Today we listen to samples from "Half the City," the debut album from St. Paul and the Broken Bones.
Ozarks At Large
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers offers a brief preview of the Eureka Springs Blues Weekend.
Arkansas has one of the highest rates of people living with HIV but don’t know it. To receive an HIV test, you can go to your county health department. To reach the Washington County HIV clinic call 479-973-4613. Testing and support are available at an ARCare HIV Office, for information or to find an office near you, click here or call 501-388-4613. For information on support and social groups through HIV Arkansas, visit hivarkansas.org
Tyson Foods yesterday announced that Hillshire Brands had accepted its $8.5 billion acquisition bid over a smaller acquisition by Pinnacle Foods. Senator John Boozman returns to Washington, D.C. more than a month after undergoing emergency heart surgery, and a new effort aiming at legalizing cannabis gets underway in Arkansas.
Saturday's Wellfest lets you run, ride, even hula hoop.
Here is a direct link to all things Wellfest, including race courses.
Here is a direct link to all things Wellfest, including race courses.
Ahead on Ozarks, we learn the differences between various types of Arkansas charter schools. Plus, a UA researcher receives a grant to study the genetic composition of diatoms.
Diatoms are microscopic, but vital, parts of life. Research at the University of Arkansas is finding out more about them.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, June 20, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a summer tradition returns with the opening of the 64th season of the Opera in the Ozarks, and there are modifications going on with the Arkansas Child Maltreatment Registry.
Members of Arkansas' Congressional delegation react to President Obama's State of the Union Address earlier this week, as well as the President's pick to lead the Department of Defense. And, Fort Smith city and Sebastian County officials plan their next step inn moving forward with a regional aquatics center following public dissatisfaction with recently revised plans.
"My Funny Valentine" by Miles Davis
Senator Mark Pryor discusses the approaching deadline for across-the-board spending cuts, the future of the Violence Against Women Act and more.
Thanks to a new program, Arkansas Children's Hospital patients will receive Valentines whose messages were personalized by people from around the country. If you want to send a Valentine to a patient for free, visit the hospital's website here.
"Save Your Life For Me" by Mark Whitfield
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers still has ideas for Valentine's Day, even at the eleventh hour.
The four men from the barbershop quartet Melody Lane are delivering singing valentines today. They brought us one yesterday.