Maser, an artist from Ireland, was back in Arkansas to work on another new piece of public art.
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Becca Martin Brown says the first day of October is a good time to become aware of all things Halloween happening for the next 30 days in the region.
The shutdown that went into effect at midnight last night is already impacting operations at Beaver Lake, though more impacts could be felt if the shutdown continues.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, discusses health care and the federal shutdown with John Brummett, political columnist.Governor Mike Beebe speaks about potential effects the federal government shutdown will have on Arkansas, while the state Department of Health works out a deal with the USDA to keep a nutrition program running for now. And the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace begins open enrollment today even with the federal government shutdown in place.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, we meet an emerging Ozarks Marshallese community organizer. Plus, we talk to the author of "Arkansas Late in the Civil War."
Tonya Lewis Lee helped bring Christopher Paul Curtis' novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham to Tv this month. Tonight the film is being shown, for free, at Bentonville High School and today we talked with Ms. lee about the project that premiered earlier this month on the Hallmark Channel.
Years after, and miles south, of the well-known battles of Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, the Civil War continued to be fought in central and southern Arkansas. David E. Casto writes about the fighting in his new book, Arkansas Late in the Civil War.
Melisa Laelan, the state’s first certified Marshallese court interpreter, is also organizing Arkansas’s first islander-operated non-profit group---the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese. Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, December 22, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we visit a local yarn shop to speak with local knitters about how and what they're working on this holiday season. Plus, a discussion with a local man who lost his grandson in the Sandy Hook massacre last December, and how a church reaches out to the community with its healing touch.
…some won’t. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has more information about TheatreSquared’s Tigers Be Still, Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge’s new natural habitat, and more.
Our math expert Dr. Chaim Goodman-Strauss returns to ponder the solution to a puzzle about baseball players, and put us to work on another.
“Poker Face” by Vitamin String Quartet
Dan Craft, special projects reporter for Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, visits KUAF to tell us about his report on convicted sex offenders living in clusters in Fayetteville.
Italian Consul General Hon. Fabrizio Nava visited KUAF’s Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio to discuss cooperation efforts between the state of Arkansas and Italy. Nava is in charge of cooperation efforts in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
“Opening Credits” by John Powell
The two cities announced a plan yesterday to address transportation issues that’ll facilitate economic development in the region.
“Fort Smith” by Art Stamper
