Ahead on weekend Ozarks, how nurse practitioners will fill a potential shortfall of primary care physicians, the 2014 renovation plans for the Arts Center of the Ozarks, how Scrabble is being used as part of an annual fundraiser for the Literacy Council of Benton County, how one business is cashing in on the latest juicing craze and more.
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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.
