A fire broke out and was quickly contained yesterday in a non-nuclear section of Arkansas Nuclear One in Russellville. Greenwood is holding a special election today for a sales tax that would help the city provide more space for its police department. Wlamart announces the next CEO of its international division. And Bank of the Ozarks announces plans to merge with a Texas-based banking operation.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about undergrounding. Plus, a conversation with the author of "Hanging On Upside Down: The Life and work of Marianne Moore."
Linda Leavell has long studied the poetry of Marianne Moore. As it turns out, Moore was among a group of artists that included Alfred Stieglitz.
Ankur Singh spent part of his freshman year of college traveling the country, asking high school students about learning. His documentary about the experience will be screened tomorrow night on the University of Arkansas campus.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses an effort to expand broadband in Arkansas public schools and more in his weekly business news recap.
Electric distribution wires and poles are vulnerable to failure from severe ice and wind storms, as witnessed here in Arkansas on many occasions. So is it time to go underground? Jacqueline Froelich talks with Frank Burggraf who delivers the case for “undergrounding.”Springdale street crews battle ice on streets that refreezes overnight, while the National Weather Service predicts warmer weather for the rest of the week. Nabholz Construction reorganizes its corporate leadership, and the Razorback volleyball team ends its season in the first round of NCAA tournament play.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, how law enforcement officers deal with intoxicated drivers during one of the busiest times of year. Plus, we revisit the site of a sizable music festival that was held outside of Eureka Springs four decades ago.
We turn our monthly music review over to two not-so-new Christmas CDs we think are worth your attention.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, Governor Beebe answers questions submitted by Arkansans. Plus, we talk to some organizers of Fayetteville Community Radio.
Nuclear weapons, the smell of “Teen Spirit” and more in our history capsule for September 24.
“Le Pont Royal” by Kyle Eastwood
Sunday afternoon the second opera in this season's John Harrison Opera Foundation series will be screened, for free, at the Stella Boyle Smith Fine Arts Concert Hall on the University of Arkansas campus. It will feature, as do all six screenings this year, Rene Flemming. And it is a relatively
recent opera, "A Streetcar named Desire".
“Breathe” by Leaves
The inaugural music festival will benefit Clear Springs School. Stevie Tombstone is one of the scheduled performers and he spoke with Ozark at Large's Antoinette Grajeda earlier this week.
Black tea, both iced and hot, is a popular drink around the world. In the American South we tend to drink it cold and sweet. And then there are those who prefer it fermented, called Kombucha. As part of our occasional series on beverages, Jacqueline Froelich reports.
"Norweigan Wood" by Kurt Elling
Friday night's high school football game between Bentonville and Fayetteville completes a week dedicated to cancer education at the two schools.
