Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net talks with Sheffield Nelson about Nelson's plan to give voters a chance to raise severance tax on natural gas in the Natural State.
Ozarks At Large
For our latest Unlicensed Opinion conversation, we talk to Drew Michaels, the chief meteorologist with channels 40/29 and a key contributor to the station's weather blog. He talked with Christopher Spencer of www.ozarksunbound.com and KUAF's Kyle Kellams.
To hear more from the conversation click here. To see the 40/29 weather blog visit www.4029tv.com/weatherblog
Becca has a full agenda for a winter's weekend. But call first, some events may be postponed because of weather.


A C-130J recently made a stop at Drake Field in Fayetteville and was open to the public for tours.
For a video extra of the aircraft's visit to Northwest Arkansas, click here.
This month's Grammy Awards try to recognize artists from a wide swath of musical types. Wayne Bell, of the Culture Club at www.fayettevilleflyer.com, offers a preview.
Kurt Elling has received just about every award a jazz vocalist can be given. This weekend he performs two concerts at Walton Arts Center and Robert Ginsburg of KUAF's "Shades of Jazz" talks to him about his career and latest music.
For this week's edition of Unlicensed Opinion, Christopher Spencer (from www.ozarksunbound.com) and Kyle Kellams talk to Mike Malone, the president and CEO of the Northwest Arkansas Council.
To hear more from the conversation, click here.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: how technology has given a woman with autism a new way to communicate, a history of the Internet and music from The Trashcan Bandits.
The traveling exhibit called Hunger U is on the University of Arkansas campus this week.
at end of show: “Route 66” by John Pizarelli
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announces that the state will appeal a federal judge's decision that struck down Arkansas' 12-week abortion ban. Plus, the state's surgeon general is touting greater transparency after the federal government releases data on national Medicare claims.
"All Hell Broke Loose" by Charlie Hunter
An undocumented Mexican college student is being detained in a San Diego jail for illegally crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the case is drawing attention here in Arkansas because Marisol Soto is from Pea Ridge. (Photo: Mariana Soto, left, with sister Marisol)
Roby Brock has the Arkansas political and business news from the past seven days.
A quick glance at events in the region includes the departure of a mainstay at the Bentonville Public Library
"Frisco Blues" by John Lee Hooker