Ozarks At Large

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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.
Stewart Huff will perform twice tonight at the UARK Bowl in Fayetteville. Before he came to town he talked to us about his style of comedy.
Enrollment numbers are down at NorthWest Arkansas Community College, revenue is down for in Arkansas, as are drought numbers for the state.
"Pot City" by Cowboy Bebop
This November, Arkansas voters will decide on legalizing medicinal marijuana. California was among the first states to allow it, also by voter initiative, in 1996. We talk with the manager of an Oakland, California dispensary for insight into this emerging and controversial medical industry as well as state and national advocates.
“A Good Song” by Thursday
Mara Leveritt, author of Devil’s Knot and The Boys on the Tracks, will participate in Fayetteville Public Library’s event called Ozark Writers Live. She talked to us about her work and more. For more information about Mara, visit www.maraleveritt.com.For more about the Ozark Writers Live event, visit the FPL website
“Tying A Knot In The Devil” by Norman and Nancy Blake
Becca Martin Brown says the weekend gets an early start in the fall and she has suggestions of what to do to get ready for the first full weekend of the month.