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To read the public comments submitted regarding SWEPCO's application to the Arkansas Public Service Commission, click here and select docket # 13-041-U.
Both the state's Insurance Commissioner and Congressman Tim Griffin agree that the federal government's decision to delay implementation of the employer mandate in the Affordable Care Act is good, though Griffin sees the delay as a political ploy. Hillary Clinton is honored today in Little Rock. And Governor Mike Beebe urges Arkansans is spreading awareness about preventing summer forest fires.



What curiosity, a bit of free time and some maps can reveal about one town.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, October 18, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks:the gavel has come down to begin a special session of the Arkansas Legislature. Chris Hickey reports on the opening afternoon of a session dedicated to solving, if only temporarily, a projected spike in insurance rates for public school employees in the state. Plus: our usual Friday conversations with Michael Tilley from The City Wire and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers. And Antoinette Grajeda tries to discover the lure of following festivals for one retailer who is selling her wares right now at Mulberry Mountain for the Yonder Mountain String Band’s Harvest Festival.
A former Arkansas Lottery security official pleads guilty to stealing and cashing several hundred-thousand dollars' worth of lottery tickets. Congressman Tom Cotton defends his position on the split farm bill by using anecdotes to support the idea that the food stamp program is laden with fraud. And, the University of Arkansas gets a $100,000 contribution.
"Quarter Chicken Dark" by Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan, Yo-Yo Ma and Chris Thile
If you're in a severe car accident, getting the appropriate care in a timely manner is critical, which is one of the reasons that the Arkansas Trauma Network was created, which ranks hospitals on the level of trauma services they provide. Only one hospital in Carroll County is capable of providing Comprehensive trauma care to patients.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses job hires, job layoffs, and new information on the Pegasus pipeline burst in his weekly business news recap.
"I Like Van Halen Because My Sister Says They Are Cool" by El Ten Eleven
Becca reminds us that time is running out to check out Opera of the Ozarks this summer.
Wood sculptor Robyn Horn's piece “Already Set in Motion in Motion,” is installed on the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art discusses her work at two lectures this past weekend.
"Metal & Wood" by Tyrone Wells