The Northwest Arkansas Women's Shelter has been dealing with a higher number of clients than usual during the past six months.Ozarks At Large
The Northwest Arkansas Women's Shelter has been dealing with a higher number of clients than usual during the past six months.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas the state's jobless rate, homes sales and more in his weekly business news recap.Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gives us all the details on Trout Fishing in America's newest CD.
Ozarks at Large’s insect expert Dr. Donald Steinkrasu takes a stab at playing movie critic. We take a look at insects’ role in film.
In the first story of our new, monthly "Locally Made" series, we profile the "noble-hearted country folk" who create handmade items for their business, Noble Dwelling. In today's week in review, Timothy Dennis looks at the past week's headlines involving money, from federal grants for XNA to tax-free reparations to Mayflower residents from ExxonMobil.
On this edition of Ozarks, take three musicians who all live in different cities and have never played together, put them in a room for a day and then cut that first rehearsal short because one of the musicians' parked car is hit. Then, they play their first gig the next day. That’s what happened as the trio Piano and Drums came to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. We'll hear how their improbable story turned into a band. Plus, one of the state's most popular news blogs is going behind a paywall. Kyle talks to Alan Leveritt, the publisher of the Arkansas Times, about the changing face of digital journalism.
Rogers Little Theater's musical may be a period piece, but Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says it’s still very much relevant.
Heads of some of the state's community health clinics say that one aspect of the private option for Medicaid expansion won't reimburse the clinics enough for them to stay open. Arkansas lawmakers continue to explore ways to administer the death penalty, though the drug commonly used to administer lethal injections remains unavailable. The board of Ozark Regional Transit looks at taking management in-house next year. And the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department announces several road construction projects to be started in the next few years.
In the first story of our new, monthly "Locally Made" series, we profile the "noble-hearted country folk" who create handmade items for their business, Noble Dwelling
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, April 7, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the man who has been intimately connected with the Nobel Peace Prize for the past quarter-century talks about the process for selecting a recipient and some of the controversies associated with the honor.
Oklahoma and Arkansas have battled for years in the press and courts about cleaning up the Illinois River, an impaired stream shared by both states. This winter they agreed to renew a pact to determine a scientific basis to clean the river. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, Arkansas industrial interests have since issued letters to EPA requesting a suspension of the current clean water standard.
This weekend’s Cancer Challenge in Bella Vista features tennis tournaments, a golf tournament, competitive races and a trapshooting contest. The president of the Arkansas State Trapshooting Federation about the sport and find out it is growing in Arkansas.
More information about the Cancer Challenge may be found at http://www.cancerchallenge.com
More information about trapshooting in Arkansas: http://www.arkansanstrapshooting.org
"Skeletons Remain (Transmission 1)" by Hawthorne Heights
Becca reminds up the June 27th performance in the Gulley Park Summer Concert Series will feature music by Rosco Bandana.
A tour of Fayetteville High School provides an update on the progress of a major construction project at the school.
Meredith Martin-Moats reports on a program designed to start discussions about entrepreneurship and growing a green economy in the Arkansas Delta.
