A fire broke out and was quickly contained yesterday in a non-nuclear section of Arkansas Nuclear One in Russellville. Greenwood is holding a special election today for a sales tax that would help the city provide more space for its police department. Wlamart announces the next CEO of its international division. And Bank of the Ozarks announces plans to merge with a Texas-based banking operation.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about undergrounding. Plus, a conversation with the author of "Hanging On Upside Down: The Life and work of Marianne Moore."
Linda Leavell has long studied the poetry of Marianne Moore. As it turns out, Moore was among a group of artists that included Alfred Stieglitz.
Ankur Singh spent part of his freshman year of college traveling the country, asking high school students about learning. His documentary about the experience will be screened tomorrow night on the University of Arkansas campus.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses an effort to expand broadband in Arkansas public schools and more in his weekly business news recap.
Electric distribution wires and poles are vulnerable to failure from severe ice and wind storms, as witnessed here in Arkansas on many occasions. So is it time to go underground? Jacqueline Froelich talks with Frank Burggraf who delivers the case for “undergrounding.”Springdale street crews battle ice on streets that refreezes overnight, while the National Weather Service predicts warmer weather for the rest of the week. Nabholz Construction reorganizes its corporate leadership, and the Razorback volleyball team ends its season in the first round of NCAA tournament play.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, how law enforcement officers deal with intoxicated drivers during one of the busiest times of year. Plus, we revisit the site of a sizable music festival that was held outside of Eureka Springs four decades ago.
We turn our monthly music review over to two not-so-new Christmas CDs we think are worth your attention.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, Governor Beebe answers questions submitted by Arkansans. Plus, we talk to some organizers of Fayetteville Community Radio.
Last January the U.S. Department of the Interior designated the White River Watershed as a National Blueway, the second river in the nation to be honored. The title recognizes and supports a new generation of watershed stewardship. But Jeannie Burlsworth, who runs the right-wing property rights group, “Secure Arkansas,” claims the Blueway Program is a covert government operation. Burlsworth has roused so much opposition, that the Arkansas Blueway initiative was forced to shut down.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas, says a big shakeup in the banking world garnered much attention last week.
In his book Enduring Legacy: Rhetoric and Ritual of the Lost Cause, Stuart Towns argues that without the words expressed during and after the Civil War, the Lost Cause movement in the American South would not have been what it was. Christina Thomas speaks with Towns about the oral history of the Lost Cause and how it has influenced the region today.
"July" by Spirit of the West
Even though she’s in New Orleans, Becca Martin Brown gets us up to date on music in northwest Arkansas this holiday weekend.
In our weekly review of the headlines, we take a look at groups and organizations that are on the hook for more money, and one organization getting a sizable amount of money.
