The Arkansas Attorney General's office says fraud, especially schemes aimed at seniors, continues.
Ozarks At Large
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas, talked to House Speaker Davy Carter this weekend about the continuing negotiations over funding the private option.The Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department continues to deal with iced-over highways across the state, while an annual tree-planting event gears up for this year's event set for this weekend.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, several Arkansas towns have been identified by the University of Arkansas to participate in a sustainability report card program. We speak with Michelle Halsel, managing director of the Applied Sustainability Center at the University of Arkansas to find out about the program. Plus, the idea of Southern Art History; how we talk about it depends on how we define it.Friday the University of Arkansas hosted a science and engineering fair with participants from school districts in fifteen surrounding counties.
Rachael DeLue was recently in northwest Arkansas and while here talked to us about the concept of southern art...and if that can even be defined.
Roby Brock has plenty of financial numbers for Arkansas-based businesses in his regular weekly recap.In its second year, the Sustainable Cities Program of the UA's Applied Sustainability Center expanded to include seven more diverse Arkansas cities.
The combination of ice and snow was responsible for changes to schedules all over the state, including a delay in the trial of former Arkansas treasurer Martha Shoffner.
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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn three things you should know about collecting coins. Plus, we get ready for Hamlet, which will close out this season for TheatreSquared.
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program's next Walks Through History tour will take place April 12 in Jasper.
"Help is Around the Corner" by Coldplay
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says the annual surge of activities for spring is at full speed.
"Main Theme" by Ramin Djawadi
Peter Lippincott's second CD finds the songwriter playing multiple instruments, including a rescued French banjo.
"Clay Pigeons" by John Prine
The latest revenue collections by the state came in again above what was originally forecast, while one gubernatorial candidate issues his plan to put mroe funding into Pre-K programs.
""Let it Be Me" by Ray LaMontagne
Since the year 2000, the Annie E Casey Foundation has been publishing reports regarding the well-being of our nation’s children through its “KIDS COUNT” reports. The 2013 edition was released earlier this week. But what does the new report say about the well-being of children in Arkansas?
