Solar energy installation is on the rise in Arkansas—a solar rich state. But unlike other solar states, Arkansas lacks incentives for solar development as well as utility standards. Add to that, this year, renewable energy advocates will face organized opposition from carbon producers, who don’t want them on the grid.Ozarks At Large
Solar energy installation is on the rise in Arkansas—a solar rich state. But unlike other solar states, Arkansas lacks incentives for solar development as well as utility standards. Add to that, this year, renewable energy advocates will face organized opposition from carbon producers, who don’t want them on the grid.Though Arkansas is still 30% above the rest of the nation, the state is finally seeing declining rates when it comes to new lung cancer diagnoses and moralities due to lung cancer. We hear from Dr. Gary Wheeler with the Arkansas Department of Health.
Today's week in review looks back at the school-related news we've aired over the past seven days.
On this edition of Ozarks, the efforts continue to place a statue of General William O. Darby on the edge of Fort Smith. And the work is just beginning to move a Frank Lloyd Wright house from New Jersey to Bentonville. We’ll hear how that task will be done. And Pearl Brick sings inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio…and talks about leaving college to travel to Key West, losing her voice and her recent return to performing.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, has a partial list of events for the MLK Holiday.
The Benton County Children's Advocacy Center recently received reaccreditation. Lake Wedington in Washington County and Shores Lake in Franklin County will soon be partially drained to allow the U.S. Forest Service to allow for some winter maintenance. And Bentonville Public Schools begins to think about names and mascots for its second high school that will be built in Centerton.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, as the state prepares for a busy election year, one county makes changes to its polling sites. Plus, a physical fitness event this weekend celebrates two very different causes, and we visit with a founder of the Soweto Gospel Choir, which is performing tonight at Walton Arts Center.
Early next year, the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, informally called The Fort Smith RAM, will open its new home to the public. The RAM’s history began in the 1940s, incorporating as an arts center in 1968. www.fsram.org.
Katy Henriksen talks with the Welsh singer-songwriter about her latest music. To learn more about this artist, visit http://catelebon.com.
A nearly $1 million grant will allow the Ft. Smith Fire Department to pay nine firefighter positions, 10 current or former University of Arkansas athletes are preparing to compete in the London Olympics, and more.
“Bubblehouse” by Martin/Medeski/Wood
Michael Tilley from www.TheCityWire.com explains how the recent drought is affecting business and how trash collection in Ft. Smith has become a bigger issue than expected.
In addition to serving as Sebastian County Circuit Court Judge, Jim Spears is the author of “Justice Divided: A Judicial History of Sebastian County.”
“Fort Smith Breakdown” by The Freight Hoppers
