As our three things series continues, we learn the three things to know about car towing. Staying safe can be as simple as knowing your car.
Ozarks At Large
A workshop this month in Fort Smith is designed to help candidates, and potential candidates, of all kinds learn more about the electoral process.
A Tom Bresh concert in the River Valley and the Waka Winter Classic in NWA are on Becca's music agenda this week.
Solar energy installation is on the rise in Arkansas—a solar rich state. But unlike other solar states, Arkansas lacks incentives for solar development as well as utility standards. Add to that, this year, renewable energy advocates will face organized opposition from carbon producers, who don’t want them on the grid.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas speaks with blogger Michael Cook about Lt. Governor Mark Darr's resignation.
Yesterday, Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration officials yesterday outlined Governor Mike Beebe's budget priorities to state legislators. Funding for the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid could be in danger after a special election for state Senate yesterday. And the University of Arkansas Fort Smith is in the process of developing its its first Master's degree program.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, making inroads in the battle against lung cancer in Arkansas. After years of steady increases, the rate is dropping in the state. Plus shifts in the testing for a GED certificate in Arkansas, and a closer listen to one of the bands scheduled to appear at the 2014 edition of Wakarusa.
In this month's music review, we listen to "Waiting for the Dawn" by The Mowgli's who will perform at Wakarusa this June.
Lineups for music festivals are just part of what to keep your eye on this week.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, Davy Carter, Speaker of the Arkansas House, talks with Roby Brock about the continuing process to decide funding for the Private Option. And Jim DePriest, a deputy Attorney General for Arkansas, explains how his office combats potential fraud against seniors.
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville is starting a new outreach program designed to heighten arts engagement at the collegiate level. Sara Segerlin is the museum’s public programs coordinator. Ozarks at Large’s Timothy Dennis talked to her about the museum’s College Ambassador For Art Program.
The Last Night celebration will send the old year out with fireworks and a pig drop. Yes, a pig drop.
"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve" by The Orioles
There are just a few days left until Christmas, but still plenty of things to do connected to yuletide entrtainment.
Local musician/songwriter Tony Presley's musical project is called Real Live Tigers. For Presley, who self-releases and self-books tours, music a labor of love. He's got a show coming up at Nightbird Books on Dickson Street in Fayetteville Saturday night before embarking on a Southeast tour. He stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance studio recently to play us a few songs and discuss why he plays music with "Ozarks at Large's" Katy Henriksen.
Web exclusive: A Couple More Tunes From Tony Presley
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band and the Moscow Classical ballet have two different takes on the holiday season and will deliver them from the stage in Baum Walker Hall this week.