Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, how little pieces of blue plastic are being recycled at Mercy hospital. We'll also go to First Tee of Northwest Arkansas in Lowell to find out how golf and life are intricately connected. Plus, we'll hear a song from Elephant Revival recorded in the4 Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, how little pieces of blue plastic are being recycled at Mercy hospital. We'll also go to First Tee of Northwest Arkansas in Lowell to find out how golf and life are intricately connected. Plus, we'll hear a song from Elephant Revival recorded in the4 Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Here, the Nederland, Colorado-based folk quintet performs "Rogue River."
The Arkansas Secretary of State this month approved the use of electronic notarization. Danielle Fusco, special projects coordinator for the business and commercial services division talks about how it works.
The week's headlines were filled with stories of one senator's emergency heart surgery, and with several lawsuits at the state level.
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.
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Tuesday, June 10, 2014
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.
Work continues on widening Interstate 540 in Fayetteville, Sebastian County has its annual fall cleanup, and the most recent figures show improvement to the drought in Arkansas.
"Clash" by Eiffel
According to a U.S. Census Bureau report released last week, in 2010 and 2011, close to 15 percent of Americans were living under the federal poverty line, but in Arkansas, that number was as high as 17 percent. The state has consistently ranked among the states with the highest rates of poverty. On Ozarks at Large this week, we are examining Arkansas' poverty problem.
Today, we learn more about a family living under the federal poverty line. Ozarks at Large's Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar spent some quality time with Casey Burd, a single mother of two from Springdale, to find out more about her daily struggles and the challenges she faces in her efforts to get out of poverty.
Michael Tilley from TheCityWire.com joins us a day earlier than usual with his weekly conversation about business and politics in the region.
Becca Martin Brown says she’s getting a jump start on the weekend that is the weekend before the weekend that is Bikes, Blues and BBQ.
Yesterday, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art received a $5 million commitment from the Tyson family and Tyson Foods, Inc., to establish the Tyson Scholars of American Art program and the Don Tyson Prize.
