Ozarks At Large
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas talks to GOP political consultant Clint Reed and left-leaning blogger Michael Cook about Arkansas Lt. Governor's race.The Arkansas House yesterday defeated a bill that would continue funding for the state's Private Option Medicaid expansion, a recently established organization is encouraging more political participation for women in Arkansas, Fayetteville moves forward with its partnered purchase of land on Mt. Kessler, and Ft. Smith aldermen oppose seeking fines from Whirlpool.
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas talks to two Republican members of the House about the private option. As an African-American college freshman in 1958, Dorothy Marcy thought treatment she received was discrimination. Fifty years later she learned it was for her protection. More on Compassion Fayetteville can be found here.
The issue of net neutrality is back in the news and we ask our tech ambassador for some of the basics.
You can go to Russia to watch Olympic curling. You can go to Springdale to actually play.
The town of More Tomorrow, Belize could have a safe source of water soon with help from students at the University of Arkansas.
Roiled a century ago by race riots, Harrison is taking pragmatic steps to repair its reputation, and has become culturally diverse, due to the presence of the Harrison Community Task Force on Race Relations. Still, as Jacqueline Froelich reports, a few local
white patriots have come out to mark the town as their territory. Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the Museum of Native American History in Bentonville may be a secret for now, but it won't be for long. We'll explain why, and we find out how distance education will have a larger footprint in the University of Arkansas School of Law next fall.
“Ricky Nelson Remembered” at Alma Performing Arts Center, plus a number of other events will keep us entertained this weekend. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
“Garden Party” by Ricky Nelson
Earlier this week, Kyle Kellams moderated a conversation with the cast and crew of TheatreSquared’s latest production “The Fall of the House.” Here are some highlights.
“The Lucky One” (James Yuill Remix) by Au Revoir Simone
Kyle Kellams and Antoinette Grajeda recently went on an Ozarks hiking trip with two hiking experts to discover a pair of waterfalls.
To view a slideshow of photos and video of the waterfalls, click here.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit civil rights group based in Montgomery, Alabama, issued its annual “hate report,” last month. Jacqueline Froelich takes a critical look at the Arkansas data.
Michael Tilley from our content partner www.thecitywire.com discusses the fall in natural gas prices in the state, the increase in tax collections in all major revenue categories, and more.
“Money” by Vitamin String Quartet (A Tribute to Pink Floyd)
