In the second of our series on the launch of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Arkansas, we look at our state’s unique approach to Medicaid expansion.
For more information visit Arkansas Health Connector at http://hbe.arkansas.gov
Ozarks At Large
In the first of our five-part series on the deployment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Jacqueline Froelich explains how the law will work in Arkansas.
On this special Roots Festival Edition of Ozarks from the Fayetteville Public Library, the Del McCourry Band, Iris DeMent and Joe Crookston play some tunes for our live studio audience. And we learn about the burgeoning craft brewery scene in NWA and more.
Ahead on Ozarks: from the archives, excerpts from an interview with the recently deceased Mariam McPartland, recorded in Fayetteville in 1990. Plus, the Cooperative Emergency Outreach moves into a new building after temporarily closing last fall. And, an update on White Nose Syndrome; the fungus that causes the disease has been found in Arkansas.
Becca Martin Brown’s daughter will participate in the Second Northwest Arkansas Angel’s Pageant in Bentonville.
A mother-daughter duo turned a hobby into a business, then turned a need into an economic incubator. Christina Thomas has more on the locally made clothing line From Jane.Robert Ginsburg talked to Marian McPartland when she visited Fayetteville in 1990.
In late July federal and state wildlife authorities announced a fungus which is killing cave-dwelling bats across the eastern U.S. has been detected in a private cave in Baxter County and at Devils Den State Park west of Winslow. We take a field trip to learn the implications. 
Dozens of people attended a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning at Cooperative Emergency Outreach's new location at 1649 E. Huntsville in Fayetteville.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about retailers early plans for the holiday season and a change in responsibilities for Fort Smith's city administration.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks at Large, the Affordable Care Act and the Marshalese population of Northwest Arkansas: Jacqueline Froelich has that report. Plus, the Rock City Times is Arkansas' second most unreliable news source. We'll talk to Greg Henderson, the man behind the satirical news site.
The Northwest Arkansas Polo Club's season is underway in Bentonville.
Dr. Estes from Mercy's Bella Vista clinic discusses how to protect yourself against heat, ticks, and more.
A new theatre group brings a new take on Romeo and Juliet at the Gulley Park Gazebo and it promises to be good fun.
Snake Eyes and the Bug Band will perform this afternoon at 2:00 at the Fayetteville Public Library. Here, the band performs “Sew What You Reap”
Here are our ten clips celebrating horse for our Sunday Montage:
1. The Rolling Stones cannot be dragged away by Wild Horses.
2. Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet.
3. Michael Martin Murphy climbed the charts with Wildfire.
4. Alan Young can't seem to figure out it is Mr. Ed's birthday.
5. Cliff Nobles & Company perform the instrumental EVERY high school band in north Arkansas played at halftime in the 1970s, The Horse.
6. The Marx Brothers crack wise in the funniest horse racing movie ever made, A Day at the Races.
7. Lyle Lovett praises Trigger in If I Had a Boat.
8. The masked man rides Silver at the beginning of The Lone Ranger.
9. Hailee Steinfeld and Dakin Matthews negotiate in the latest film version of Charles Portis' True Grit. (A blast of Arkansas)
10, And we end with a double-blast of Arkansas as Arkie native Johnny Cash sings Tennessee Stud, written by Arkie native Jimmy Driftwood.
Apologies to: U2, Patti Smith, Seabiscuit, the band America, Black Beauty, Echo and the Bunnymen, War Horse and that big fake horse rolled into Troy. Maybe next time.
