In July, 1973 a handful of farmers set up a small market. Four decades later the market celebrates a milestone anniversary.
Ozarks At Large
A new addition to KUAF's late night schedule allows listeners to hear some classic jazz interviews from the past fifty years.
Steve Boggan, a journalist from London, followed a ten dollar bill around the US, including Arkansas, for thirty days. What he learned he put in his book, Follow the Money.
Three months after an oil spill, some residents near Mayflower wonder if they should have been evacuated immediately after the spill.
For more, watch this video produced by our content partner KUAR in Little Rock.
For more, watch this video produced by our content partner KUAR in Little Rock.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a look at the current landscape of politics in Arkansas. Also, learning how to care for livestock participating in the Rodeo of the Ozarks.
For the past two years the artistic director of the Reykjavik Blues Festival has also been in Eureka Springs for that town’s blues festival. During his most recent visit Halldor Bragason came to our studio.
Though the repainting the interior of a water tower is, relatively, routine, the exterior of the Hill Street water Tower in Siloam Springs has not been repainted since its construction in 1967. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas finds out more.Becca Martin Brown continues her vacation in New Orleans…but has time to tell us about some fireworks shows tonight in northwest Arkansas.
As the 69th annual Rodeo of the Ozarks kicks off today, we learn more about the transportation and care of the hundreds of animals participating in the event.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, we visit an area high school to learn how one teacher is teaching entrepreneurship. Plus, sturdy and comfortable outdoor furniture made in Prairie Grove. And, a hidden treasure at the 80-year-old Devil's Den State Park.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us about today’s Ozarks Poets and Writers Collective meeting at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville and Reading Club sign-up at the Bentonville Public Library.
"The Book I Read” by The Talking Heads
Ozarks at Large’s Meredith Martin-Moats explains the function of a yarn-bomb and how crafting can help build communities.
Arkansas Governor’s School, which is a program for the state’s gifted and talented youth, marks its 33rd year this summer. Bekah Hall, an intern with our content partner KUAR, has the story on how it has affected the lives of countless students and teachers.
Sixty-three new stones were installed at the Confederate Cemetery on Rock Street in Downtown Fayetteville. The Southern Memorial Association, the group that manages the grounds, will host the 139th year of the cemetery at 10 a.m. June 2.
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