For our latest We’re History segment, our history doctor explains the United States has been spying, and been spied upon, since before we were a country.
Ozarks At Large
Becca Martin Brown gives us the details on a national tour popping up several times within driving distance.
A fire has been smoldering in southeastern Carroll County for more than year. The cause? A phenomenon more than a century old. Jacqueline Froelich explains.The new president of Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock starts her new post, but it isn't her first time working at the hospital. The Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission will close one of its offices in Northwest Arkansas. Arkansas' Congressional candidates report their fundraising totals for the second quarter of 2013. And lower sanitation rates take effect for Fort smith residents.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, what it means for a Berryville to have a level three trauma ranking. Plus, a conversation with Fort Smith native and sculptor Robyn Horn.
What are the odds that Bob Dorough would be in town the exact day Trike Theater was producing a musical of his compositions? We have that answer and listen in to the collaboration.
Wood sculptor Robyn Horn's piece “Already Set in Motion in Motion,” is installed on the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art discusses her work at two lectures this past weekend.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses job hires, job layoffs, and new information on the Pegasus pipeline burst in his weekly business news recap.If you're in a severe car accident, getting the appropriate care in a timely manner is critical, which is one of the reasons that the Arkansas Trauma Network was created, which ranks hospitals on the level of trauma services they provide. Only one hospital in Carroll County is capable of providing Comprehensive trauma care to patients.
A former Arkansas Lottery security official pleads guilty to stealing and cashing several hundred-thousand dollars' worth of lottery tickets. Congressman Tom Cotton defends his position on the split farm bill by using anecdotes to support the idea that the food stamp program is laden with fraud. And, the University of Arkansas gets a $100,000 contribution.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks, why more walk-in clinics might dot the landscape as the Affordable Care Act is rolled out. And the founder of Cherish the Women, Joanie Madden, talks about learning to play the Irish whistle and why she was impressed with her first-ever visit to Fayetteville. The band plays tonight at Walton Arts Center.
The deadline for graduating high school seniors to apply for the Arkansas Lottery Scholarship is this weekend. Congressman Tim Griffin wants to lower the top income tax rate for individuals and businesses. New lockage hours will go into effect next week along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. And, two campgrounds will reopen at the Buffalo National River after two local groups volunteer to take care of the maintenance.
"Sunlight" by Pat Metheny
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses numbers that suggest an improving economy.
Nearly 40 families and individuals affected by a major tar sands oil pipeline rupture two months ago in Mayflower, Arkansas--25 miles northwest of Little Rock--have filed lawsuit against Exxon-Mobil. We talk with a lead attorney on the case, as well as query Exxon about the suit.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says a different kind of memorial day is observed this weekend in Fayetteville.
We have sounds from musicians and concertgoers who attended the first day of Wakarusa.
