The Arkansas Board of Apportionment approved maps for all 135 redrawn legislative districts on Friday. The new boundaries will force elections in all Senate and House Districts in 2012. Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net talks to political bloggers Jason Tolbert and Michael Cook.
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Lesha Shaver is the owner of Little Mountain Bindery in Fayetteville. She talks about the art of book binding and restoration.
For more information, log on to www.littlemountainbindery.com or visit their Facebook page here.
For a video tour of Lesha’s home studio, click here.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, the Fayetteville Public Library makes an effort to build a $2 million endowment, and co-editors of ‘Images of America: Fayetteville” talk about the process and joys of working on the book. KUAF’s Robert Ginsberg talks to Hogtown Hot Club’s Jim Jernigan and we begin a week-long series on rock and roll history.
Co-editors of the book Charlie Alison and Ellen Compton talk to Ozarks at Large's Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar about the lesser-known details of Fayetteville’s history.
For more information or to buy the book, log on to www.arcadiapublishing.com.
Click here to listen to Charlie and Ellen talk about the images they had to leave out of the book.
Meredith Martin Moats grew up in Yell County in the shadow of Arkansas Nuclear One. You can read her blog the Boiled Down Juice at www.meredith-martin.com or visit the Boiled Down Facebook page.
Becca looks ahead to BB&BBQ whose musical lineup now includes Jamey Johnson.
Ozarks at Large’s Tyrel Denison talks about Google+ and how it compares to Facebook.
Grand Lake in northeast Oklahoma is contaminated with a blue green algae toxin. Two others may also be impaired. Are Ozark lakes at risk? We look at the science.Excessive heat warning in effect tonight until 8 o’clock in eastern Oklahoma and Sebastian County in Arkansas; summer drought may have a major impact on Arkansas crops; FEMA hosts a workshop at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock tomorrow to assist Arkansas businesses affected by recent disasters and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half Time.
Roby Brock from www.talkbusiness.net spoke with Arkansas’ Second District Congressman Tim Griffin about the economy and how to come to terms on the debt-ceiling discussion.
Click here for more of Roby's conversation with Tim Griffin.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks: if you've been the victim of a violent crime, you may be due more than justice. We speak with the director of the Arkansas Crime Reparations Board to find out the steps to take in order to receive monetary compensation. And, how a dream and a wooden sign were catalysts for a home where girls learn the skills needed to become self-sufficient women. And, we learn about the training regular citizens receive to become volunteer storm spotters.
We take a look at how theater in the region has changed as well as what plans some theater companies have for the future.
"Greendale is Where I Belong" by Ludwig Goransson
Yvette Ortiz, a native Spanish speaker, recently picked up her fourth language, Yiddish. The University of Arkansas graduate student has received a scholarship to attend an immersion program in New York this summer. We speak with her and one of her professors, Jennifer Hoyer.
"Magnificent Seven" by Amsterdam Klezmer Band
The Walton Arts Center has classical music, three days of wine and tickets for the most famous guitar trio from Texas.
Governor Mike Beebe announced his appointee to replace Martha Shoffner as State Treasurer after her resignation last week. The Bentonville city council approves thousands of dollars worth of repair work to a flood-damaged trail. A Rogers elementary school gets a new fitness course through a joint-use grant with the city. And Arkansas' only contestant in the Scripps National Spelling Bee moves forward to the second round of competition today.
"What a Wonderful World" by Massimo Faraó
The Walton Arts Center Council yesterday voted to move the Arkansas Music Pavilion to Rogers, near the Pinnacle Hills Promenade. WAC officials say that the move will open up more opportunities for the venue.
