University of Arkansas doctoral student Robert Beauford was one of the first researchers to reach the site of a meteorite explosion in northern California last April. He says that the meteorite is one of the most primitive types of asteroid around.
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The most recent home sales numbers were lackluster, and the latest month of tax collections were underwhelming, and unemployment remains stagnant. Roby Brock, of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas speaks with Michael Pakko, an economist with UALR's Institute on Economic Advancement, for his take on the state of the state's economy.Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Media tells us about the play, scheduled this weekend and next at Arts Center of the Ozarks.k Plus, it's African Night tomorrow night at UAFS.
Such is the line frequently said by Smarty Jones, a Fayetteville based rapper who will take nearly anything as payment in exchange for his beats.
The Arkansas House is expected to vote on a proposal to expand Medicaid tomorrow, but even if the House passes the measure, a supermajority is required to fund the expansion. Dr. Joe Thompson, state surgeon general, gives us all the details on the possible expansion and how it relates to the federal Affordable Care Act.
Representative John Burris reiterates his support of an expansion to Medicaid using the much-vaunted private option. And the Arkansas Department of Health is seeking about 100 former patients of a dentist who recently died. The ADH thinks that those patients may be at risk for contracting an infectious disease.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, some help as tax deadline approaches, plus a wrap-up of visual arts in the area, which includes art teachers in public schools showing off their own art. And, we get a preview of Anything Goes opening tonight at Walton Arts Center.The current production of Anything Goes is a descendant of the Tony Award-winning 1987 incarnation. John Wideman is one of the authors who rewrote the script 16 years ago, and he says that the original Cole Porter score is what makes the musical pop.
In case you need a spot to duck into in between April showers, local and regional art galleries and exhibition spaces will have plenty for you to soak up throughout the month, including exhibits at the Arts Center of the Ozarks, the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, the John Brown University art gallery, and elsewhere.
Patricia Limerick is considered a vanguard of the "new western history." She says that many questions should be asked when trying to balance living in the west with current attitudes toward energy consumption.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: when you think of fertile ground for jazz you may think of New Orleans, Europe, New York City…but, Azerbaijan? Amina Figarova grew up listening to jazz in her childhood home in Baku, Azerbaijan. She’s released a dozen albums and will close the KUAF Summer Jazz Concert Series this weekend. We'll hear from her later on the show. Plus…that extra "A" in Lake Atalanta in Rogers. Why the lake is called that isexplained in the latest edition of our series "What's in a Name?" And a wilderness water trail inside the Fort Smith city limits.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses the last week of campaigning before Arkansas' primary election voting ends.
Last night, the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization based in Washington DC, announced an $8.5 million push into Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, HRC’s President, Chad Griffin, an Arkansas native, says its time to open the “Southern closet.”
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, continues her week-long survey of what kids around the region can do this summer.
"Mojo Strut" by Ghost Train Orchestra
Discussing faith and religion does not have to create an argument.
May is the new April...that is, a busy spring month across the region.
