The Washington Regional Medical Center board of directors accepted an offer by the Fayetteville Public Library to purchase the former City Hospital property for $2 million. Arkansas's U.S. Senators are hopeful about passing a farm bill when Congress reconvenes next month. The state's new voter ID law is being implemented by the Arkansas Secretary of State's office. Siloam Springs joins the list of area cities holding a special sales tax election this year. And the Northwest Arkansas metro area makes another list, this time for being one of the top real estate markets for wellness and wealth in the country.
Ozarks At Large
KUAF's Katy Henriksen recently traveled to Chicago for the annual Pitchfork Music Festival. Here's some of the sound she found there.

Even though the 2013 minor league baseball and college football season aren't over (or even begun in the case of football) this week 2014 schedules were released.

We get a peek at the new green roof on the University of Arkansas campus. It is visually pleasing, but also has practical implications.
Reach Out Northwest Arkansas will spend time this weekend connecting to students in the region who didn't show back up for the new school year.
Roby Brock talks to Kyle Kellams about possible political repercussions following the resignation of State Senator Paul Bookout.
Opposing sides give their views on the safety of oil pipelines. Central Park-Morning Star Elementary in Bentonville is named a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School, while the Sebastian County Quorum Court appoints members to the Hartford School Board. And the city of Fort Smith replaces a record number of sidewalks this year.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, November 22, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks, the Bentonville High School Chamber Choir prepares for their final madrigal dinner and we’ll hear a preview from the Firmin Garner Performance Studio. Plus the holiday lights are turned on in Fayetteville and Bentonville this weekend and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details on those and other events worth our attention this last weekend before Thanksgiving.
Nic Pizzolatto and Tony Tost are both graduates of the University of Arkansas's creative writing and translation graduate program, but their ties to Arkansas are not the only thing they have in common. Both have broken into the world of screenwriting, specifically for television. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen spoke with both Pizzolatto and Tost on how they ended up writing for the screen, how having an MFA in creative writing is beneficial to the writing process and more.
Here are our doctor references for this morning's montage . . .
Robert Palmer singing "Bad Case of Loving You"
Robert Young as the always-calm Marcus Welby (while he lit a cigarette for his patient's wife.)
The theme from "ER"
Colin Clive as Dr. Frankenstein as the monster stirs
That's Rex Harrison as Dr. Henry Higgins responding to Audrey Hepburn in "My Fair Lady"
Omar Sharif and Tom Courtenay share an awkward moment in "Dr. Zhivago"
The first moments of the pilot episode of "Doogie Howser, MD"
Jodi Foster's Clarice first meets Anthony Hopkins' Dr. Hannibal Lecter in "Silence of the Lambs"
An episode from "Dr. Who" highlighting the main character's ability to be eccentric
Jackson Browne's great song "Doctor My Eyes"
Nic Pizzolatto and Tony Tost are both graduates of the University of Arkansas's creative writing and translation graduate program, but their ties to Arkansas are not the only thing they have in common. Both have broken into the world of screenwriting, specifically for television. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen spoke with both Pizzolatto and Tost on how they ended up writing for the screen, how having an MFA in creative writing is beneficial to the writing process and more.
"Everyday I Write The Book" by Elvis Costello
Our tech ambassador, Ty Dennison, is back to help navigate the digital waters of Holidays 2012.
"Archangel" by Burial
Friday is Fibonacci Day, and Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas talks with Dr. Edmond Harris about the significance of the age-old number pattern.
"One Two Three" by Kunal Ganjawala and Raghav Sachar