Ozarks At Large
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas talks to GOP political consultant Clint Reed and left-leaning blogger Michael Cook about Arkansas Lt. Governor's race.The Arkansas House yesterday defeated a bill that would continue funding for the state's Private Option Medicaid expansion, a recently established organization is encouraging more political participation for women in Arkansas, Fayetteville moves forward with its partnered purchase of land on Mt. Kessler, and Ft. Smith aldermen oppose seeking fines from Whirlpool.
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas talks to two Republican members of the House about the private option. As an African-American college freshman in 1958, Dorothy Marcy thought treatment she received was discrimination. Fifty years later she learned it was for her protection. More on Compassion Fayetteville can be found here.
The issue of net neutrality is back in the news and we ask our tech ambassador for some of the basics.
You can go to Russia to watch Olympic curling. You can go to Springdale to actually play.
The town of More Tomorrow, Belize could have a safe source of water soon with help from students at the University of Arkansas.
Roiled a century ago by race riots, Harrison is taking pragmatic steps to repair its reputation, and has become culturally diverse, due to the presence of the Harrison Community Task Force on Race Relations. Still, as Jacqueline Froelich reports, a few local
white patriots have come out to mark the town as their territory. Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, March 30, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the Museum of Native American History in Bentonville may be a secret for now, but it won't be for long. We'll explain why, and we find out how distance education will have a larger footprint in the University of Arkansas School of Law next fall.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a study on the financial impact of growing migration of Pacific Islanders to the U.S., including Marshallese moving to Arkansas. We talk with GAO Director of International Affairs, David Gootnick, who was lead author of the study.
The Theme from Millions by John Murphy
Retired journalist Ernie Dumas discusses the process of editing love letters of Sgt. Leland Duvall, a World War 2 soldier. Ernie Dumas will be available to sign copies of his book at the following venues:
December 8
Osher Institute of Lifelong Learning
Global Campus
2 East Center St., Room 410
Fayetteville, AR, 11:00
Free with registration, lunch available
December 8
Trolley Line Books
110 W. Walnut
Rogers, AR, 3:00 p.m.
“Sleep” by Poets of the Fall
Becca has some interesting options for tonight.
“Baby Tornado” by Jay Nash
inger-songwriter Jay Nash visited KUAF earlier this fall. He sat down with Kyle Kellams to discuss his music and upcoming album.
