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.
Local artists can submit designs for a mural at the Springdale Aquatic Center and for a poster for the NWA Hispanic Heritage Festival.
"Saturday Nigh"t by The Felice Brothers
For our monthly spaces series, we tour the Tulsa National Weather Service office.
"Rain" by Explosions in the Sky and David Wingo
According to the National Climate Assessment the amount of precipitation falling heavy rainstorms has increased in parts of the country.
at end of show: "The Train That Carried My Gal Away From Town" by Jim Lauderdale
The two candidates in this year's Arkansas governor's race recently discussed their views of what the future holds for the state's Private Option. The future of hog farms in the Buffalo River Watershed may be uncertain with a recently proposed ban on confined animal breeding operations near the national river. And the Fort Smith Fire Department may not have to travel as far for training in the future, if the city board of directors approves construction of a training facility in the city.
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This fall, the University of Arkansas will offer its first start-to-finish, online bachelor's degree program – a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
