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State Foster Care System Seeks to Innovate
On any given day as many as 4,000 Arkansas children are in state custody, having been removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect. Until their case is settled, children are placed provisionally with a relative, foster home, or children’s shelter. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, a new state rule now allows emergency placement with “Fictive Kin.”
Web Exclusive: An Oasis for Children in Crisis

Verizon Announces Jobs in Arkansas, Springdale Greenway Gets Further Underway
A decision on whether to close a street to vehicles in Springdale by that city's aldermen will help lay the path for the Razorback Greenway through the city. More than 6,000 voters cast ballots yesterday in the first day of early voting in Arkansas' primary and judicial elections. And the University of Arkansas announces who its next lobbyist to local, state and federal legislators will be.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, we bid farewell to the Arkansas Honor Flight program. Also, the music of Joyce Green in latest installment of Arkansongs, Roby Brock has his weekly business and political news update, and more.





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Activist Works to End Sexual Harrassment
Monica Ramirez, deputy director for Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, is working to end sexual harassment and sexual assault against farmworker and low-wage immigrant women.





ACO Announces Summer Musical
Becca says the ACO is hosting auditions for The Sound of Music this week.






Military Honor Monuments Tour Ends in Arkansas
Late last week, two elder World War II veterans joined a group of corporate supporters and friends to bid a formal farewell to Arkansas Honor Flights.






Sunday, May 4, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the founders of Olivia's Basket share the spirit of their late daughter and of the organization she inspired. Plus, our insect expert offers low-tech solutions to pesky insects in the garden.






A Salute to Railroads
Here are the clips used in this morning's montage about trains:
  1. Polar Express
  2. “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash
  3. Thomas the Tank Engine
  4. "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie” by Louis Jordan
  5. Murder on the Orient Express
  6. “Casey Jones” by the Grateful Dead
  7. Back to the Future III
  8. The Great Train Robbery
  9. Planes, Trains and Automobiles
  10. Stand By Me
  11. “Come on and Ride It” by the Quad City DJs
An Oldie and a Newbie
Becca Martin Brown shares a couple of music shows happening this week.
Get Rid of Invasive Critters in the Garden
Our insect expert tells us a few ways to keep the pest from munching on produce meant for your dinner table.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Friday, June 6, 2014
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Ahead on this busy Friday edition of Ozarks, from Pharrell to Harry Connick Jr; celebrities took the stage this morning in Fayetteville for the Walmart Shareholders meeting, where there were also a few business items discussed. And, we take a trip along the Buffalo River nearly a year after a controversial swine breeding operation began business.
The Past Doesn't Always Equal the Present
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Our history doctor, Bill Smith, is back to take issue with the idea that EVERYTHING is repeated history.
at end of show: "Texas & Tennessee" by Lucero
House Speaker Calls For Special Session, Jail Sales Tax Again Considered
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Speaker of the Arkansas House wants to call a special session of the state legislature to deal with problems with the insurance program for public school employees, and Crawford County officials are hopeful that county voters will approve a sales tax increase that would help the county build a new jail.
"High Hopes" by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band
AG Hopefuls Speak Out
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On this Election Day in Arkansas, the three GOP candidates seeking their party's nomination for attorney general talk to Roby Brock from Talk Business and Politics.
A City Considers Aging
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A new initiative considers how to become an age-friendly city.
"Rebel Waltz" by The Clash
Northwest Arkansas Veterans Center Goes Solar
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The Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks, based in Fayetteville, has installed a large solar array on it’s forested campus. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the alternative energy project is part of an ambitious U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs environmental program.