Mercy Health used an innovative walking program to become one of the healthiest workplaces in the country.
Ozarks At Large
A roundup of events and news for the next few weeks include an alternative way to deliver a Valentine.
Rural and urban public access trails are trending across America. And a new sector of professional trail building firms have emerged to meet demand. Jacqueline Froelich bundles up and goes cycling on a blustery afternoon in Bentonville, with the founder and foreman of Progressive Trail Design based in Fayetteville.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, talks to Rex Nelson about what 2014 might bring for Arkansas politics.An administrative law judge with the Arkansas Public Service Commission on Friday ordered SWEPCO to proceed on its proposed plan to build a massive new power transmission line through portions of northwest Arkansas. Also, Governor Mike Beebe says that recent cost analyses of operating the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid justifies the program's passage during last year's session of the state legislature. And the state Attorney General's office warns residents about rapid-refund tax providers.
Ahead on Ozarks, a conversation with young adult author An Na. Also, we learn what it takes to become a police officer.
We speak with An Na, author of A Step From Heaven, a book that was awarded the Michael L. Prince Award when it was published a decade ago. Critics and reviewers commended the book's characters for speaking like a child without being too precocious or condescending. The author will speak in Fayetteville later this month.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we visit the kitchen of Jen Lewis, take a spin in a state-run clinic that aids veterans in rural communities, and we meet a recovering opiate addict who has found hope with methadone.
The band will perform at Smoke & Barrel Tavern in Fayetteville starting at 10 p.m. tonight. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
“Circus” by Andy Summers
Author Jeannie Whayne visited KUAF to discuss her book “Delta Empire” with Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams.
"Harmonica Rockin’” by Muddy Waters
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center has a couple (well, a lot of) suggestions that’ll brighten up our day in anticipation.
Millions of people visit Buffalo National River Park every year, but few venture onto the park in winter. We take a hike into Lost Valley with a park interpreter who, along the way, provides winter recreational tips.
“Fence Post in the Front Yard” by Edgar Meyer & Chris Thile
John Jeter from Arkansas’ oldest orchestra Fort Smith Symphony tells us about its upcoming performances.
