Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, how little pieces of blue plastic are being recycled at Mercy hospital. We'll also go to First Tee of Northwest Arkansas in Lowell to find out how golf and life are intricately connected. Plus, we'll hear a song from Elephant Revival recorded in the4 Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
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What curiosity, a bit of free time and some maps can reveal about one town.
"Independence Day" by Christopher O'Reily and "Summertime" by Jim Hall and Pat Metheny
Arkansas ends its fiscal year with a surplus of several million dollars, but lawmakers have no firm plans yet of how to spend the money. Ongoing highway improvements mean some road closures and delays over the holiday weekend. And, students at UALR react to the interest rate hike that went into effect this week on Stafford student loans for low income students.
"Attaboy" by Edgar Meyer, Stuart Duncan, Chris Thile & Yo Yo Ma
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas, helped lead a discussion about Arkansas politics with State Senator Jason Rapert and Max Brantley, the Senior Editor of the Arkansas Times. The conversation comes from the program Capitol View, first broadcast in Little Rock on KARK TV.
Becca Martin Brown continues her vacation in New Orleans…but has time to tell us about some fireworks shows tonight in northwest Arkansas.