Almost two weeks ago, Cherokee voters cast their ballots in Tahlequah, Oklahoma for principle chief, deputy chief and several tribal council positions. The outcome, however, continues to take a series of twists. Jacqueline Froelich reports.
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Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net speaks with Dr. Jim Kahrr, a columnist and former professor of marketing, about the latter’s book “30 Doses of Marketing Success: A Month’s Worth of Tips from a Marketing Doctor.”
State officials say Arkansas took in more money than expected in the just-finished fiscal year.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a program helps homeowners behind on their mortgages and Fayetteville author Tammy Bronson talks about her new book “Sea Horse, Run!” A chat with Dr. Rosilee Walker Russell of the University of Fort Smith Academy of the Arts and a first-of-its-kind USGS study enquires into the drinking water quality near natural gas extraction sites in north central Arkansas.
Local children’s book author Tammy Carter Bronson’s recent book “Sea Horse, Run!” has won the 2011 Next Generation Indie Book Award.
On this edition of Ozarks, fireworks! Becca Bacon Martin has a list of places setting off holiday fireworks in the region and Winslow plans its first half-marathon in September. A workshop on buried treasures and lost mines of the Ozark Mountains and author Ernie Dumas talks about his co-authored book “”Waiting for the Cemetery Vote.”
Ernie Dumas talks about “Waiting for the Cemetery Vote,” a book he co-authored with Tom Glaze on the latter’s efforts to eradicate election fraud in Arkansas.
More of the conversation with Ernie Dumas and the book “Waiting for the Cemetery Vote.” can be heard here.
More of the conversation with Ernie Dumas and the book “Waiting for the Cemetery Vote.” can be heard here.
In his book “Before I Go To Sleep,” author S.J. Watson addresses the question – if our memories define us, who would we be if we had none?
Chase Missy discusses what it's like being musicians with a family as well as bonding with other artists.
To see video of Chase Missy performing in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio, click here.
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, a look at what's next for the ruptured Pegasus pipeline. Plus, we pay a visit to the new Walmart to Go store in Bentonville.
The Ozarks Genealogical Society's annual conference is scheduled for Sept. 13-14 in Springfield, Missouri, and the featured speaker is D. Joshua Taylor (http://www.djoshuataylor.com).
The first event outside of Eureka Springs for the Creative Energy Project will bring yarn, and plenty of it, to Bentonville.
Link: For more about Yarnology or the Creative Energy Project, www.creativeenergyproject.com
Officials with hunger relief organizations in Arkansas express concern over recent efforts to remove SNAP funding from the federal Farm Bill. Central Arkansas leaders request information from ExxonMobil regarding a stretch of pipeline in the Lake Maumelle Watershed. The Arkansas House and Senate Education Committees discuss the new Common Core curriculum, set to take effect when schools start in about a month. And the Fayetteville Public Library board of directors moves forward with an offer to purchase the former City Hospital property.
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In the first of our series on the deployment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in Arkansas, Cynthia Crone, the state’s insurance department deputy commissioner, explains the fundamentals, including getting an early look at Arkansas’s insurance exchange, now referred to as marketplace.
Early next month the organization called the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the U.S.A. Inc. will hold its annual convention in Rogers. We talked to John Bircher, National Spokesman for the Military Order of the Purple Heart.
Link: To learn more about the Military Order of the Purple Heart, visit www.purpleheart.org