A world champion BBQ team will be crowned in Bentonville, mental health discussed in Fayetteville and sports all over the place this week.
Ozarks At Large
Turnip of the Beet is just one several vendors who have traveled from around the country to sell their wares at this year's Harvest Music Festival.Efforts to keep a dramatic spike in insurance rates for Arkansas public school employees are on the top of a special session agenda.
Michael Tilley with The City Wire talks about record-setting fundraising for Arkansas politicians during the third quarter of the year.Legislators are dealing with insurance rates for public school employees and residents of Harrison are dealing with a controversial billboard.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, we visit an area high school to learn how one teacher is teaching entrepreneurship. Plus, sturdy and comfortable outdoor furniture made in Prairie Grove. And, a hidden treasure at the 80-year-old Devil's Den State Park.
Pat Hazell, creator of the one-person show The Wonder Bread Years, talks about the art of creating comedy as a group. The Wonder Bread Years will be on stage at Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville next week.
In our locally made series, we learn why the woodworker with Rocky Hill Outdoor Furniture prefers working with western red cedar to eastern red cedar.As a November reduction in SNAP benefits approaches, the River Valley Regional Food Bank is getting ready for an increase in demand for their services.
Arkansas two U.S. Senators sound off about the end of the partial federal government shutdown. Governor Mike Beebe calls a special session of the Arkansas Legislature in order to solve the crisis facing the state's teachers' insurance system. And the Sebastian County Library System begins looking to the future as a needs assessment is conducted.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, February 7, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, we talk to Michael Tilley from The City Wire about Governor Beebe's words for Whirlpool's departure from Ft. Smith and what to expect for the 2014 Legislative Session. Plus the Arkansas-born-and–raised woman who helped Pete Seeger learn songs like "We Shall Overcome."
Senator Mark Pryor discusses recent legislation including the fate of the filibuster and healthcare's future.
“Was a Sunny Day” Paul Desmond
The Government Accountability Office is looking into a measure that may grant Arkansas millions of dollars in what's called "compact impact grants" to offset health, education and welfare costs for thousands of Marshallese who've migrated to the state. Jacqueline Froelich reports.
Jodi Beznoska, Vice President of Communication for Walton Arts Center, reports from the Association for Performing Arts Presenters Conference in New York City.
A Fort Smith church is giving residents a taste of German culture.
Trout Fishing In America, one of Becca's favorite bands, will be performing at the Alma Performing Arts Center next week.
