To Fort Smith this weekend. We get a look into the life of a monster truck driver and learn how they ready those cars for a show. Ozarks At Large
To Fort Smith this weekend. We get a look into the life of a monster truck driver and learn how they ready those cars for a show. There is plenty to do in Springdale this weekend including visiting the Amtrak Exhibit Train or eating at the 10th annual Wingfest.
Becca says this year, the Washington County Library System's summer reading program is called “Fizz, Boom, Read.”
Regional accents, scholars say, change over time, as cultures drift and migrate around the globe. But some worry, into the 21st century and beyond, American regional accents may disappear altogether. Jacqueline Froelich talks with UA psycholinguist, Doug Behrend.Yesterday's runoff elections settled the GOP side of the ticket for this year's election for Arkansas Attorney General, but yesterday's runoffs may also have implications for funding the state's Private Option next year. Meanwhile, state legislators this week debated whether public schools should be allowed to tie onto the fiber optic network used by the state's higher education institutions, and Fort Smith Public Schools' summer meals program for youths gets underway.
Today we listen to samples from "Half the City," the debut album from St. Paul and the Broken Bones. Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers offers a brief preview of the Eureka Springs Blues Weekend.
Arkansas has one of the highest rates of people living with HIV but don’t know it. To receive an HIV test, you can go to your county health department. To reach the Washington County HIV clinic call 479-973-4613. Testing and support are available at an ARCare HIV Office, for information or to find an office near you, click here or call 501-388-4613. For information on support and social groups through HIV Arkansas, visit hivarkansas.org Tyson Foods yesterday announced that Hillshire Brands had accepted its $8.5 billion acquisition bid over a smaller acquisition by Pinnacle Foods. Senator John Boozman returns to Washington, D.C. more than a month after undergoing emergency heart surgery, and a new effort aiming at legalizing cannabis gets underway in Arkansas.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
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.
Here, the band performs the song "Never the Less."
People are gathering at the state capitol today to speak out against the record prison population in Arkansas. and, gas prices in the state are on the rise.
"Bongolia" by The Incredible Bongo Band, and "Painted Chariot" by Incredible String Band
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas says the latest Talk Business Hendrix College Poll shows many races are a tossup.
"Four on Six" by Wes Montgomery
New public education standards known as “Common Core,” an interdisciplinary English, Language Arts, and Math curriculum, is now being taught in 44 states including Arkansas. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, Arkansas is also among 26 states drafting new national science standards.
Once a year the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History celebrates the past and present of a wonderful place in Madison County.
"Big Bang Backwards" by Thomas Dolby, and "New Orleans Instrumental No. 1" by REM
