Although Spring Break is not over, registration deadlines are nearing for some summer camps.
Ozarks At Large
In the olden days, your local apothecary prepared all your medications. Now, your pharmaceutical industry mass produces everything from prescription Ambien to Xanax.But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the lost art of individualized compounding is undergoing a revival—and more intense review. (Photo: Collier Drug Compounding Lab Staff-- front row left to right: Denise Roark, Jana Evensen, Corrie Stout, Melissa Mashburn, back row: Andrew Mize, Justin Bolinger.)
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas leads a roundtable discussion, which includes newly-elected House Speaker-designate Jeremy Gillam.The design for the Ben Geren Aquatics Park in Fort Smith has been finalized and will soon be let out for bid. And, a journalist that was once critical of the Clintons speaks about the state of the news media.
Ahead on Ozarks, distance education will have a strong presence in a program on the University of Arkansas campus next fall, plus Rogers Little Theatre brings a comedy classic to the stage. We go behind the scenes with The Man Who Came To Dinner.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, makes suggestions for a spring break St. Louis trip.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, April 27, 2014
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.
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, makes his case for why Richard Nixon made as much a mark on American history as any figure in the last half of the 20th century.
A group protesting construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in Oklahoma, including members from Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and California, chain themselves to equipment at a construction site on the pipeline to prevent construction from moving forward. Officials in Central Arkansas lament a lack of access to documents related to the Mayflower Oil spill, leading to what they view as a lack of oversight. Rogers aldermen look to spend just more than $1 million on a trails project. And state officials draft a waiver that would allow the state to use federal Medicaid dollars for the state's so-called "private option" Medicaid expansion plan.
"Night Fight" by Tan Dun
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, talks to two legislators about Planned Parenthood and health exchanges.
A potential national designation for the White River has created concern among some Arkansas residents.
There are still four chances to see musicians from the Artosphere Orchestra in Fayetteville, Eureka Springs and Bella Vista.
"Extreme Ways" by Moby
