
Ozarks At Large


Opponents to Arkansas' 12-week abortion ban are asking a federal judge to issue a permanent injunction to prevent the law from ever being enforced. Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport gets a $3.4 million grant that will be used for pavement upgrades, a master plan and more. Mount Sequoyah Gardens in Fayetteville is getting upgrades to make it a more appealing overlook. And, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality is holding several public meetings around the state regarding a revised statewide ten-year solid waste plan.
The owner of a new drums-only store in downtown Springdale thinks Emma Avenue has unique potential to become a destination community.


Becca Martin Brown gets us ready for The King and I in Rogers and an adaptation of Jane Austen in Fort Smith.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, traveling by horseback along the Buffalo River with the Buffalo River Back Country Horsemen. Plus, a discussion of the one-dimensional stereotype by which Hollywood has portrayed Arabs for more than a century.
During the first TEDx Fayetteville event held in March, Suri Surinder chose to talk about leadership during his eighteen minutes on stage. He says that good leadership can be measured by scientific means.
With Martha Shoffner's resignation as state treasurer still fresh, Governor Mike Beebe prepares to name a replacement. That's just one of the stories that Roby Brock of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas brings us in his weekly update of the last seven days of business and political news.
Doctor Edmond Harris, a professor of mathematics at the University of Arkansas, talks with Christina Thomas about the special nature of the simple prime number five.
Here are the selections for our montage dedicated to the number five:
"Beethoven's Fifth" as performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
George Brett (#5 for the Kansas City Royals) hits a home run in the 1984 All-Star Game
The Vogues sing "Five O'clock World"
How to use the fifth amendment in a congressional hearing
School House Rock's take on the number five, as sung by native Arkansan Bob Dorough
A scene from the Britich series MI-5
The Fifth Dimension sings "One Less Egg to Fry"
Jach Nicholson orders breakfast his way in Five Easy Pieces
Lou Bega's dance hig "Mambo No. 5"
Jack Lord gives his famous line from Hawaii 5-0
Apologies to: Joltin' Joe DiMaggio, Brooks Robinson, the chemical element boron, Kurt Vonnegut, the Pentagon and Subway restaurants with their five-dollar-footlong jingle.
Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers says that Scooby and Shaggy will be in Fayetteville Tuesday and Wednesday.