
Ozarks At Large


If you haven't already, it might be time to get your winter coat out, for good. We speak with Weather Dan Skoff, chief meteorologist with KNWA, about why Northwest Arkansas can see temperatures in the 70s one day and just days later temperatures in the 30s.

Becca tells us about Winslow Homer, the subject of an exhibition at the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum.


Electronic onboard recorders are set to replace paper logs for truck drivers to make sure they aren't working more hours than they are allowed by federal law. The Arkansas Red Cross responds to storm damage across the Midwest. Unoccupied acreage at the site of a former Tyson plant in Fayetteville moves one step closer to redevelopment. And expansions are in the works that will bring more jobs to Springdale and Fort Smith.


Becca Martin Brown says that there are plenty of opportunities to catch a concert coming up in the surrounding region.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a small town receives a large sum to create a community gathering place. Plus several other communities restructure the images they portray to potential visitors and residents. And, we take a ride on a rolling restaurant.
Michael Tilley from our content partner www.thecitywire.com wishes everyone a very happy Thanksgiving and discusses the issues people in River Valley are talking about.
“Morning Song” by Le Loup
Happy? Alarmed? Confused? This conversation will add to all of that.
“We Are Family” by VeggieTales
Listen to another conversation author Bill Walker had with Kyle Kellams earlier this month regarding his book “Nazi’s Nightmare.” The book is an account of Bill’s father George Walker’s time as a United States military intelligence officer in World War II.
Robert Post, the dean of Yale Law School, and Frederick Schauer, the former dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, delivered a talk on the First Amendment on the University of Arkansas campus earlier this fall as part of the university’s Hartman Hotz Lecture Series.
“Thanksgiving” by George Winston
The Eagle Watch Tours are back on Beaver Lake. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, Inc. has the details.