Dave Baer made the drive from near Ponca to the Carver Center for Public Radio for his first visit to Ozarks at Large. He talks about writing songs and plays a couple as well.
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Becca Martin Brown, with Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, has the plans for Mardi Gras in northwest Arkansas all mapped out.
Arkansas has had high rates of teen pregnancy for decades, but there is reason for some optimism for the future.
Arkansas Marshall Islanders and dignitaries are gathering at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock this evening to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Castle Bravo”— a hydrogen bomb test conducted March 1st 1954 on Bikini Atoll. It was the largest nuclear weapon ever tested by the United States. Jacqueline Froelich talks with an event organizer as well as Marshall Island’s Rongelap Senator Kenneth Kedi about the history--and consequences.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about an increase in home sales in January and the approaching deadline for filing for political office.Legislators may be getting closer to a compromise on the state's private option, and former Arkansas Treasurer Martha Shoffner appears in court for mail fraud charges.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission makes strides towards the purchase of new land in Newton County in hopes of developing more of a presence in that area. Plus, portions of a sizable rewards grant are awarded to schools in perhaps an unlikely district. And we'll speak with members of the regional champion archery team to learn how they mark their anchors and more.
We make a stop at the roadside café, the Valley Inn, in Hindsville to learn the history of the restaurant in the small town.
Leslie Yingling with Diversity Affairs at the University of Arkansas has our final story of compassion during Fayetteville's Compassion Month.
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Monday, April 7, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the man who has been intimately connected with the Nobel Peace Prize for the past quarter-century talks about the process for selecting a recipient and some of the controversies associated with the honor.
The former Arkansas senator served Arkansas’ Fourth congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years. Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business, spoke with former Congressman Ross just as 2012 was drawing to a close.
“Congressman” by Groundation
Gage Mountain in eastern Carroll County has long been referred to by locals as “Crystal Mountain.” And as Jacqueline Froelich discovered, rock crystal harvested from the surface of the mountain was, more than eighty years ago, used for a very noble purpose.
A triptych, coming from the Greek word for three fold, is a work of art, usually a panel painting that is divided into three panels. A new book takes a closer look at the antique artform. Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams spoke with University of Arkansas art historian and assistant professor Lynn Jacobs about her new book, which attempts to reinterpret the early Netherelandish triptych.
“Triptych” by Rumspringa
Catch Me If You Can and a pair of performances by the Oberlin Dance Company are all that’s in store for January at the Walton Arts Center, but Beth Bobbitt, the center’s manager of public relations says that more is on the way in February.
Individuals seeking a GED have always enrolled and tested for free in Arkansas--one of the last states to offer it at no cost. But by 2014, the program will be privatized and digitized--and students will be charged a hefty fee. We visit a GED Center housed at the former Jefferson Elementary School in Fayetteville to learn about the changes.
