Yesterday's runoff elections settled the GOP side of the ticket for this year's election for Arkansas Attorney General, but yesterday's runoffs may also have implications for funding the state's Private Option next year. Meanwhile, state legislators this week debated whether public schools should be allowed to tie onto the fiber optic network used by the state's higher education institutions, and Fort Smith Public Schools' summer meals program for youths gets underway.
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an update on HIV services in northwest Arkansas, and a review of the latest release by St. Paul and the Broken Bones.
Today we listen to samples from "Half the City," the debut album from St. Paul and the Broken Bones. Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers offers a brief preview of the Eureka Springs Blues Weekend.
Arkansas has one of the highest rates of people living with HIV but don’t know it. To receive an HIV test, you can go to your county health department. To reach the Washington County HIV clinic call 479-973-4613. Testing and support are available at an ARCare HIV Office, for information or to find an office near you, click here or call 501-388-4613. For information on support and social groups through HIV Arkansas, visit hivarkansas.org Tyson Foods yesterday announced that Hillshire Brands had accepted its $8.5 billion acquisition bid over a smaller acquisition by Pinnacle Foods. Senator John Boozman returns to Washington, D.C. more than a month after undergoing emergency heart surgery, and a new effort aiming at legalizing cannabis gets underway in Arkansas.
Diatoms are microscopic, but vital, parts of life. Research at the University of Arkansas is finding out more about them.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, June 23, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, coverage from a groundbreaking ceremony for Bentonville's new high school. Plus, a conversation with the author of “The Indicted South: Public Criticism, Southern Inferiority, and the Politics of Whiteness.”
The 188th Fighter Wing could be a possible victim of budget cuts. A council in Fort Smith is preparing to protect the 188th.
“Blues After Hours” by Pinetop Perkins
An exhibition of contemporary work by a half dozen members of the Southeastern Indian Artists Association is on display at Mullins Library on the UofA campus in Fayetteville through December.
“The Nutcracker” at Malco Razorback Theatre in Fayetteville, a performance by the Young Christian Musicians Ensemble in Van Buren, and auditions for “Dial M for Murder” are tonight at the Arts Center of the Ozarks.
A recommendation regarding remapped flood plains made by Fort Smith may save homeowners and businesses thousands of dollars in insurance premiums; the construction of two coal-fired power plants in eastern Arkansas gets cancelled; and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“Skating” by Vince Guaraldi
Sarah Leer, the managing director of Trike Theatre, talks about the classes being offered next spring, Diggin’ Up Arkansas and the Dramatic Book Club.
