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The Arkansas Forestry Commission is warning state residents that March is prime time for wildfire conditions. The Arkansas Election Commission is being taken to court over rules for absentee ballots under the state's new voter ID law. And a new report details the challenges and successes the state faces in regards to childrens' health.
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In this installment of What's in a Name, we look at the history of Benton, the county and the ville.
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The trial of former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner continued Friday with testimony via taped conversations from a bond broker who allegedly received much of the state's bond business after giving kickbacks to Shoffner. And a number of court-related entities in Arkansas are receiving less funding after a decline in court fee and fine collections.
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Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a visit to a jeweler's studio where she makes trinkets of beauty with stones, sterling silver and words on metal. Plus, we talk with blogger Mat Campbell of the Blue Hog Report about how the lawyer-turned-journalist uncovers and covers political happenings in the state.
Michael Tilley from www.thecitywire.com discusses Fort Smith issues along with the final map after the redistricting debate is settled by the Arkansas Legislature.
"Fast Food Socrates" by New York Electric Piano
Magnetic fire flies or magnetic fireflies? -- Augusta Read Thomas' world-premiere performance tomorrow promises to be stunningly imaginative.
A 17th-generation musician, Ustad Ghulam Farid Nizami is a master of classical Indian, Sufi and Pakistani folk music. He performs this weekend in Fayetteville and Eureka Springs. More information available at www.ustadnizami.com/shows.html.
Augusta Read Thomas, Reasons to be Pretty, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band among the long list of events on Walton Arts Center's calendar.
Millions of dollars of promised federal aid to construct a pedestrian and bicycle trail connecting Fayetteville to Bentonville cut last February by Congress has been reinstated. Jacqueline Froelich reports. Details on the Razorback Regional Greenway can be found at www.nwarpc.org.
"228" by Bones & Tones