Senator John Boozman is still in the hospital after heart surgery earlier this week, but his condition continues to improve, and Fayetteville firefighters prepare to collect money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
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The Take Back the Nigh March will take place tomorrow, the deadline to register for the Cesar Chavez Commemoration Dinner is Saturday, and more.
A new director for Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has been named.

A new study by AARP suggests a majority of older Arkansans favor legislation protecting older workers from age discrimination, and Bentonville aims to fill in some gaps in sidewalks with new rules for development.


Northwest Arkansas Community College will stage The Giver this weekend and the tech crew has been at work on the production for some time.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says movies, art and more are geared toward teens this week.
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Monday, June 9, 2014
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.
Oklahoma and Arkansas have battled for years in the press and courts about cleaning up the Illinois River, an impaired stream shared by both states. This winter they agreed to renew a pact to determine a scientific basis to clean the river. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, Arkansas industrial interests have since issued letters to EPA requesting a suspension of the current clean water standard.
This weekend’s Cancer Challenge in Bella Vista features tennis tournaments, a golf tournament, competitive races and a trapshooting contest. The president of the Arkansas State Trapshooting Federation about the sport and find out it is growing in Arkansas.
More information about the Cancer Challenge may be found at http://www.cancerchallenge.com
More information about trapshooting in Arkansas: http://www.arkansanstrapshooting.org
"Skeletons Remain (Transmission 1)" by Hawthorne Heights
Becca reminds up the June 27th performance in the Gulley Park Summer Concert Series will feature music by Rosco Bandana.
A tour of Fayetteville High School provides an update on the progress of a major construction project at the school.
Meredith Martin-Moats reports on a program designed to start discussions about entrepreneurship and growing a green economy in the Arkansas Delta.