August 9 Morning update by Arkansas News Now

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Listen to the August 9th morning update from the Arkansas Now Newsroom: 

Blytheville authorities make multiple arrests in connection with copper wire thefts; Arkansas State Representative Charlene Fite announces she will not seek reelection, among five others. 

Renee Mallory appointed to Arkansas Secretary of Health position; Attorney General Tim Griffin announces his office will move to historic building in downtown Little Rock; Sunken Lands Songwriting Circle is this Saturday at Riceland Hall in Jonesboro.  

Contractor killed in Blytheville Tuesday; Nearly 82,000 Arkansans lost Medicaid coverage in July; Clinton Foundation announces major expansion of Clinton Presidential Center. 

Arkansas Drug Director, Tom Fisher, warning Arkansans of drug more powerful than Fentanyl; Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin asks judge to dismiss a lawsuit against a law banning several hemp products, including Delta 8.