Ozarks At Large
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.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, what teeth can tell us about our ancestors. Also, how climate change is affecting the Marshall Islands.Dr. Peter Ungar, an anthropologist at the University of Arkansas, discusses how he looks at teeth to determine the diets of our ancestors and how what we and other animals eat today affects our pearly whites. He is also the author of Teeth: A Very Short Introduction published by Oxford University Press.
Roby Brock gives us an update on the Big River Steel project and more in his weekly business update.
Tony deBrum, Foreign Minister for the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is on a mission. He’s alerting the world on how his Pacific island nation is starting to submerge due to rising seas caused by climate change. And as witness to a decade of cold-war atmospheric nuclear bomb tests on the Marshalls, Minister deBrum is also calling for global nuclear disarmament. Several groups worked through the weekend to gather signatures for their respective ballot initiatives before the deadline to submit petitions today. Governor Beebe prepares to make his final foreign trade mission during his term in office, and Blanchard Springs Caverns in Stone County is the only cave owned and operated by the U.S. Forest Service that remains open despite a cave closure order aimed at preventing the spread of White Nose Syndrome.
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Friday, July 11, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, how ex-pats in NWA watch the World Cup. And, singer/songwriter Joe Crookston stops by the studio.
Gordon Lightfoot, Heidi and more in our history capsule for November 17.
We talk with one of the cast members of the Arts Live Theatre production of Willy Wonka. The show opens tomorrow night. For more information visit www.artslivetheatre.com.
"In Motion" by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross from the soundtrack from "The Social Network."
And now it's time for a little Jay Music, brought to us by Joe Neal. His latest book is "Birdside Baptist and Other Ornithological Mysteries."
Jacqueline Froelich reports that Eureka Springs city employees will soon be permitted to include domestic partners as eligible dependents under the Municipal League Health Benefit Program--the first city in Arkansas to do so.
This week the University of Arkansas is celebrating the international nature of the campus community.

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