TEXARKANA, Ark. (AP) – Sevier County officials say voters could be asked to approve a higher sales tax to subsidize the construction of a hospital after the county’s lone facility shut down last month.
Since the De Queen Medical Center Inc. closed, residents have had to travel at least 30 miles (50 kilometers) for medical care.
The Texarkana Gazette reports the county’s Rural Development Authority
chairman said Thursday that building a hospital would ensure the community has access to health care.
Sevier County officials say they’re uncertain how much the sales tax would
need to be hiked or when it would be put on the ballot.
An online sales tax handbook guide shows that the current sales tax rate in De Queen, Arkansas, is 9.625 percent, with Sevier County receiving slightly more than 2 percent.
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