Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, spoke recently at the Clinton School of Public Service. While in Arkansas he talked with Roby Brock of Talk Business Arkansas.Ozarks At Large
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, spoke recently at the Clinton School of Public Service. While in Arkansas he talked with Roby Brock of Talk Business Arkansas.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks…the ill-fated effort to have the White River Watershed designated as a National Blueway. It would have been just the second river to have that designation. Plus Stewart Towns talks to Christina Thomas about his book Enduring Legacy: Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause. He says the oratory of confederate veterans in the years after the Civil War ended has influenced much of the south’s perspective since.
In his book Enduring Legacy: Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause, Stuart Towns argues that without the words expressed during and after the Civil War, the Lost Cause movement in the American South would not have been what it was. Christina Thomas speaks with Towns about the oral history of the Lost Cause and how it has influenced the region today.Arkansas's new state treasurer is reshaping policies of the office based on input from employees of the division. The 2014 fiscal year begins today with a new budget for the state, which includes increased spending for Medicaid and higher education. Today is the deadline for public input on the state's new voter ID law. Political commentators ruminate on Tom Cotton's chances for running a successful Senate campaign against Mark Pryor. And, Benton County starts looking at building a new courts building to replace the current one, built in 1928.
Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, new outdoor workout equipment is installed, a new art exhibit opens and a new book is published.
Jim Fairbanks’ new memoir examines his life since a diagnosis of type one diabetes.
More about the book at makesusstronger.comIn our weekly review of the headlines, we take a look at groups and organizations that are on the hook for more money, and one organization getting a sizable amount of money.
Jim Fairbanks’ new memoir examines his life since a diagnosis of type one diabetes.
More about the book at makesusstronger.comAhead on this edition of Ozarks, an update on an agreement between Arkansas and Oklahoma to improve the Illinois River Watershed. Plus, trap shooting. Also, a tour of the second phase of construction at Fayetteville High School, a forum focused on the possibility of a growing green economy in the Arkansas and Mississippi Delta Regions.
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.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, raising the minimum wage in Arkansas. Plus, we have a report on regional accents.
Political columnist discusses the role Mike Huckabee will have now that he's not running for the White House, and the future of state legislative re-districting.
A group of University of Arkansas chemical engineering students have developed an award-winning water treatment system.
A power outage results in class cancellation for Alma students.
“Rainy Day Women” # 12 & 35” by Bob Dylan
Frank Vignola and the Virtuoso Band will perform at St. Catherine's at Gable Bell tonight.
Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com discusses the success of Lady Gaga.
“Poker Face” by Lady Gaga
