Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers gives us the details on a busy outdoor weekend.
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We finish our week-long series about summer camps with a preview of Camp Invention at Immaculate Conception Elementary School in Fort Smith. For more information about any Camp Invention in the area, click here.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses the 2014 Arkansas governor’s race and pollution at a former Whirlpool plant.Congressman Tim Griffin has some questions for the top IRS official who resigned earlier this week. A festival of short films comes to Eureka Springs next month. Arkansas drivers can expect lower gas prices this month. The Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts has plans for increasing the amount of college credit with which students graduate. And the region four headquarters of the Arkansas Highway Transportation Department makes the move from Fort Smith to Barling.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: bringing electricity to rural Arkansas. We talk with a veteran of Ozarks Rural Electric Cooperative about wiring the rugged parts of our region as the agency celebrates its 75th anniversary. Also, Medicaid coverage for many Marshal Islanders in Northwest Arkansas might be restored, 17 years after it was cut. And a smart phone app that might save your life . . . really.
The Price is Right brings games to Walton Arts Center tonight, war Horse brings amazing puppetry later.
We continue our series of profiling summer camps with an overview of drama-themed camps. Several summer camps around the area are geared toward children bitten by the acting bug. Some of the more popular camps are held by Trike Theatre
Some other drama summer camps in the area:
- Summer Camp Explozion at UAFS
- Many camps by Arts Live Theatre
- Summer Academy for Young Actors at TheatreSquared
A conversation with Susan Szenasy, the editor-in-chief at Metropolis Magazine, about the future of design and architecture.
We learn it was like to live in rural Arkansas in the first half of the 20th century, at a time when many farmsteads were transitioning from lantern to electric light, thanks to Ozarks Electric.Congress is considering reinstating Medicaid coverage for so-called Compact of Free Association Migrants living in the United States. The entitlement was cut back in 1996. Affected would be residents of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau and The Republic of the Marshall Islands--including thousands of Marshallese in Northwest Arkansas.
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Sunday, September 15, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks at Large: it's never too early or too late to start planning for retirement. We speak with an expert to learn three things to know about saving. Plus, we celebrate National Speak Like a Pirate Day early with the Sunday montage., and Becca Martin Brown tells us what's up.
If you want to relive those middle school days, the BOK Center in Tulsa is hosting a large dodge ball tournament.
The latest enrollment numbers for Arkansas' Private Option are announced, the city of Fayetteville gets ready to accept nearly a million dollars in grants for trails construction, design and engineering,and one water-borne illness is making the rounds through Arkansas and the nation.
A new report issued by Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families reveals the state’s foster care system would better serve children by allowing them to stay with their family of origin. Jacqueline Froelich talks with the report’s lead author, Jennifer Ferguson.
The Arkansas Press Association hosted three debates last week, including one with the four candidates in this year's governor's race.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business and Politics, takes a look back at the previous seven days in Arkansas news.
