Ahead on Ozarks: An unusually significant Tuesday as the health care exchange goes live in Arkansas today and the rhetoric in Washington, DC escalates as the federal government comes to a halt. John Brummett will talk to Roby Brock about a particularly contentious time in politics. Plus, what the government shutdown means for Beaver Lake, and the muralist Maser leaves a multi-colored mark on Springdale.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks: An unusually significant Tuesday as the health care exchange goes live in Arkansas today and the rhetoric in Washington, DC escalates as the federal government comes to a halt. John Brummett will talk to Roby Brock about a particularly contentious time in politics. Plus, what the government shutdown means for Beaver Lake, and the muralist Maser leaves a multi-colored mark on Springdale.
From fishing for a cure, cycling at Hobbs State Park and more, there are several opportunities to get out and enjoy the fall weather.
Maser, an artist from Ireland, was back in Arkansas to work on another new piece of public art.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, discusses health care and the federal shutdown with John Brummett, political columnist.Governor Mike Beebe speaks about potential effects the federal government shutdown will have on Arkansas, while the state Department of Health works out a deal with the USDA to keep a nutrition program running for now. And the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace begins open enrollment today even with the federal government shutdown in place.
Tonya Lewis Lee helped bring Christopher Paul Curtis' novel The Watsons Go to Birmingham to Tv this month. Tonight the film is being shown, for free, at Bentonville High School and today we talked with Ms. lee about the project that premiered earlier this month on the Hallmark Channel.
Years after, and miles south, of the well-known battles of Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove, the Civil War continued to be fought in central and southern Arkansas. David E. Casto writes about the fighting in his new book, Arkansas Late in the Civil War.
Melisa Laelan, the state’s first certified Marshallese court interpreter, is also organizing Arkansas’s first islander-operated non-profit group---the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese. Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses a Van Buren-based trucking company rejecting another unsolicited buyout bid, the results of a new study, and more in his weekly review of business and political news.Late last week, the federal Department of Health and Human Services accepted Arkansas's plan for Medicaid expansion. The city of Bentonville will give away compost and wood mulch this week. A couple of roads close or otherwise reroute in the River Valley starting today. And gas prices dropped slightly in Arkansas over the past week.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, March 10, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, an accusation over teaching creationism at school is raising questions regarding charter authorization in Arkansas. Plus, problems caused by pythons in the Everglades.
Harmony will play at Arts Center of the Ozarks this week. Becca Martin Brown says the band has noticed a change in their audiences over the past four decades.
“The Woodpile” by: Frightened Rabbit
A preview of tonight’s two works on Sunday Symphony at seven on KUAF.
Here are the ten clips in our montage about Alcatraz this morning:
1) Elvis Presley sings Jailhouse Rock.
2) Paul Muni near the end of the 1931 gem, I Was a Fugitive From a Chain Gang.
3) Sam Cooke’s version of Chain Gang.
4) Clint Eastwood ponders his future in Escape From Alcatraz.
5) The Clash cover I Fought the Law, originally a hit by the Bobby Fuller Four.
6) Robert Redford tries to find where the bodies are buried in Brubaker.
7) Burt Lancaster welcomes back a friend in Birdman of Alcatraz.
8) The Foggy Bottom Boys’ version of In the Jailhouse Now from O Brother! Where Art Thou.
9) Robert De Niro as Al Capone in the Untouchables. Capone was an Alcatraz resident.
10) Johnny Cash sings Folsom Prison Blues.
The Oxford, Mississippi-based duo Water Liars play inside our studio.
Legislators dealt with bills about highway funding and tattoos. Plus new acquisitions at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Audio for news brief on Rep. Warick Sabin provided by David Cox.
