Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas talks to French Hill, CEO of Delta Trust and Bank about new banking rules and regulations.Ozarks At Large
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas talks to French Hill, CEO of Delta Trust and Bank about new banking rules and regulations.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: a groundswell of opposition has developed regarding a plan by SWEPCO for a new transmission system in a part north Arkansas. Plus Nicole Holland of Springdale tells her story of life in Paris before World War II. We'll hear from her and her daughter Brenda Hancock.
Last September Curly Miller…banjo player, storyteller, mushroom farmer…played with his mates in the Old 78s at Crystal bridges Museum of American Art. We play one of those songs we recorded that night in honor of Curly, who passed away Thursday.
Nicole Holland lived in Paris before, during and after World War II. She dictated the events of her remarkable life to her daughter, Brenda Hancock. Both women recntly came to our studio.In his weekly roundup of the past seven days’ business and political news, Roby Brock, points out national news stories resonated in Arkansas last week.
Southwestern Electric Power Company plans to install a new 48-mile long 345-kV transmission line across northern Benton and Carroll Counties to prevent outages and improve service to the region, the company says. Thousands of affected residents, expected to crowd public comment hearings scheduled next week, will claim it’s destructive. But most remain in the dark about the project’s purpose.
To read the public comments submitted regarding SWEPCO's application to the Arkansas Public Service Commission, click here and select docket # 13-041-U.
Both the state's Insurance Commissioner and Congressman Tim Griffin agree that the federal government's decision to delay implementation of the employer mandate in the Affordable Care Act is good, though Griffin sees the delay as a political ploy. Hillary Clinton is honored today in Little Rock. And Governor Mike Beebe urges Arkansans is spreading awareness about preventing summer forest fires.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, some of our favorite music performances recorded at KUAF for the first half of 2013, including Smar T Jones, Yoonie Han, RJ Mischo, Little Chief, Carter Sampson, Claudia Burson, Jed Clampit and Shawn James.
Ahead on Ozarks, a novel source to help us celebrate the Fourth…a British journalist explains how simply following a ten dollar bill around the middle of America for a month gave him insight into the country…and why he loved what he found. Then, it's a birthday party for the Fayetteville Farmer’s Market…it turns forty this week and we'll chat with the co-managers. Plus Robert Ginsburg gets us ready for the 15th annual KUAF Summer Jazz Series. It kicks off this month with Arkansas-born Bob Dorough. And Becca Martin Brown has some fireworks information for us as well.What curiosity, a bit of free time and some maps can reveal about one town.
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Friday, October 18, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks:the gavel has come down to begin a special session of the Arkansas Legislature. Chris Hickey reports on the opening afternoon of a session dedicated to solving, if only temporarily, a projected spike in insurance rates for public school employees in the state. Plus: our usual Friday conversations with Michael Tilley from The City Wire and Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers. And Antoinette Grajeda tries to discover the lure of following festivals for one retailer who is selling her wares right now at Mulberry Mountain for the Yonder Mountain String Band’s Harvest Festival.
Next month the Ozark Natural Science Center will begin hosting fifth grade students from around the region. We recently talked with the education director at the center about what will happen when the students arrive and what the wildlife has been like on the nearly 500 acres this summer.
For more information, visit the center’s website here.
“Air and Kilometers” by Kaki King
Twin Shadow, the '80s synth drenched musical project masterminded by George Lewis Jr., just released the new album Confess. Ozarks at Large's Katy Henriksen takes a closer look at the divisive music.
Summer is for blockbusters at the neighborhood theater. As fall gets closer, quieter movies start to hit the screen. Wayne Bell, the author of the column Culture Club at fayettevilleflyer.com, says he’s ready for the change of pace.
“The Hippest Cat in Hollywood” by Horace Silver
Crawford County looks for new plans to expand its current jail, Tontitown joins the growing list of Northwest Arkansas cities and counties that will have a liquor vote in November, and Razorback football tickets are already selling out.
“Clog Dancing” by Evelyn Glennie
Since it first opened more than thirty years ago, a regional landfill, operated by Waste Management in south Tontitown contained a highly valued resource. But now operators are recovering it. We travel to Eco-Vista, as it’s now called, to take a look.
