Late last week, the federal Department of Health and Human Services accepted Arkansas's plan for Medicaid expansion. The city of Bentonville will give away compost and wood mulch this week. A couple of roads close or otherwise reroute in the River Valley starting today. And gas prices dropped slightly in Arkansas over the past week.
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With this morning's montage, we say several goodbyes; to Summer, to a famed Yankees pitcher, and to one of our longest-tenured colleagues at KUAF. Here are our 10 pop culture references we used to say goodbye.
- "So Long, Farewell" from the Sound of Music
- Lou Gehrig's farewell speech
- "Goodbye my Lover" by James Blunt
- ET says his goodbye
- The famous words from Gone With The Wind
- "Hello, Goodbye" by The Beatles
- The Friends leave the apartment for the final time
- "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John
- Jim Carey tells his fare goodbye at the beginning of Dumb and Dumber
- Leaving Casablanca for the final time
- Johnny Carson bids his final farewell to the audience during his final time hosting The Tonight Show
The Arkansas Center For The Book this week made its selection for the 2013 If All Arkansas Read The Same Book Program. Kyle Kellams spoke with Vivienne Schiffer, the author of the novel Camp Nine, this year's selection.



Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says a concert tomorrow in Pea Ridge offers a rare audio apportunity.
Ozark Hall has been part of the central part of the University of Arkansas campus for decades. A years-long renovation was formally introduced yesterday.
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On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with authors Rilla Askew and Timothy O'Grady. Plus, Mercy Fort Smith opens its new breast center.
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center is here to tell us about the Blue Man Group, Poncho Sanchez and his Latin Jazz Band, Tao – The Art of Drum, and other events.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced this week results from its “Blueprint for Stronger Services”--a department wide review designed to increase efficiency and cut costs. Sixteen offices in Arkansas will be closed.
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net discusses 2011’s biggest stories.
Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has details on today’s gallery tour and Skyspace discussion at Crystal Bridges, and a sci-fi book club meeting in Bella Vista.
Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams sat down with UA-Fort Smith Director of Theatre Bob Stevenson to find out more about the multiple award-winning classic production “South Pacific.”
To hear more of the conversation between Kyle Kellams and Bob Stevenson, click here .
“Some Enchanted Evening” by Sonny Rolling