On this edition of Ozarks, how ex-pats in NWA watch the World Cup. And, singer/songwriter Joe Crookston stops by the studio.
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Meredith Martin Moats has another suggestion for reading about the Arkansas experience.
A blood drive kicks off on the U of A campus today in memory of victims of the September 11, 2001 attack and the Boston Marathon bombing. Governor Beebe hopes to use his chairmanship of the Southern Governor's Association to decrease Arkansas's high infant mortality rate. The Arkansas Department of Human Services wants to increase mental health awareness during September as a new report gives insight on mental health and substance abuse in the state.. And a Fayetteville tech firm gets a $2 million federal grant to improve hybrid-electric vehicle fuel efficiency.
"Chattanooga Choo Choo" by George Benson
A coalition organized by the mayors of Fayetteville and Fort Smith seeks to build a regional multimodal hub to increase transport of manufactured goods and commodities. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the group is starting from the bottom up—in the barge navigation channel on the Arkansas River.
In his weekly recap of the week’s news, Roby Brock highlights efforts by Arkansas-owned banks to acquire another bank.
Tomorrow morning, Arkansas Tech University -- Ozark Campus will celebrate the 10th anniversary of a merger that helped make the campus what it is today.
