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Ozarks At Large

Format: 2024-11-26
Highlighting More Than Just the Icons
The Arkansas Economic Development Commission recently launched a new website, ArkansasFavorsTheBold.com, to help spread the story of the state's business successes, and to hopefully attract future successes to the state. We speak with Grant Tennille, executive director of the AEDC, to find out more.

Web Exclusive: Talking Education With Grant Tennille


Fourth District Primaries
We speak with one of two Republican candidates in the 4th Congressional Race, Tommy Moll. His opponent, Bruce Westerman, will be on tomorrow.
Voter ID Ruling Reversed
The Arkansas Supreme Court yesterday reversed a lower court's ruling that struck down the state's voter ID law. Some in the state are speaking out against proposed federal cuts to the Fulbright Scholars Program. And the U.S. Forest Service is asking for public comment on a proposal that would promote forest health in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest.
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, many local businesses have received their starts as a mobile vendor before moving into a bricks and mortar location. A long-time Fayetteville store is doing the opposite now. We talk with Sidney of Sidney's Emporium. Plus, the cycle of Artosphere: artworks of festivals past are removed to make way for the new. And we learn three things about the Peace Corps and more.


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Envirofountains Interact with Northwest Arkansas
A 2014 Artoshpere exhibit actually grows with help from the community. We visit one of six locations of these unique terrariums.






Life After School
Becca Martin Brown continues her tour of towns with summer opportunities for kids.
Dickson Street Staple Goes Back To Its Roots
Sidney's Emporium has been located on Dickson Street for about two decades, and has been located in the old UARK Theatre building for the past 14 years. This month, the business is getting back to its mobile roots with a move to the Yacht Club on College.




“Fun” Fundraisers
A few not so typical opportunities to donate money, goods, and time in the next few days.
Three Things About the Peace Corps
For our monthly series Three Things we ask a Peace Corps recruiter what we should know about the organization.
Aggressive Advertisements?
Roby Brock and Dr. Jay Barth, Professor of Political Science at Hendrix College, look at some of the season’s political ads and poll results of Republican voters.






Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Tuesday, June 3, 2014
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Ahead on Ozarks, workforce officials try to improve job training to meet industry demands. And, we look at the University of Arkansas' autism intervention program.
CEOs Helping CEOs
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Along with the late John Lewis, Tim McFarland founded CEO Forums in 2006 and has encouraged numerous corporate, non-profit and small business leaders in the years since.
More Art in More Places
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An effort is underway in Fayetteville to increase the amount of public art in the city.
"Autumn" by Max Richter
Green Cemetery Takes Root in Washington County
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This All Hallow’s Eve we take you to Droke House, an abandoned Washington County country estate which facilitator Vickie Kelly is seeking to transform into a final resting place for souls craving to go “to ground”—under the state’s first sustainable cemetery.
This is NPR
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For years Frank Tavares has been the voice of NPR's underwriting announcements. He's also a writer and professor.
One of Two Certainties In Life
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Here is the list for our montage on the 100th anniversary of the income tax in the United States: 1. The Beatles, of course, with Taxman. 2. John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd, as the Blues Brothers, beat the tax deadline. 3. Johnny Cash sings After Taxes. 4. Robert De Niro's Al Capone thinks he can beat the tax rap in the (historically inaccurate) movie The Untouchables. 5. The Kinks' Sunny Afternoon. 6. Andy makes a reluctant partner in The Shawshank Redemption. 7. Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings wonder What if We All Stopped Paying Taxes. 8. Errol Flynn challenges Claude Rains in Robin Hood. 9. A can't-miss plan is hatched by Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder in the original version of The Producers. 10. Danny Kaye uses Irving Berlin's lyrics to proclaim I Paid My Income Tax Today. Apologies to: Willie Nelson, James Brown, Billy Bragg, Johnny Paycheck and the makers of The Joe Louis Story. Maybe next time.