Ozarks At Large
In this morning's Week in Review, we look at the stories we've covered concerning the partial shutdown of the federal government that started as the calendar flipped over to October.



There is music from Mongolia, Nashville, Texas and Arkansas all over the place this weekend.

Fourth District Congressman Tom Cotton says that he thnks the government shutdown will negatively impact national security, while Senator Mark Pryor gives his account of yesterday's shooting near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.. Arkansans for Compassionate Care get their proposed ballot title approved by the state attorney general. And John Brown University gets a sizable contribution toward the school's forthcoming nursing program.


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Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an examination of primary races. Plus, researchers monitor the environmental impact of a hog farm on the Buffalo River Watershed.
Becca Martin Brown tells us about Kibbles and Books, and reminds us that Chicago will be near Joplin this evening.
Andy Allen is the new head of the viticulture and enology programs at Arkansas Tech University-Ozark. He has previously served as an extension viticulture specialist for wine grapes with North Carolina State University at Raleigh and he now leads the programs at a campus that is five miles away from Altus, a town that has been the historic center of Arkansas’ wine-making industry.
“Grapes” by Evan Stone
Community Pre-school has been an operating non-profit preschool since at least mid-1970s. This week Molly Jensen, a member of the school’s board, and Debbie Bennett, Lead Teacher and Curriculum Coordinator, came to the studio to discuss the school then…and now.
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Centersays that while the stage has been quiet, the box office remains busy as patrons purchase tickets for the upcoming system.