
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.


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.



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.
Sales tax exemptions in the state to be examined; Fayetteville High School Student Council to hold its annual homeless vigil this week; and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“Hover Traps” by Rustie
Mountaineer and extreme survivor Aron Ralston, who cut off his hand to free himself, was in Fayetteville yesterday as part of the University of Arkansas’ Distinguished Lecture Series.
Vocalist Arnold Bezuyen and pianist Jura Margulis will perform tonight in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall at 9 p.m.
The Old 78s recently stopped by the Firmin Garner-Performance Studio to discuss their new album, "The Women Wear No Clothes At All." The group's CD release party is scheduled for Dec. 4 at Greenhouse Grill in Fayetteville.
“Temptation Rag” by The Old 78s
In the Ozarks, poultry farmers faced with a glut of litter and rising heating costs may have a sustainable solution: a forced-air furnace fueled by litter. But could thousands of operating furnaces affect air quality?
“Ornithology” by Miles Davis