The week's headlines were filled with stories of one senator's emergency heart surgery, and with several lawsuits at the state level.
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the band Elephant Revival stopped by the Frimin-Garner Performance Studio this month to talk about their instruments, their music and their social causes, and to play some music before their concert at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.Standup comic Doug Stanhope talks about his career and what to expect tonight when he performs at Mermaids in Fayetteville.
A Pulaski County Circuit Court ruling yesterday nullified the state's new voter ID law, the Arkansas Supreme Court rejects a motion to rehear a case in which justices refused a multi-billion dollar judgement against a major pharmaceutical company, and state legislators hear reasons why the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid is costing more for plan holders than was previously projected.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, golf is a sport, but it's also a vehicle for life lessons about honesty and perseverance. We visit the green as First Tee of Northwest Arkansas spends an afternoon teaching values to area youth. Plus, a look at the senate race in Arkansas.
A community concert band celebrates 25 years at the Arts Center of the Ozarks on Saturday.
The University of Arkansas' Department of English is offering a showcase of all the ways the department touches the campus and the state.
Senator John Boozman is still in the hospital after heart surgery earlier this week, but his condition continues to improve, and Fayetteville firefighters prepare to collect money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Ahead on Ozarks, a report on the approved usage of E-Notarization in Arkansas. And we speak to an editor, a reporter, and a journalism instructor about the future of newspapers and journalism.
For our monthly Three People series we invited three journalists to the Firmin Garner Performance Studio to talk about the possible future for newspapers and news gathering.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, raising the minimum wage in Arkansas. Plus, we have a report on regional accents.
Becca has little to suggest for this day-after-the-Sugar-Bowl, but she is looking forward to the weekend.
"Salt Peanuts" by Charlie Parker
Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net lists the biggest political stories of 2010 in Arkansas. The top story, health care reform, also lead his list of top business stories of 2010.
This weekend the January sky will be explained at Hobbs State Park.
Jacqueline Froelich reports on how a small family-owned company in Alma, called Invotek,--that researches and builds novel computer input devices for severely disabled people--has also found a way to provide its products for free to certain clients financially devastated by their circumstance. To learn more visit www.invotek.org.
The Eureka Springs Police Department is preparing take a dip in the lake for its annual fundraiser.
“Sugar Bowl” by Captain Beefheart
