Although Spring Break is not over, registration deadlines are nearing for some summer camps.
Ozarks At Large
In the olden days, your local apothecary prepared all your medications. Now, your pharmaceutical industry mass produces everything from prescription Ambien to Xanax.But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the lost art of individualized compounding is undergoing a revival—and more intense review. (Photo: Collier Drug Compounding Lab Staff-- front row left to right: Denise Roark, Jana Evensen, Corrie Stout, Melissa Mashburn, back row: Andrew Mize, Justin Bolinger.)
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas leads a roundtable discussion, which includes newly-elected House Speaker-designate Jeremy Gillam.The design for the Ben Geren Aquatics Park in Fort Smith has been finalized and will soon be let out for bid. And, a journalist that was once critical of the Clintons speaks about the state of the news media.
Ahead on Ozarks, distance education will have a strong presence in a program on the University of Arkansas campus next fall, plus Rogers Little Theatre brings a comedy classic to the stage. We go behind the scenes with The Man Who Came To Dinner.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, makes suggestions for a spring break St. Louis trip.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, how little pieces of blue plastic are being recycled at Mercy hospital. We'll also go to First Tee of Northwest Arkansas in Lowell to find out how golf and life are intricately connected. Plus, we'll hear a song from Elephant Revival recorded in the4 Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Pat Hall, John Stires and Ezra Idlet will be joined by other friends Tuesday night, July 3rd, for the latest concert in the Music on the Mountain series on Mt. Sequoyah.
Elected officials, agencies and advocacy groups across Arkansas evaluate yesterday’s Supreme Court decision regarding President Obama’s healthcare law; today’s the last day for Whirlpool in Fort Smith; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“Black Mandolin Boogie” by Otis Taylor
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art prepares to open its latest exhibition Declaration: Birth of America to the public Saturday. More information is available at www.crystalbridges.org.
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While most states will now have to hustle to meet the January 2014 deadline to set up state health insurance exchanges—marketplaces for individuals and businesses to purchase federally mandated health insurance—Arkansas is way ahead of the curve. We talk with state insurance commissioner, Jay Bradford.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says this weekend is going to be interesting.
