Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, new outdoor workout equipment is installed, a new art exhibit opens and a new book is published.Ozarks At Large
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.The Amazeum won't open until 2015, but Sam Dean, the director of the new science and learning museum, says that museum officials already have some idea of what the exhibits, and the building itself, will look like.
A group protesting construction of the Keystone XL pipeline in Oklahoma, including members from Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas and California, chain themselves to equipment at a construction site on the pipeline to prevent construction from moving forward. Officials in Central Arkansas lament a lack of access to documents related to the Mayflower Oil spill, leading to what they view as a lack of oversight. Rogers aldermen look to spend just more than $1 million on a trails project. And state officials draft a waiver that would allow the state to use federal Medicaid dollars for the state's so-called "private option" Medicaid expansion plan.
Michael Heffernan will read tomorrow night at Nightbird Books. We talk to him about his latest collection of poetry, "Walking Distance."
The state's Department of Corrections has announced it will make changes to the state's parole system following calls by Governor Beebe and others to strengthen the supervision and control of parolees in the state. While new unemployment numbers show a decline in the state's business sector, other areas have experienced growth. Opposition is mounting against the White River's designation as a National Blueway. And non-profit organizations looking to Rogers to host baseball tournaments will soon have to pay more to play.
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.
Most Saturday mornings, a certain rural Huntsville resident, can be seen at the Madison County Recycling Center sorting plastics, cardboard and cans—faithfully doing his civic environmental duty. But what makes this recycler special? He’s a dog. Jacqueline Froelich reports.
"Butterflies" Chris Titchner and the Sunday Rain Dog
Theater Squared will offer its final full production its 8th season with Hamlet.
Last month, Irish blues singer Hozier released his "From Eden EP."
Here is the list of clips for our montage to the Nutmeg State:
1. Judy Garland and Bing Crosby sing Connecticut.
2. Connecticut native Gary Burghoff in his role as Radar on the TV series M*A*S*H.
3. Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis get acquainted in Beetlejuice...a movie set in Connecticut.
4. New Haven-born Moby performs Extreme Ways.
5. William Bendix promotes the 1949 film version of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. (written by one-time Connecticut resident Mark Twain).
6. Jane Curtain, another Connecticut native, on Saturday Night Live.
7. All About Eve starring Bette Davis, set in....Connecticut.
8. Another movie set in the state: Christmas in Connecticut.
9. And another set in the Constitution State; The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.
10. Karen Carpenter, a native, sings We've Only Just Begun.
An exhibit at the Shiloh Museum fir Ozark History showcases a mans collection of his own toys from the 1930s and 40s.
"'All of Your Toys" The Monkees
