Today we listen to samples from "Half the City," the debut album from St. Paul and the Broken Bones.
Ozarks At Large
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers offers a brief preview of the Eureka Springs Blues Weekend.
Arkansas has one of the highest rates of people living with HIV but don’t know it. To receive an HIV test, you can go to your county health department. To reach the Washington County HIV clinic call 479-973-4613. Testing and support are available at an ARCare HIV Office, for information or to find an office near you, click here or call 501-388-4613. For information on support and social groups through HIV Arkansas, visit hivarkansas.org
Tyson Foods yesterday announced that Hillshire Brands had accepted its $8.5 billion acquisition bid over a smaller acquisition by Pinnacle Foods. Senator John Boozman returns to Washington, D.C. more than a month after undergoing emergency heart surgery, and a new effort aiming at legalizing cannabis gets underway in Arkansas.
Saturday's Wellfest lets you run, ride, even hula hoop.
Here is a direct link to all things Wellfest, including race courses.
Here is a direct link to all things Wellfest, including race courses.
Ahead on Ozarks, we learn the differences between various types of Arkansas charter schools. Plus, a UA researcher receives a grant to study the genetic composition of diatoms.
Diatoms are microscopic, but vital, parts of life. Research at the University of Arkansas is finding out more about them.
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Friday, June 20, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a summer tradition returns with the opening of the 64th season of the Opera in the Ozarks, and there are modifications going on with the Arkansas Child Maltreatment Registry.
Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine has named Fayetteville as one of the five best cities for mid-career professionals. For more information, click here.
A farm-raised Ozarks girl is competing in the Modern Pentathlon at the 2012 London Olympic Games. We talk to Margaux Isaksen in advance of her trip.
“London Calling” by: The Clash
Becca reminds country music fans that Tracy Lawrence is performing at Cherokee Casino in West Siloam Springs this evening.
Titanic: The Musical opens tonight at Fort Smith Little Theater. For more information, visit a www.fslt.org.
More than six million people, including many in Arkansas, still receive Social Security payments in the form of checks. But by March the Social Security check will be a remnant of the past. March First is the target date for all recipients to receive Social Security payments by direct deposit or by a direct card. Walt Henderson is with the United States Treasury Department. For more information: www.GoDirect.com or 800-333-1795.
“Daahoud” by: Jeff Hamilton Trio