The Arkansas Legislature came to a consensus in Little Rock about how to prevent insurance rates from rising drastically for some Arkansas public school employees. The state health department sets up mass flu clinics in every county across the state. And following the federal government's reopening, new jobless numbers for August are reported.
Ozarks At Large


Here are the ten clips included in our montage salute to 1,000 in honor of our 1,000th edition of Ozarks at Large since it became a daily show in August, 2010.
Apologies to: Arabian Knights (just one too many), anything with millennium in the title, the artist Sala and the 43rd-most populated city in California. Maybe next time.
- Dwight Yoakam with the right amount of twang in A Thousand Miles From Nowhere.
- A small bit from a 1972 commercial for Pfeiffer's Thousand Island salad dressing.
- Bobby Vee sings that The Night Has a Thousand Eyes.
- The trailer for James Cagney's portrayal of Lon Chaney...the Man of a Thousand Faces.
- A mellow classic...If by Bread.
- Genevieve Bujold as the doomed Anne Boleyn in Anne of A Thousand Days.
- The song A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton.
- The Proclaimers sing 500 Miles...but the lyric continues, "...500 more..." adding up to 1000, right?
- Jason Robards yells at his neighbors in the Academy Award-winning film A Thousand Clowns.
- Wilson Pickett's Land of a Thousand Dances.
Apologies to: Arabian Knights (just one too many), anything with millennium in the title, the artist Sala and the 43rd-most populated city in California. Maybe next time.
The fifth annual Eureka Springs' Voices from the Silent City Cemetery Tour, which portrays Depression-era Eureka, is set for Friday and Saturday evenings, October 18th and19th, as well as October 25th and 26th. Jacqueline Froelich provides a preview. For tickets call 479-253-9417.



All are the focus of stories from the past week featured in this morning's Week in Review.


Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, the New Year brings an increased need for nurse practitioners in Arkansas. And 100 CEOs have given their opinions about what they think 2014 may have in store for businesses in Arkansas. Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas, has the results of that survey. Plus some of the first live music in 2014 will be inside: we have a preview of a new festival in Eureka Springs that can be attended in stocking feet.
Medically underserved individuals can secure care at twelve federally qualified community health centers in Arkansas. Some patients pay cash, on a sliding scale based on income. Others are enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid. But under Arkansas’s new Health Care Reform private option, these health centers may see their Medicaid income slashed.
Another incubator for entrepreneurs is hatching in North Little Rock. Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas has more.
"Girl/Boy Song" by Aphex Twin
Jacob Hatley sepnt three years working on his film I Ain’' in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm. He explains why he ended up living in Levon's barn during part of the process.
When Joe Neal is not out in the field counting and taking audio recording of birds, he’s at home—counting and taking audio recording of birds, including some new “folks” in the neighborhood. Joe Neal is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir,” is published by Half-Acre Press.
"In The Deep Shade" by The Frames
Winners in all kinds of competitions have area connections.