Ahead on Ozarks, what implementation of the Affordable Care Act may mean for Arkansans; our final piece explores what long-term care patients can expect. And, Shakespeare returns to the park, Plus, the future of print media from the Washington Post to the Arkansas Times. How the print and digital worlds are changing and trying to survive. Roby Brock of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas talks with Blake Rutherford of McLarty Companies about how national and local media companies are adapting to changing times.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks, what implementation of the Affordable Care Act may mean for Arkansans; our final piece explores what long-term care patients can expect. And, Shakespeare returns to the park, Plus, the future of print media from the Washington Post to the Arkansas Times. How the print and digital worlds are changing and trying to survive. Roby Brock of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas talks with Blake Rutherford of McLarty Companies about how national and local media companies are adapting to changing times.
Administrators say the name Sunshine School & Development Center better reflects the services the organization provides. Yesterday was the first day of classes at the University of Arkansas and we found new students, experienced upperclassmen and free hot dogs.
This year's Shakespeare in the Park by The Classical Edge will include free performances at Lawrence Plaza in Bentonville.
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Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas, talks to Blake Rutherford about the future of newspapers and online media sources.To end our summer series on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Arkansas we examine a little known aspect of the health reform law that will greatly expand opportunities for thousands of Arkansans requiring long term health care to receive help, not in an institution, but at home. The initiative is called "Community First Choice Option."
Exxon-Mobil officials meet with state lawmakers to give reassurances about the safety of the Pegasus pipeline. The University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture releases a report that claims manufacturing jobs in rural Arkansas towns may never return because of long-term changes to the state's economic landscape. And, state economic development incentives recieve more scrutiny after recent layoffs by companies who accepted them.
Ahead on Ozarks, grasshoppers can be pesky, and in the dog days of summer, we often see them jumping in and out of grass and on our windshields. Today, we go grasshopper hunting with our insect expert. Plus, a new award was given out over the weekend, the latest edition of Arkansongs and more.
As classes begin at the University of Arkansas, Raymond Walters enters doctoral programs in physics and mathematics, all before his 20th birthday.
A guns-rights group organized a rally to illustrate an Arkansas law that went into effect August 16.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery is four years old. There have been some bumps along the way, but the games of chance have provided hundreds of millions of dollars for scholarships. We'll talk to the lottery's second director, Bishop Woosley. Plus 40,000 students in elementary and middle schools across northwest Arkansas create art in a single day and the marvels involved with a staging of Carnival at the Alma Performing Arts Center. The show has steam punk costuming, puppets and music.
Lake Keith in downtown Cave Springs is getting a makeover. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the six-acre reservoir is being emptied to make way for construction of a brand new environmental center planned by the Illinois River Watershed Partnership. To make a donation, click here.
A previously unidentified organism has a special place on the tree of life...and a name befitting its place of identification.
"Buzzcut" by Lorde
Becca talks about new work from Kathy P. Thompson and Cindy Arsaga.
Pure Joy Ice Cream is based in Siloam Springs and gives 100% of profits to orphan care.
"Honey & I" by Haim
The second production of the Theater Squared season revolves around a multi-generational relationship.
