As our three things series continues, we learn the three things to know about car towing. Staying safe can be as simple as knowing your car.
Ozarks At Large
As our three things series continues, we learn the three things to know about car towing. Staying safe can be as simple as knowing your car.
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.
Solar energy installation is on the rise in Arkansas—a solar rich state. But unlike other solar states, Arkansas lacks incentives for solar development as well as utility standards. Add to that, this year, renewable energy advocates will face organized opposition from carbon producers, who don’t want them on the grid.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas speaks with blogger Michael Cook about Lt. Governor Mark Darr's resignation.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.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, making inroads in the battle against lung cancer in Arkansas. After years of steady increases, the rate is dropping in the state. Plus shifts in the testing for a GED certificate in Arkansas, and a closer listen to one of the bands scheduled to appear at the 2014 edition of Wakarusa.
In this month's music review, we listen to "Waiting for the Dawn" by The Mowgli's who will perform at Wakarusa this June. 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.
Arkansas and federal prosecutors sue Exxon-Mobil for its handling of the Mayflower oil spill. A plan to award associates degrees to transfer students with enough credits to do so moves forward. And, a new children's museum in Bentonville is announced.
"Young Lion" by Vampire Weekend
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses new jobs in the Fort Smith area, enplanement trends in the region, and more.
The Yang family, the Washington County 2013 Farm Family of the Year, moved to Arkansas in 2004 to open a chicken farm near Summers for the betterment of their family.
"House & Farm" by Boy & Bear
Becca offers entertainment suggestions that are perfect for Dad, no matter what his interests are.
The U.S. Attorney in Little Rock expects more convictions following the first-ever conviction by his office for sex trafficking last week.
