With autumn around the corner, hunting season will soon begin. But with the new season comes some new rules and regulations.
Ozarks At Large
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses the latest unemployment figures and how bloggers have made an impact on the Arkansas political landscape this month.The chief political scientist at UALR says that Lt. Gov. Mark Darr's decision to drop out of the race for Congress isn't overly surprising, as the political climate in Arkansas has recently been rife with scandal. And, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is working with other agencies to convert farmland back into woodlands and wetlands.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, how a growing human population is also causing Arkansas's deer population to grow. Plus, from quidditch to rugby, almost any sport you can imagine is offered to University of Arkansas students, and the challenges of growing fruit in Northwest Arkansas.
The annual Clothesline Fair at Prairie Grove Battlefield Park takes place this weekend. Becca Martin Brown has more.
More than two dozen club sports exist on the University of Arkansas campus, and this week the bowling, skeet and other squads were looking for new members.
We speak with an urban wildlife biologist from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission on the increased number of deer in Arkansas.
For years, organic farmer Guy Ames grew conventional varieties of fruits in Newton and Washington Counties. But he was forced to abandon farming, after watching his orchards collapse from disease and pests. Ten years later, he’s farming again, cultivating hardy Ozarks-adapted apples, grapes, paw paws, pears as well as novel drought-tolerant fruit tree stock to sell to local growers. Jacqueline Froelich takes us to visit orchardist, Guy Ames.
TheaterSquared opens its 8th season with the original work The Spiritualist. This month members of the cast, as well as director and playwright, talked to Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams about the production in front of an audience at the Fayetteville Public Library.
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Thursday, November 28, 2013
Ahead on this Thanksgiving edition of Ozarks: music, shopping and a holiday cocktail. We find out how local businesses work to attract shoppers in the midst of the Black Friday weekend. For music, we talk to Fort Smith native Josiah Hawley about his career after being a finalist on NBC's The Voice and his homecoming concert this weekend. Plus, Rosanne Cash discusses the work on her father's childhood home in Arkansas and get a preview of Aaron Diehl's upcoming concert at Walton Arts Center. And our cocktail comes from a house in Fayetteville dedicated to creating unique drinks.
The Fayetteville Flyover opened last night and getting from College Avenue to the Fulbright Expressway became much easier.
A new CD includes music the Cates Brothers Band recorded 32 years ago, but wasn't release until now.
The booms and bangs of fireworks can be heard beginning this evening at various locations around the listening area. Becca Martin Brown has What’s Up.
Food, fun and alliteration are all part of an upcoming fundraiser in Rogers.
The Care Foundation announces more than $3 million in grants that aim to help underserved children with pre-K and food security programs. The Fayetteville city council approved governance changes for the Walton Arts Center. And state legislators approve changes to public school employee insurance plans.
