Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, offers a preview of this weekend's film festival in Eureka Springs.
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Michael Tilley, form The City Wire, discusses a real estate recovery, the need for a new jail in Crawford County and a possible third high school in Fort Smith.Legislators yesterday heard about the progress of the Private Option rollout in the state, while Governor Mike Beebe offered his thoughts on consequences to the state's budget if the legislature decides to gut the program in the coming fiscal session.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, while there won't be a red carpet, Eureka Springs will recognize achievement in independent film this weekend. Plus, an exhibit allowing patrons to get hands-on with some of the first pages and books ever printed. And, Becca Martin Brown talks haggis.
Olivia Trimble's business Sleet City Hand Painted Signs may only be just more than a year old, but her wares can be spotted all around town, including a hand-painted sandwich board outside Onyx Coffee Lab and adorning the Town Center at the Fayetteville Square during the Little Craft Show. Katy Henriksen visits Trimble in her home studio to find out more about how and why she launched her business and how she makes her custom signs.Web Extra: Images From Sleet City Signs
The inaugural Eureka Springs Indie Film Fest takes to the screen Thursday through Saturday.We speak with one of the filmmakers.
A collection of historical documents and books are on loan to the University of Arkansas this semester.
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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, the Nobel director and secretary talks about the selection process for the annual Nobel Peace Prize; he's on the University of Arkansas campus today. Plus, the Northwest Arkansas Council on jobs created in the area in the past year, and the differences between education in the U.S. and the European Union.
The heat is being blamed for at least one death in Arkansas, work on an extension of the Razorback Greenway trail will alter traffic in Springdale for a couple of weeks, and more.
“Topsy” by Django Reinhardt
Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas’ Attorney General has been busy the past few weeks. He has announced he’s seeking the governor’s office in 2014 and he’s been studying what possible expanded Medicaid coverage might mean for Arkansas. He recently sat down with Roby Brock of Talk Business to discuss these matters and others as part of Roby’s series of conversations with Arkansas’ elected officials.
A tour of the Fayetteville Public Library's conveyor belt system reveals what happens once materials are placed in the book return. More information is available at www.faylib.org.
“Hunter” by Bjork
Becca Martin Brown gives us list of ways to stay cool while being entertained this weekend.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.
