Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: bringing electricity to rural Arkansas. We talk with a veteran of Ozarks Rural Electric Cooperative about wiring the rugged parts of our region as the agency celebrates its 75th anniversary. Also, Medicaid coverage for many Marshal Islanders in Northwest Arkansas might be restored, 17 years after it was cut. And a smart phone app that might save your life . . . really.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: bringing electricity to rural Arkansas. We talk with a veteran of Ozarks Rural Electric Cooperative about wiring the rugged parts of our region as the agency celebrates its 75th anniversary. Also, Medicaid coverage for many Marshal Islanders in Northwest Arkansas might be restored, 17 years after it was cut. And a smart phone app that might save your life . . . really.
Congress is considering reinstating Medicaid coverage for so-called Compact of Free Association Migrants living in the United States. The entitlement was cut back in 1996. Affected would be residents of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau and The Republic of the Marshall Islands--including thousands of Marshallese in Northwest Arkansas.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn how self-checkouts are changing the way we shop.Plus, a conversation with Jerusalem Greer, one of the authors participating in this year's Books in Bloom literary festival in Eureka Springs.
As we continue our series on summer camps, we explore options for dance and music camps in the area including a NWA Conservatory of Classical Ballet
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The Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra Fayetteville Public School District, and Carnegie Hall team up for a special concert on Friday.
Ahead on Ozarks: how to make a work of art in public, in water, with living plants. We travel to Lake Fayetteville to see the installation "Spiral Wetland" and talk with the artist, Stacy Levy. Plus, now that the Private Medicaid option is a reality in Arkansas, what's next? Roby Brock will talk to Greg Hatcher, the founder and CEO of the state’s largest, independent health provider. And we continue our series on summer camp options inside the Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale.
The Northwest Arkansas Community College board of trustees votes against allowing licensed faculty and staff to carry concealed firearms on the school's campus. Ozark Regional Transit announces expanded hours for several routes. The Fayetteville Advertising and Promotions Commission announces a new website, new visitor's guide for the year, and a new guided tour in the works. And, it's election day for the Sebastian County one-cent sales tax.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, most of us use it: the Internet, how the World Wide Web has shaped popular culture. Plus, we find out what's so great about honey, and we get ready for a summer chock full of camps.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a review of Macklemore's latest album, and remembering a great American artist.
Charles Banks Wilson, an American artist, was laid to rest on Tuesday in his hometown of Miami, Oklahoma. He was born and passed in Arkansas. Wilson is best known for his works of the American Indian. Wilson's works are housed in some of the most renowned museums and art galleries in the world, including New York's Metropolitan Museum, Washington's Library of Congress, the Corcoran Gallery, the Oklahoma State Capitol where four 13 feet tall and 27 feet wide murals line the rotunda, and the Gilcrease Museum, which owns more than 300 pieces of the artist's work.
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the man who has been intimately connected with the Nobel Peace Prize for the past quarter-century talks about the process for selecting a recipient and some of the controversies associated with the honor.
Energy Corps correspondent Christina Thomas reports on the pros and cons of biodiesel produced from used cooking oil from university cafeterias.
"Taxmen" by Little Junior Parker
President Bill Clinton's childhood home in Hope, Arkansas was dedicated as a national park facility over the weekend.
After all that tax filing, head to Dickson Street for some metal music.
"Straight No Chaser" by Miles Davis
Singer/songwriter Joe Purdy is currently on a three-month tour, but earlier this month, he played an acoustic set at the University of Arkansas. While he was in town, he visited the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
For more information on Joe, visit www.joepurdy.com.
To see video of Joe performing a song not heard on air, click here.
A micro-enterprise workshop to help mom-and-pop business assert their presence on the web will be hosted in Eureka Springs next week.
"Goodbye Porkpie Hat" by Art Farmer
