While the number of liquor stores are limited based on population, there is not a limit to the number of beer and wine permits. Out of the 75 counties here in Arkansas, 44 are wet and 31 are dry.

Dry counties are home to approximately 1.7 million ... The sale of alcohol is prohibited in 34 of the 75 counties in Arkansas, home to 32.3% of Arkansas’ population — the largest such share ...

High wind speeds, low humidity, and dry conditions are ... According to the Arkansas Forestry Division, as of Friday, nearly ...

Arkansas’s alcohol laws, cemented in 1935 with a small set of “wet” counties (mostly in urban areas and the Delta) and a larger set of “dry” counties, were under much debate over the ...

Efforts are underway to legalize alcohol sales in two dry counties in western Arkansas. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. supports it, but some liquor store owners in nearby wet counties don't. Crawford and ...

“In this decade, dry counties have grown 166 percent of the ... That estimate states that the number of people living in Arkansas grew 8.1 percent in the same time period. Teed also took issue ...

Dry and warm conditions are expected to continue as officials in Arkansas have declared a statewide high wildfire danger warning and burn bans have been issued in 63 counties as of Wednesday ...

Arkansas liquor stores have allied with religious leaders to fight statewide legalization of alcohol sales. The stores in wet counties don’t want to lose customers. The churches don’t want to ...

Over 30 counties have a burn ban in effect as sunny, dry conditions are set to continue in Arkansas, as of Wednesday morning. Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to ...

ARKANSAS, USA — As Arkansas moves into drier weather, the concern for wildfires has grown. The Arkansas Department of Agriculture said this year has been pretty typical for wildfires in the ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Twenty-one counties were under ... during our current hot and dry weather conditions. The entire northern and western portion of Arkansas remains under a risk for wildfire ...