springs/Garland Coun...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Garland County sees uptick in active cases while other metrics remain flat

Although Garland County’s COVID-19 metrics primarily stayed on the same trajectory as the past five weeks, active cases increased to their highest mark in two months.

The Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force is meeting monthly and did n...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Garland County’s COVID metrics remain flat

Garland County’s metrics continued at the same rate as the past month for the week of April 24 – May 1, according to County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby.

The Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force is meeting monthly and did no...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Garland County’s COVID metrics remain flat

Despite statewide increases in new and active COVID-19 cases, for the third straight week Garland County’s metrics continue to be flat, according to County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby.

The Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force is meet...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Garland County’s COVID metrics remain stable

The COVID-19 metrics continue to be very stable for Hot Springs and Garland County, according to County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby.

The Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force is meeting monthly and did not convene this week, but Shelby provided...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Garland County ‘in a good place’ with COVID, but rising cases possible

Garland County’s COVID statistics have dropped down to levels not seen in almost two years, according to County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby, but he thinks it is unlikely the pandemic has reached its end.

“There are some comparisons w...

Garland County’s COVID metrics remain low

The COVID-19 metrics for Hot Springs and Garland County continue to look good, according to County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby.

The Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force is meeting monthly and did not convene this week, but Shelby provided his ...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Garland County’s active cases increase slightly for the second straight week

Following eight weeks of declining active COVID-19 cases in Garland County, the number rose a second straight week.

The Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force is meeting monthly and did not convene this week, but Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby prov...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Active case count increases slightly after eight-week decline

After eight weeks of declining active cases in Garland County, the number rose to 25 as of Monday, March 21, an increase of four from a week prior.

The Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force is meeting monthly and did not convene this week, but Hea...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Active cases and hospitalizations reach low levels

Although some of the area’s COVID-19 statistics continue to fluctuate week to week, the main indicators of the status of the pandemic – the number of active cases and those requiring hospitalization – are staying in steady de...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: COVID statistics continue decline

According to Garland County Health Officer Dr. Gene Shelby at the Feb. 28 meeting of the Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force, “we can be happy where we are at and hopeful this trend will continue and feel good about our community’s response.“

Sh...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: New COVID cases and positivity show significant drops

Garland County’s COVID-19 statistics continued to improve for the week of Feb. 6 – 13, with the positivity rate and active case count both dropping around 50% from the previous week.

Despite these advances, County Health Officer Dr. Gen...

HS/GC COVID Task Force: Community facing ‘major crises’ from COVID Delta variant

With a near ten-fold increase in Garland County’s COVID-19 active cases in the past five weeks, Dr. Gene Shelby gave a stark report at the virtual meeting of the Hot Springs/Garland County COVID-19 Task Force meeting on Monday, July 26.

“We’ve gone from 63...