Enrollment numbers are in for Arkansas' Private Option insurance plan, and more younger people have enrolled than their elders. The National Labor Relations Board yesterday issued a complaint against Walmart for how the retailer allegedly handled employee protests in 13 states. And a Frank Lloyd Wright house has been acquired by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks, thoughts on Lt. Governor Mark Darr's resignation. Plus, Perry Miller Adato discusses her documentaries and gives tips to aspiring filmmakers.
A workshop this month in Fort Smith is designed to help candidates, and potential candidates, of all kinds learn more about the electoral process.
A Tom Bresh concert in the River Valley and the Waka Winter Classic in NWA are on Becca's music agenda this week.
Solar energy installation is on the rise in Arkansas—a solar rich state. But unlike other solar states, Arkansas lacks incentives for solar development as well as utility standards. Add to that, this year, renewable energy advocates will face organized opposition from carbon producers, who don’t want them on the grid.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, making inroads in the battle against lung cancer in Arkansas. After years of steady increases, the rate is dropping in the state. Plus shifts in the testing for a GED certificate in Arkansas, and a closer listen to one of the bands scheduled to appear at the 2014 edition of Wakarusa.
Though Arkansas is still 30% above the rest of the nation, the state is finally seeing declining rates when it comes to new lung cancer diagnoses and moralities due to lung cancer. We hear from Dr. Gary Wheeler with the Arkansas Department of Health.
State legislators are beginning to make plans for how to use a revenue surplus in the coming fiscal session of the Arkansas General Assembly. A special election today could affect the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid. Gubernatorial hopeful Asa Hutchinson calls for more computer science courses to be taught at the high school level. The Arkansas Department of Health urges people between the ages of 25 and 50 to get flu shots this year. And Fayetteville will look for a new superintendent after the current one announced her resignation.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Springdale claims the lead in job creation for Arkansas, plus a story of moving from small-town Arkansas to post-punk fame: this week’s edition of Arkansongs highlights the career of Beth Ditto…and in about six minutes, an update on the rollout of the Affordable Care Act in Arkansas now that the calendar has turned.
The Arkansas Department of Health says that rates of lung cancer are decreasing in the state, due in part to higher anti-smoking awareness campaigns. Governor Beebe calls for more Arkansans to get a higher education. The Greenland School District is set to spend nearly a million dollars on a new football field. And Lieutenant Governor Mark Darr formally gives his resignation from office amid a string of ethics violations.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, June 6, 2014
Ahead on this busy Friday edition of Ozarks, from Pharrell to Harry Connick Jr; celebrities took the stage this morning in Fayetteville for the Walmart Shareholders meeting, where there were also a few business items discussed. And, we take a trip along the Buffalo River nearly a year after a controversial swine breeding operation began business.
Nashville-based musician Kevin So headlined an all-ages show last night at Teatro Scarpino in Fayetteville. While he was in town, he stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
To see Kevin perform the Victor Wu Medley from his musical Great Wall, click here.
For more information on this artist, visit www.kevinso.com.
It’s a cheap way to make a house. You’ll need some dirt, some bags and some barbed wire. Zan Jarvis has the details.
Here are some websites about earthbag houses: www.earthbagbuilding.com www.earthbagbuilding.wordpress.com www.earthenhand.com/portfolio.html
A video by the Majors who are featured in the story is at www.youtube.com/user/ardomeTV
Instructions on building an earthbag home can be found at www.youtube.com/user/festismr
The University of Arkansas Theater presents Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia beginning tonight. The play takes place in two different centuries and embraces math, philosophy and laughs.
“Lucky Charm” by Apples in Stereo
A longtime friend of Ozarks at Large drops by to help explain just a bit about the math in the play opening tonight at the University of Arkansas.
Books on the subject: “Fearful Symmetry” by Ian Stewart and “Fermat’s Enigma” by Simon Singh
“Intoxica” by Man or Astro-Man
