
Ozarks At Large

Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers gives a litany of entertainment options for Mothers' Day gifts.
Two public meetings were held late yesterday in Jasper to address concerns about the large CAFO in Newton County. Picasolar took home several thousand dollars from an MIT competition earlier this week. Fort Smith has finished automating trash collection, but now the city's sanitation department is turning its eye to automating recyclable collection. And speaking of Fort Smith, Senator Mark Pryor demands answers from the U.S. Air Force regarding the future of the 188th Fighter Wing.

Ozarks at Large's Meredith Martin Moats recently sat in on a conversation with Bud Rector, who will turn 99 later this year and has lived almost all his life in Yell County. We conclude her two-part report on his recollections of an Arkansas that has nearly vanished.

Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announces the creation of a clearinghouse for people affected by the Mayflower oil spill. Fort Smith residents will soon pay less for sanitation services after the city's board of directors approves a decrease in rates. The city of Greenwood works on implementing commercial development regulations. And Bentonville plans its own citywide cleanup as part of The Great American Cleanup.

We hear about a different Arkansas from Bud Rector. He's spent nearly his entire 98+ years in Yell County.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn three things you should know about collecting coins. Plus, we get ready for Hamlet, which will close out this season for TheatreSquared.
Dr. Pearl Ford Dowe from University of Arkansas’ Diane D. Blair Center of Southern Politics and Society visited KUAF to talk about the poll’s findings regarding African-American voters in the South, a population not studied often enough.
“Smoke” by Medeski, Martin and Wood
Two book talks will be held at the Fayetteville Public Library today. You can also attend a gallery talk at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, or audition for “Web of Murder” at Fort Smith Little Theatre.
Grant money being used to add fueling stations to expand the availability of compressed natural gas; the average cost of a gallon of gas rises again; and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“Saturday Night” by Hal McKusick
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net sums up business news for the first week of 2012.
According to a new report issued by National Center on Family Homelessness, Arkansas ranks third in the nation on child homelessness, following Mississippi and Alabama. We talk with Center founder and director, Ellen Bassuk.