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Format: 2024-11-27
A Salute to Horses
Here are our ten clips celebrating horse for our Sunday Montage:


1. The Rolling Stones cannot be dragged away by Wild Horses.
2. Elizabeth Taylor in National Velvet.
3. Michael Martin Murphy climbed the charts with Wildfire.
4. Alan Young can't seem to figure out it is Mr. Ed's birthday.
5. Cliff Nobles & Company perform the instrumental EVERY high school band in north Arkansas played at halftime in the 1970s, The Horse.
6. The Marx Brothers crack wise in the funniest horse racing movie ever made, A Day at the Races.
7. Lyle Lovett praises Trigger in If I Had a Boat.
8. The masked man rides Silver at the beginning of The Lone Ranger.
9. Hailee Steinfeld and Dakin Matthews negotiate in the latest film version of Charles Portis' True Grit. (A blast of Arkansas)
10, And we end with a double-blast of Arkansas as Arkie native Johnny Cash sings Tennessee Stud, written by Arkie native Jimmy Driftwood.
Apologies to: U2, Patti Smith, Seabiscuit, the band America, Black Beauty, Echo and the Bunnymen, War Horse and that big fake horse rolled into Troy. Maybe next time.
Bear’s Place with the Bug Band
Snake Eyes and the Bug Band will perform this afternoon at 2:00 at the Fayetteville Public Library. Here, the band performs “Sew What You Reap”
Crude Mechanicals to Take Over Gulley Park
A new theatre group brings a new take on Romeo and Juliet at the Gulley Park Gazebo and it promises to be good fun.
Staying Safe in the Summer
Dr. Estes from Mercy's Bella Vista clinic discusses how to protect yourself against heat, ticks, and more.
The Crucial Age of Early Childhood
Arkansas looks to change licensing requirements for child care facilities throughout the state. We look at the potential changes and the effects they could have on providers in the area.
Friday, June 27, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, can e-cigarettes help smokers reduce their nicotine consumption? More than 20 vapor shops have recently opened in northwest Arkansas alone. We take a look at the phenomenon, and Johnathan Story talks about his upcoming concert in Fayetteville, and sits down at the Mary Rumsey Baker Steinway piano in our studio.



Bottle Rockets, Music and More
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, directs us to performance art and fireworks this weekend.
Money and Politics
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, explains the relationship between politics and money is an American tradition.
The Vapors Debate
More than twenty Northwest Arkansas specialty shops sell electronic cigarettes, both disposable and rechargeable. The popular devices deliver a smooth warm nicotine-laced white vapor in variety strengths and flavors. We visit the Velvet Vapor in Rogers and also talk to an Arkansas Department of Health tobacco specialist about pending regulations and potential risks associated with “vaping.”


K-12 Internet Discussed, Eureka Springs Parking Deck Proposed
One Arkansas senator is pressing election officials to resolve issues with the state's voter ID law. Other legislators are pushing to prevent the state lottery commission from implementing video gambling games throughout the state. The FASTER Arkansas committee continues its push for changes in state law to allow public schools to connect to an existing, state-funded fiber optic network. And one Eureka Springs alderman is trying to move forward a decades-long debate on what to do about parking in that city's downtown area.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Wednesday, July 9, 2014
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On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson. Also, Walmart hosts its first open call for hundreds of U.S. suppliers.
Fantasy Novel Set at the Circus
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Erin Morgenstern’s novel The Night Circus is her first book. The bestseller is set inside a mysterious circus where almost anything can happen and arrives on the outskirts of town with no warning. For more about the book and Erin Morgenstern, visit www.erinmorgenstern.com
"Two Hours From Tulsa” by RJ Mischo
Celebrating Labor Day in Songs and Film
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We’ve put together nine iconic sounds of songs, movies, theater and TV connected to work. The montage includes, in order: 9 to 5 by Dolly Parton, Glengarry Glen Ross, the BBC version of The Office, Sam Cooke’s version of Working in a Coal Mine, Norma Rae, 16 Tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford, The Apartment, The Devil Wears Prada, Coffee Break from the new Broadway cast recording of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Office Space.
Arkansas Congressional Delegation Pushes for Methane Exports
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With the price of natural gas at a ten year low, due to a drilling glut, some members of Congress are pushing the Department of Energy to hurry up and construct liquefied natural gas export terminals to ship U.S. methane overseas.
Sounds of Change
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Recordist and essayist, Joe Neal illustrates the transition from summer to fall made apparent by the quell of songbirds. Joe Neal is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book is “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir.”
Sidewalks and Railyards
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Ozarks At Large's Timothy Dennis takes a look at infrastructure news from the past week.