Ozarks At Large

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Friday, January 10, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks…the 2013 Northwest Arkansas Education Report Card has numbers, plenty of numbers, relating to 17 public school districts in Washington and Benton Counties. We'll talk to Gary Ritter, the director of the Office for Education Policy at the University of Arkansas about the report. And the three-person band The Room Outside plays inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. We'll also talk to Michael Tilley from The City Wire about the week’s news and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers about the upcoming weekend’s entertainment opportunities.
This month Dr. Sydney Cameron from the University of Illinois came to our studio to talk to us about her research with bumble bees. To learn more about identifying bees, click here. Hear more from the conversation here.
Municipal Fire Departments in Arkansas are always at the ready to answer the call, fully staffed, 24-hours a day. But what about our rural fire associations? How do these mostly volunteer forces operate and at what cost? Jacqueline Froelich reports.
Becca Bacon Martin explains which of the UA Theatre's upcoming play titles is incredibly fun to say.
Mickey Mouse, Sarah Bernhardt and more in our history capsule for October 22.
Mark Landon Smith and Jules Taylor stop by the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio to preview Arts Live Theatre's upcoming production of “Night of the Living Dead.”