Dr. Joe Thompson, Arkansas' Surgeon General, spent nearly an hour Tuesday in Fayetteville discussing what coming health care reform could mean for the state. On this edition of Ozarks, some necessary background on what brought health care in the United States and Arkansas to where we are now.
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First Christian Church in Fayetteville is scheduling talks, prayer vigils and fundrasiers to help raise awareness of the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. War has ripped apart the nation since the late 1990s.
For more about the week's events: congoweek.org
For more information about DR Congo: friendsofthecongo.com or runforcongowomen.org.
For more about the week's events: congoweek.org
For more information about DR Congo: friendsofthecongo.com or runforcongowomen.org.

Our first-ever daily show included a conversation with Mayor Lioneld Jordan of Fayetteville. One of the topics we talked about was parking downtown. Today, ten weeks later, a conversation with a downtown businessman about the city's new paid-parking plan.
Monday's aren't slow when it comes to things to do in the fall. Becca has several options for tonight.
On this edition remembering one the Little Rock Nine. A memorial service for Jefferson Thomas is scheduled for tomorrow. Plus the cast of "Digging Up Arkansas" performs in the Firmin-Garner Studio and talks about their musical play about the history of Arkansas. We also learn more about the Ahimsa Rescue Foundation in Muldrow and their benefit tonight in Fort Smith, get a preview of Monday's concert by the University of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra.
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Monday, December 9, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about undergrounding. Plus, a conversation with the author of "Hanging On Upside Down: The Life and work of Marianne Moore."
Summer's here and so are the peaches in Johnson County. We pay a visit to Peach Pickin' Paradise.
Broken Promise by Claire
Supporters of proposals involving Arkansas' minimum wage and regulation of alcohol sales say they have enough signatures to make it to the ballot in November.
Wall Street by Craig Ventresca
Some of the tens of thousands of unaccompanied Central American children seeking asylum are making their way to Arkansas. Jacqueline Froelich met with a teenager newly arrived from El Salvador who describes her journey and Springdale attorney, Laura Ferner-Moudy (photo), who is representing her.
A Fayetteville Police Department representative recently explained how seized items ended up at city auction at Callaway Auctions in Springdale.
Real Good Woman by Johnnie Johnson
Our Ozarks at Large insect expert takes us back to Clear Creek to find our nymphs from March all grown up.