The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (www.agfc.com) is looking at buying a 42-acre plot of land north of Jasper to expand operations.
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Still no House vote on the Private Option, though a House committee forwarded a Senate bill to leave the Lt. Governor's office vacant until November, and Axciom made it's third and potentially final round of layoffs, expected to save the company between 20 and 30 million dollars.
Michael Thomsen and Rudy Nayga, researchers with the UA Division of Agriculture, look at how restaurants and stores that surround schools affect the weight of students.
Here are the clips for this week's salute to Boston:
1) The Standells sing Dirty Water.
2) Frasier introduces Lilith to Woody for the first time on Cheers.
3) Boston -based new wave group The Cars.
4) Robin Williams, in his Oscar-winning role, recounts Carlton Fisk's legendary World Series home run in Good Will Hunting.
5) Boston native Donna Summer sings about The Last Dance.
6) Havlicek stole the ball! The final seconds of the 1965 NBA Eastern Conference Finals.
7) The Boston Pops play a signature tune, The Stars and Stripes Forever.
8) Jack Nicholson opens up the Oscar-winning The Departed.
9) The final moments of the most underrated TV show in history: St. Elsewhere. Spoiler: it's a snow globe.
10) Dave Loggins and Please Come to Boston.
Apologies to: Mystic River, The Verdict, The Dropkick Murphys, Rob Zombie, Dick Dale, Gone Baby Gone, Ben Affleck, Boston (the band), The Pixies, Aerosmith, Joan Baez, Bill Russell (you're on OUR Mt. Rushmore) and Spencer for Hire. Maybe next time.
1) The Standells sing Dirty Water.
2) Frasier introduces Lilith to Woody for the first time on Cheers.
3) Boston -based new wave group The Cars.
4) Robin Williams, in his Oscar-winning role, recounts Carlton Fisk's legendary World Series home run in Good Will Hunting.
5) Boston native Donna Summer sings about The Last Dance.
6) Havlicek stole the ball! The final seconds of the 1965 NBA Eastern Conference Finals.
7) The Boston Pops play a signature tune, The Stars and Stripes Forever.
8) Jack Nicholson opens up the Oscar-winning The Departed.
9) The final moments of the most underrated TV show in history: St. Elsewhere. Spoiler: it's a snow globe.
10) Dave Loggins and Please Come to Boston.
Apologies to: Mystic River, The Verdict, The Dropkick Murphys, Rob Zombie, Dick Dale, Gone Baby Gone, Ben Affleck, Boston (the band), The Pixies, Aerosmith, Joan Baez, Bill Russell (you're on OUR Mt. Rushmore) and Spencer for Hire. Maybe next time.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, they aren't native to the United States. but Burmese pythons are presenting themselves as quite a problem in parts of the nation; we take a look at how they got here. Plus, after years of planning, an orchard begins to take roots in Fayetteville this afternoon, and students at an area junior high school prepare to put their knowledge and problem solving skills to the test on the statewide stage.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we look at the history of The Lincoln Echo, the last in a long line of African American newspapers in Arkansas. Plus, we speak with one of the cast members of 'I Love Lucy On Stage,' and we find out how Martin Greer makes his sweet treats.
On this edition of Ozarks, Roby Brock takes a look at the state's Lt. Governor's race. Also, the Springdale Police Department is offering a period of warrant amnesty for the next week.
A producer and actor discuss the work that goes into Leo, which can be seen on stage at the Walton Arts Center Friday night.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas talks to GOP political consultant Clint Reed and left-leaning blogger Michael Cook about Arkansas Lt. Governor's race.
Clint Schnekloth is the Lead Pastor at Good Shepard Lutheran Church in Fayetteville and the author of the new book, Mediating Faith: Faith Formation in a Trans-media Era.
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July 4th Weekend, 2014
For this holiday weekend we listen again to music recorded inside Firmin-Garner Performance Studio during the first six months of 2014. We hear from:
Pearl Brick
Cletus Got Shot
Sweetwater Gypsies
Isayah Wofford
The Riverblenders
Xcluded
Sons of Otis Malone
Finvarra's Wren
Dick Johnson
Elephant Revival
And a weekend update of things to do from Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers.
Last month, we began a series on a farm to school project taking place this summer in Fayetteville. A partnership between various organizations in the community has resulted in a grant allowing for funds to connect schools with local food producers with the aim of serving their fruits and vegetables in school cafeterias and teaching kids about where there food comes from.
Today, Christina Thomas accompanies children on a visit to the Fayetteville Farmers’ Market.
A portion of the Arkansas River Valley is now classified as an area in exceptional drought, the EPA awards the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma $175,000, and more.
“Do Re Mi” by Woody Guthrie
The Fayetteville Public Library has qualified for a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The library’s goal of one-point-eight million dollars was finished this week by a 140-thousand dollar pledge from the Pat and Willard Walker Foundation. More information is available at www.faylib.org.
An inventor living on Holiday Island has designed a patented machine to deliver sun-drenched purified air into your living and working quarters, using UV-C germicidal light, similar to lamps installed by industry and certain public health clinics to kill dangerous microbes. We visit the Carroll County factory. For more information: www.betterair.com
For this Friday the 13th, Becca Martin Brown gives us an abbreviated tour of some of the area’s oddities.