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.Ozarks At Large
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.
Surf de Soleil is one of the bands performing at a benefit for Guatemala tonight at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville. Earlier this week, they stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance and played their song "It's You and It's Me."
Southwestern Electric Power Company plans to string an extra high voltage transmission line across Benton and Carroll Counties to better serve the region’s growing electrical needs. But a group of affected residents have organized “Save the Ozarks” to block the transmission corridor. A Fort Smith homeless agency halts its plans to move to a homeless campus until certain criteria are met. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas takes us on a tour of the organization and potential campus.
Tom Vilsack, the country's Secretary of Agriculture, was the esteemed speaker of yesterday's Dale and Betty Bumpers Distinguished Lecture at the University of Arkansas. He took the opportunity to speak candidly with the standing room only crowd about short-, medium-, and long-term ag public policy goals, and about opening lines of communication. Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: taking back tons of unneeded or expired prescription drugs. Tomorrow, Arkansans are encouraged to properly and legally dispose of the unwanted medicine in their homes. Plus a trip through Oak Cemetery in Fort Smith, and the band Surf De Solei steps into the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, December 20, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks, a company that began on the University of Arkansas campus is on a list of 2013's top technological inventors. Plus the founders of the Early Morning Bourbon Girls…Rebecca Champagne and Meredith Martin Moats…talk about the band's upcoming reunion show at Maxine's Tap Room and play a couple of songs inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio.
Chris Young and Rick Springfield perform at the AMP, and the Imagination Movers, the U2 of kids’ music, come to the Walton Arts Center. More information on www.waltonartscenter.org.
Can electrical utility grids manage current peak demand? Plus--just in case--we lead you to your nearest “cooling station.”
To prepare for the high heat indexes predicted this week, Fort Smith has designated some public buildings as cooling centers.
For more information: www.fortsmithar.gov
“Force Marker” by Brian Eno
Kevin Lazas and Grace Heymsfield – members of the Arkansas Razorbacks track and field team -- will participate in the 2011 edition of the Pan American Junior Track and Field Championships being held this weekend in southern Florida.
Becca looks ahead to BB&BBQ whose musical lineup now includes Jamey Johnson.
“Heat” by Eric Serra
