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.
Ozarks At Large



With this morning's montage, we say several goodbyes; to Summer, to a famed Yankees pitcher, and to one of our longest-tenured colleagues at KUAF. Here are our 10 pop culture references we used to say goodbye.
- "So Long, Farewell" from the Sound of Music
- Lou Gehrig's farewell speech
- "Goodbye my Lover" by James Blunt
- ET says his goodbye
- The famous words from Gone With The Wind
- "Hello, Goodbye" by The Beatles
- The Friends leave the apartment for the final time
- "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John
- Jim Carey tells his fare goodbye at the beginning of Dumb and Dumber
- Leaving Casablanca for the final time
- Johnny Carson bids his final farewell to the audience during his final time hosting The Tonight Show
The Arkansas Center For The Book this week made its selection for the 2013 If All Arkansas Read The Same Book Program. Kyle Kellams spoke with Vivienne Schiffer, the author of the novel Camp Nine, this year's selection.



Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says a concert tomorrow in Pea Ridge offers a rare audio apportunity.
Ozark Hall has been part of the central part of the University of Arkansas campus for decades. A years-long renovation was formally introduced yesterday.
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On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with authors Rilla Askew and Timothy O'Grady. Plus, Mercy Fort Smith opens its new breast center.
Becca is on a mission – a mission to introduce you to almost every museum, big or small, in our listening area. Today she talks about Shiloh Museum of Ozark History and Rogers Historical Museum.
“Flight Over Rio” by Al Di Meola
The Buffalo National River Partners, a volunteer-based organization, is hosting a presentation “Fish and Their Neighbors in the Buffalo River” at the Boone County Library in Harrison on Tuesday.
The Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism is in the process of designing an Arkansas state parks license plate. The design hasn’t been finalized yet.
Malco Razorback Cinema in Fayetteville is sponsoring Superhero Saturday tomorrow to support Camp Alliance Inc.
More information is available at www.campallianceinc.com
“Spiderman” by The Ramones
Local band Total Defrag stops by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to discuss their concert tonight at Orchard's Park in Bentonville.
More information about the band is available at www.totaldefrag.com.