Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: it's primary election day in Arkansas, and Roby Brock talks to three Republicans who are vying for their party's nomination for attorney general. Plus, the City of Fayetteville is looking toward the future as Baby Boomers continue to age. A new project wants the city to become an age-friendly place. And, in our monthly series on technology, we visit the VA hospital in Fayetteville, where new solar arrays aim to make the facility more sustainable.
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Speaker of the Arkansas House wants to call a special session of the state legislature to deal with problems with the insurance program for public school employees, and Crawford County officials are hopeful that county voters will approve a sales tax increase that would help the county build a new jail.
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On this Election Day in Arkansas, the three GOP candidates seeking their party's nomination for attorney general talk to Roby Brock from Talk Business and Politics.
A new initiative considers how to become an age-friendly city.
"Rebel Waltz" by The Clash
The Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks, based in Fayetteville, has installed a large solar array on it’s forested campus.
As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the alternative energy project is part of an ambitious U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs environmental program.