The 2013 book Yonder Mountain: An Ozarks Anthology is full of words from noted Ozarkers.
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Events cancelled by ice and snow are slated for the next foew days, graduation is this weekend at the U of A, and the Razorback swimming and diving team earns a favorable ranking.
A recent report from the Northwest Arkansas Council says the military-related impact on Washington and Benton counties is in excess of $150,000,000.Link: To see the full report: click here
Urgent Care Centers are affordable walk-in clinics which serve both cash-only as well as insured patients seeking acute care. But with millions more Americans enrolling onto the health insurance marketplace--and fewer primary care physicians available to see them--urgent care clinics may fill a critical gap. We visit with urgent care provider, Dr. Robert Karas.
A survey of more than 100 Arkansas business executives shows some confidence for the coming year. A non-profit legal services agency receives several thousand dollars in grantt money to help provide legal information to residents across the state. Bella Vista seeks several hundred thousand dollars in federal grants for redesign of some traffic-clodded streets. And the state board of education yesterday released four school districts from fiscal distress.
On this edition of Ozarks, we talk to a Fayetteville resident whose grandson was killed in the Sandy Hook shooting a year ago. Plus, we learn more about Healing Ministries at St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Healing Touch, an international healing program, is a biofield therapy, meaning it deals with the magnetic field around the body, to promote various areas of healing. The Healing Touch ministry at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Fayetteville is more than a decade old, and now has its own location, ten practitioners and provides more than 600 treatments annually.
Becca offers a few events including the Parade of Lights Christmas parade as a way to get into the holiday season.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, February 17, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, we learn more about long-term care insurance. Plus, a local pastor discusses the intersection of new media and faith.
Last week, Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe presented his $4.2 billion budget proposal. Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net talks to legislative leaders from both Democratic as well as Republican parties about the budget process.
Pub crawls, balls and Zydeco music will mark this year’s Fat Tuesday celebrations in northwest Arkansas. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has more.
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.
Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen visited with Hope Young, a scholar who researches the benefits of music therapy.
“Help Me”
Columnist Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com has picked out his favorites for the best supporting actors, director and film score awards for this year’s Oscars.
To hear more about Bell’s other picks for this year’s Oscars, click here.
“Montreal” by Kaki King
