Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: it's primary election day in Arkansas, and Roby Brock talks to three Republicans who are vying for their party's nomination for attorney general. Plus, the City of Fayetteville is looking toward the future as Baby Boomers continue to age. A new project wants the city to become an age-friendly place. And, in our monthly series on technology, we visit the VA hospital in Fayetteville, where new solar arrays aim to make the facility more sustainable.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: it's primary election day in Arkansas, and Roby Brock talks to three Republicans who are vying for their party's nomination for attorney general. Plus, the City of Fayetteville is looking toward the future as Baby Boomers continue to age. A new project wants the city to become an age-friendly place. And, in our monthly series on technology, we visit the VA hospital in Fayetteville, where new solar arrays aim to make the facility more sustainable.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business and Politics, looks back at a busy week in Arkansas.
A study released by Arkansas Advocates for Children & Families says that the state’s juvenile detention system is broken. But as Jacqueline Froelich discovered, two Northwest Arkansas detention centers have found a fix.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.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Roby Brock discusses the final week of campaigning before primary election day and if Judge Chris Piazza's ruling striking down the state's ban on same-sex marriage will have any impact on those races. Plus, a return to a favorite CD from several summers ago; can the music still evoke the same response? And, a report on a multi-million dollar campaign targeting the Southern closet.
Cletus Got Shot will perform at the 2014 Artosphere Celebration and the Block Street Block Party next weekend. Historical author Velda Brotherton discusses foods she remembers eating and some she still cooks from growing up in the Boston Mountains prior to her taking part in an event this Saturday at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Ahead on Ozarks, Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families releases a new report on children's health coverage. Also, a project looks at the idea of community, we hear an interview with gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross, and more.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, July 11, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, how ex-pats in NWA watch the World Cup. And, singer/songwriter Joe Crookston stops by the studio.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gives us the skinny on concerts you may think are worth a drive.
Google Glass is out, but will it catch on? We ask Ty Dennison to help us figure out the latest in the digital world.
"Workout" by Hank Mobley
Kevin Kinder, who blogs about music at NWA TunedIn, returns for his annual guide to the upcoming Wakarusa Music Festival.
Artists and songs we heard during this interview:
"La Que Me Gusto" by Los Amigos Invisables
"Sleep" by Allen Stone
"Last Love Song" by ZZ Ward
"Niamey Jami" by Bombino
Arkansas's senators speak about a potential farm bill, possibly coming up for discussion this week. Martha Shoffner gets arrested over the weekend. And more severe weather heading into the area.
"Fifty-Fifty Blues" by Louis Armstrong
