Take some country, some blues, some gospel and other influences and you have rockabilly. Arkansas, especially eastern Arkansas, played a big role in the development of the genre.
Ozarks At Large
Women make 90% of the purchasing decisions when it comes to food. Thanks to a program from the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture, they get to see where their food domes from. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas joins the group on a visit to a dairy farm.Tomorrow, students from three elementary schools in Fayetteville will sell produce on Dickson Street. Some of the fruits, vegetables and herbs were grown in their school gardens.
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a quarter of a million residents are eligible to enroll in free private health insurance made possible by the new Arkansas Healthcare Independence Program. Arkansas is the only state to expand Medicaid coverage via this "private option."The city of Fayetteville ponders sharing the cost of adding a railroad crossing gate at Dickson Street in exchange for some needed easements for trails construction. The City of Bentonville aims to add more than a thousand trees to the landscape during October. And results from this year's Secchi Day at Beaver lake are helping officials with the Beaver Water District better understand the effects of drought and flood years on water quality.
Ahead on Ozarks, a conversation with two former Congressmen about the partial federal government shutdown. Plus, plans to develop a Northwest Arkansas Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan are beginning to take shape.
A collection of area organizations have helped bring the 36-mile Razorback Regional Greenway closer to reality. But work is being done to try and connect some of the smaller cities of northwest Arkansas to the area's trail network.
Holiday Island is an upscale retirement community on Table Rock Lake in northern Carroll County. Late last year, state inspectors discovered that nearly three quarters of the piped water supply had gone missing. Jacqueline Froelich goes up there to take a look.
Two former Congressman, Jim Guy Tucker and Ed Bethune talk to Roby Brock about the partial federal government shutdown.The Arkansas Department of Health, Department of Education and local school districts are offering flu vaccinations to students this week. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality isn't immune from furloughs of some workers. Fayetteville aldermen will consider creating an energy improvement district, which would give incentives to property owners for making energy efficiency improvements to their property.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, December 30, 2013
On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: an afternoon making Gibson Baskets, hiking along Rock City, time spent in the kitchen of The Hive in Bentonville and visit with Tusk, Arkansas' official mascot.
A handful of schools in the area have canceled class this month due to flu and norovirus. For more information on the flu, visit the Arkansas Department of Health Web site here.
Last week three mentors with impressive resumes came to northwest Arkansas to meet with local start-ups and students at the University of Arkansas. The U of A Office of Entrepreneurship and the Northwest Arkansas Council sponsored the visit.
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"Lucky Number 9' by The Moldy Peaches
To help de-stress from how quickly the month has gone by, Becca Martin Brown from NWA Newspapers suggests trying yoga at the Fayetteville Public Library.
University of Arkansas professor Chris Shields is working on a series of fantasy novels based in the Ozarks. He will have a book signing from 1-3 p.m. February 9 at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
"Etienne" by Garage A Trois
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was Monday, known by many as a day of service. But the past week had many stories linked by a sense of community.
"Sleeping In' by The Postal Service
