
Ozarks At Large


Several groups worked through the weekend to gather signatures for their respective ballot initiatives before the deadline to submit petitions today. Governor Beebe prepares to make his final foreign trade mission during his term in office, and Blanchard Springs Caverns in Stone County is the only cave owned and operated by the U.S. Forest Service that remains open despite a cave closure order aimed at preventing the spread of White Nose Syndrome.

Pearl Brick
Cletus Got Shot
Sweetwater Gypsies
Isayah Wofford
The Riverblenders
Xcluded
Sons of Otis Malone
Finvarra's Wren
Dick Johnson
Elephant Revival
And a weekend update of things to do from Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers.

Food, fun and alliteration are all part of an upcoming fundraiser in Rogers.

The latest state revenue report shows a surplus for the end of the fiscal year. State and local leaders celebrated the opening of the 71-B Flyover last night in Fayetteville, and Rogers is working on building a new, modern fire station for the central part of the city.

Local grocery shelves have a new local item on them. Bernice's Hellacious Hummus is make in northwest Arkansas.
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.
Urban planners, state highway department agents, local city officials and residents are holding the first in a series of public meetings to discuss the design and construction of an eastern traffic corridor through Washington and Benton Counties. Jacqueline Froelich attended a Springdale gathering and files this report.
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"What a Day" by Sons of Brasil
Windy Austin, legendary leader of the bands Zorro and the Blue Footballs and The Hot House Tomato Boys, died this month. We talk with a longtime friend about the musician.
More about playing with Windy can be heard here, including the connection between Zorro and the Blue Footballs and The Rolling Stones.
An Arkansas singer is hoping to show how the childhood of Bill Clinton helped shape the future president. She is putting together an opera that is a day in the life the then 14-year-old Clinton growing up in Hot Springs. Reporter Michael Hibblen with KUAR in Little Rock has the story.
Rioting in Los Angeles, a boxer with “Bad Intentions” and more in our history capsule for August 11.