Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas talks to French Hill, CEO of Delta Trust and Bank about new banking rules and regulations.Ozarks At Large
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas talks to French Hill, CEO of Delta Trust and Bank about new banking rules and regulations.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: a groundswell of opposition has developed regarding a plan by SWEPCO for a new transmission system in a part north Arkansas. Plus Nicole Holland of Springdale tells her story of life in Paris before World War II. We'll hear from her and her daughter Brenda Hancock.
Last September Curly Miller…banjo player, storyteller, mushroom farmer…played with his mates in the Old 78s at Crystal bridges Museum of American Art. We play one of those songs we recorded that night in honor of Curly, who passed away Thursday.
Nicole Holland lived in Paris before, during and after World War II. She dictated the events of her remarkable life to her daughter, Brenda Hancock. Both women recntly came to our studio.In his weekly roundup of the past seven days’ business and political news, Roby Brock, points out national news stories resonated in Arkansas last week.
Southwestern Electric Power Company plans to install a new 48-mile long 345-kV transmission line across northern Benton and Carroll Counties to prevent outages and improve service to the region, the company says. Thousands of affected residents, expected to crowd public comment hearings scheduled next week, will claim it’s destructive. But most remain in the dark about the project’s purpose.
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.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, some of our favorite music performances recorded at KUAF for the first half of 2013, including Smar T Jones, Yoonie Han, RJ Mischo, Little Chief, Carter Sampson, Claudia Burson, Jed Clampit and Shawn James.
Ahead on Ozarks, a novel source to help us celebrate the Fourth…a British journalist explains how simply following a ten dollar bill around the middle of America for a month gave him insight into the country…and why he loved what he found. Then, it's a birthday party for the Fayetteville Farmer’s Market…it turns forty this week and we'll chat with the co-managers. Plus Robert Ginsburg gets us ready for the 15th annual KUAF Summer Jazz Series. It kicks off this month with Arkansas-born Bob Dorough. And Becca Martin Brown has some fireworks information for us as well.What curiosity, a bit of free time and some maps can reveal about one town.
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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.
Thirteen thousand Arkansas high school graduates are getting lottery-funded scholarships for the coming school year; the Schmieding Center for Senior Health and Education in Springdale receives $3.5 million federal grant; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“At the End of Spring” by Zun
A proposed initiative could curtail gifts and campaign contributions to state legislators. To find out what legislators think of the idea, Roby Brock from our content partner Talk-Business-Dot-Net spoke with Republican Ann Clemmer and Democratic State Senator Joyce Elliott.
Last week Project Vote based in Washington DC notified the Arkansas Secretary of State’s office claiming non-compliance with the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. We get the details from a Project Vote program director.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has puppets, owls, classical music and a civil-war reenactment on her to-do list today.
UofA freshman Andrew Irwin will compete for a spot on the U.S. team next week at the USA Track and Field Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon.
For a schedule of events visit:
http://tracktown12.gotracktownusa.com/olympic-trials-schedule
