The Army Corps of Engineers and Beaver Lake Foundation formalize a resource-sharing partnership today. Thousands of prospective Arkansas college students get word about being awarded lottery scholarship money. The port in Helena gets its first permanent tenant since being built in 1993, and Bentonville Public Schools officials hold meetings to get public input on another millage election.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks, behavioral health coverage under the new University of Arkansas health plan, mental health explored through musical theatre, and running for Alzheimer's.
Rita Harvey, one of the cast members of Next to Normal, and Amy Herzberg, the director of the T2 production, came to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to talk about the production in mid-run and provide a musical sampler from the play.
Click here for more information about the special Wednesday night performance hosted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' Psychiatric Research Institute. For more information about the musical and T2, click here.
The University of Arkansas System changed health plan administrators this year to save costs and expand coverage. But certain mental health care providers in Northwest Arkansas claim the new plan discriminates against them.
Roby Brock of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas gives us his weekly look back at business and politics news from the past seven days.Governor Beebe says that tax cuts placed in next year's state budget may need to be revisited in future years, Representative Greg Leding, Arkansas' House Majority Leader, says that despite partisanship in the state capitol, state legislators were able to pull together by the end of the legislative session last week. Apartment recycling may get some change this year in Fayetteville if a state grant is approved. And the Sierra Club plans to mark the one month anniversary of the Mayflower oil spill.
Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, paper dresses fit for Little Red Riding Hood, not so creepy Tales from the Crypt and Bucky Ball.
The fifteenth-annual living history tour of Oak Cemetery is Sunday. Portrayals of Fort Smith's past residents, prominent and not, all tell a story of the city's history.Emily Chase recently received a national honor for her thesis work at the University of Arkansas. She told us about the creation of her paper gowns.
To see pictures of some of Emily's work, click here.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we spend time with a student who is part of the Autism Support Program at the University of Arkansas…a program developed two years ago on campus. And we'll also find out about the plans for Nerdies…a program that will cater toward young people who might not want to spend time on the field or the court, but working with other hobbies and pastimes.
After a busy few months of winning contests, Barrett Baber and his band are preparing for a performance at George's May 16. You can hear Barrett play another song here.
The Arkansas Supreme Court yesterday reversed a lower court's ruling that struck down the state's voter ID law. Some in the state are speaking out against proposed federal cuts to the Fulbright Scholars Program. And the U.S. Forest Service is asking for public comment on a proposal that would promote forest health in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest.
“Boy in the Bubble” by Paul Simon
We speak with one of two Republican candidates in the 4th Congressional Race, Tommy Moll. His opponent, Bruce Westerman, will be on tomorrow.
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission recently launched a new website, ArkansasFavorsTheBold.com, to help spread the story of the state's business successes, and to hopefully attract future successes to the state. We speak with Grant Tennille, executive director of the AEDC, to find out more.Web Exclusive: Talking Education With Grant Tennille
“Love Will Keep Us Together” by The James Taylor Quartet
Planting and cultivating home vegetable gardens takes hard work and certain investment—in seeds, starts and soil amendments. And protecting that investment from varmints can also be expensive. One no-cost solution? The pallet.
