Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel yesterday toured the site of the oil spill in Mayflower. He says that incidents such as Sunday's pipeline rupture are evidence that higher standards are needed for the oil industry.
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Governor Mike Beebe hears from the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration regarding the Mayflower oil spill, allaying some of the governor's initial concerns regarding how cleanup will continue. Attorney General Dustin McDaniel begins investigations into the spill, though after a visit to the site, he has more questions than answers. And an Arkansas House Committee passed a proposal to offer $125 million dollars to the Big River Steel superproject.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an update on the Mayflower oil spill, street performers in Bentonville and the Governor's Cup brings young entrepreneurs to Northwest ArkansasFor this month's First Thursday event, the Fayetteville Underground will feature a memorial reception for local artist Myrtle Laabs, the watercolor artist who died at the age of 108.
Stephen Berry is a professor of history at the University of Georgia, and in his new book about the author of dark poems and stories, he says that though Poe's death to alcoholism may have been disgraceful at the time, it hasn't tainted the famous writer's legacy.
Tomorrow and Friday, The Chancellor Hotel in downtown Fayetteville will be transformed into a business think tank. Eighteen of the best collegiate teams from across the state will compete in the 13th annual Donald W. Reynolds Governor's Cup.It could be several more days before nearly two dozen Faulkner County residents of a neighborhood in Mayflower will be able to return to their homes. Crews continue cleaning up after an oil pipeline broke Friday
An Arkansas House panel advances a proposal to cut taxes on utility manufacturers, but a budget expert isn't so sure about the plan's long-term effects, Attorney General Dustin McDaniel begins investigations into the Mayflower oil spill, Mike Ross hints at the governor's race, and air traffic control operations will continue at Fayetteville's Drake Field, though the city has to pick up the expense.
Dartmouth College professor and internationally respected sustainable fuels expert Lee Lynd says that food and fuel crops don't necessarily have to compete for the same farmland.
A conversation with writer \Leonard Mlodinow about his book Subliminal and how best to convince listeners to support public radio.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, Davy Carter, Speaker of the Arkansas House, talks with Roby Brock about the continuing process to decide funding for the Private Option. And Jim DePriest, a deputy Attorney General for Arkansas, explains how his office combats potential fraud against seniors.
On the first weekday of Spring Break, Becca Martin Brown takes us to a notable house in Memphis, and it isn't Graceland.
"Motel in Memphis" by Old Crow Medicine Show
American public colleges and universities seek to contain wage and benefit costs by hiring contingent faculty—those without permanent status. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, such faculty on certain campuses face an "ivory ceiling."
The 2014 Natural Wonders: The State of Children's Health in Arkansas report examines a number of children's healthcare issues like oral care and immunizations.
"When the Children Cry" White Lion
The University of Arkansas Libraries formally opened the papers of Senator Dale Bumpers to researchers yesterday.
We go off into our own world with Josh Hart, a carpenter and owner of Natural State Treehouses, who builds play structures for people of all ages.
"The House at the Top of the Tree" They Might Be Giants
