On this edition of Ozarks: a comprehensive report about education in Northwest Arkansas. We'll talk to two of the people who helped put it together and they'll tell us why the report is intended to produce questions and not necessarily answers. And the Christmas music extravaganza continues. We have previews of this weekend's Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra concert in Bentonville, and a quick conversation with Jim Brickman about his Monday night show in Fayetteville.Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks: a comprehensive report about education in Northwest Arkansas. We'll talk to two of the people who helped put it together and they'll tell us why the report is intended to produce questions and not necessarily answers. And the Christmas music extravaganza continues. We have previews of this weekend's Arkansas Philharmonic Orchestra concert in Bentonville, and a quick conversation with Jim Brickman about his Monday night show in Fayetteville.
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the federal government may have to pay millions of dollars to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission for damages caused when one of its U.S. Army Corp of Engineers-operated dams chronically flooded one of its large preserves.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: Roby Brock talks with the incoming Speaker of the Arkansas House about the agenda for the General Assembly when it convenes next month. And a new start-up in northwest Arkansas with an unusual spelling: T-T-A-G-G is making its way in the digital world.The Little Free Library project has small, neighborhood libraries on street corners in Fayetteville, Africa, Australia and almost everywhere else.
Bentonville residents can expect a wastewater rate increase in a few months thanks to a new ordinance enacted by the Bentonville city council. Also, a winter meteor shower will light up the night sky, especially during the next few days.
Ahead on Ozarks: An update on immigration reform,an update on the grassroots documentary project called "Directing Democracy," and our tech ambassador is back with a list of new apps for your smartphone and tablet.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, author Adam Vines stops by the studio to discuss his first collection of poetry titled “The Coal Life.” Also, we learn more about a group of researches at the University of Arkansas who have developed a thermal energy storage system.The city of Fayetteville officially unveils a new anti-litter and beautification organization, the Fayetteville Farmers' Market gears up for a winter market, and governor Mike Beebe warns that legislators in Washington shouldn't shift funding responsibility for mandatory programs to the states.
Ahead on Weekend Ozarks: a reunion song, plus Big Cat Week on National Geographic Wild channel.
Earlier this week on the daily edition of Ozarks at Large, we brought you a story about and performance by the reunited four-piece Still on the Hill. Here, the quartet performs "Downtown" inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, January 27, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, two University of Arkansas graduates take us back to the 1927 Mississippi River Flood in their novel "Tilted World." Plus, Benton County residents prepare to head to the polls to determine who should pay for rural ambulance services, and our weekly installment of Arkansongs and more.
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.”
