Legislators yesterday discussed the private option in Arkansas.
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Michael Tilley, form The City Wire, discusses a real estate recovery, the need for a new jail in Crawford County and a possible third high school in Fort Smith.Legislators yesterday heard about the progress of the Private Option rollout in the state, while Governor Mike Beebe offered his thoughts on consequences to the state's budget if the legislature decides to gut the program in the coming fiscal session.
Olivia Trimble's business Sleet City Hand Painted Signs may only be just more than a year old, but her wares can be spotted all around town, including a hand-painted sandwich board outside Onyx Coffee Lab and adorning the Town Center at the Fayetteville Square during the Little Craft Show. Katy Henriksen visits Trimble in her home studio to find out more about how and why she launched her business and how she makes her custom signs.Web Extra: Images From Sleet City Signs
A collection of historical documents and books are on loan to the University of Arkansas this semester.
Though the plans are in the early stages, The University of Arkansas Fort Smith may begin offering its first Master's degree in a few years.
The latest results released from the Talk Business Arkansas-Hendrix College poll show that the chief concern among Arkansas voters is the economy as this mid-term election year gets underway. Crews with the Arkansas and Missouri Railroad continue to make repairs and determine the cause of failure to certain equipment on the railroad bridge crossing the Arkansas River at Van Buren. Cargill is ordered to pay more than $2 million in a settlement of hiring discrimination allegations, and the state of Arkansas is clawing back nearly a half million dollars from Hewlett-Packard after the company failed to meet employment projections at its facility in Conway.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with author An Na. Plus, we go behind-the-scenes at KNWA.
We speak with An Na, author of A Step From Heaven, a book that was awarded the Michael L. Prince Award when it was published a decade ago. Critics and reviewers commended the book's characters for speaking like a child without being too precocious or condescending. The author will speak this week in Fayetteville.Even though the dance troupe is difficult to describe, Becca suggests watching them tomorrow at Walton Arts Center.
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Thursday, April 3, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks: if you've been the victim of a violent crime, you may be due more than justice. We speak with the director of the Arkansas Crime Reparations Board to find out the steps to take in order to receive monetary compensation. And, how a dream and a wooden sign were catalysts for a home where girls learn the skills needed to become self-sufficient women. And, we learn about the training regular citizens receive to become volunteer storm spotters.
Winner of 2011 Miller Williams Arkansas Poetry Prize Danielle Deulen stops by KUAF's Harold and Blanche Caulk News Studio to discuss her work.
Dance, music, books and Pettigrew Day will keep Northwest Arkansans entertained.
"I Can Almost See Clearly Now" by Charles Hammer
Community Clinic, based in Springdale, provides medical care to the working poor of Northwest AR. With satellite offices in Rogers and Siloam Springs, it now seeks to expand into South Washington County. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, its funding is caught up in federal Congressional budget wrangling.
CAST researchers at the University of Arkansas helped National Geographic Magazine re-create Machu Picchu for the cover of its April issue.
"Toboggan" by Breathe Owl Breathe
UA Percussion Ensemble, and Drew Holcombe and the Neighbors perform today.
