The Northwest Arkansas Polo Club's season is underway in Bentonville.Ozarks At Large
The Northwest Arkansas Polo Club's season is underway in Bentonville.Arkansas looks to change licensing requirements for child care facilities throughout the state. We look at the potential changes and the effects they could have on providers in the area.
Ahead on Ozarks, can e-cigarettes help smokers reduce their nicotine consumption? More than 20 vapor shops have recently opened in northwest Arkansas alone. We take a look at the phenomenon, and Johnathan Story talks about his upcoming concert in Fayetteville, and sits down at the Mary Rumsey Baker Steinway piano in our studio.Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, directs us to performance art and fireworks this weekend.
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, explains the relationship between politics and money is an American tradition.
More than twenty Northwest Arkansas specialty shops sell electronic cigarettes, both disposable and rechargeable. The popular devices deliver a smooth warm nicotine-laced white vapor in variety strengths and flavors. We visit the Velvet Vapor in Rogers and also talk to an Arkansas Department of Health tobacco specialist about pending regulations and potential risks associated with “vaping.”One Arkansas senator is pressing election officials to resolve issues with the state's voter ID law. Other legislators are pushing to prevent the state lottery commission from implementing video gambling games throughout the state. The FASTER Arkansas committee continues its push for changes in state law to allow public schools to connect to an existing, state-funded fiber optic network. And one Eureka Springs alderman is trying to move forward a decades-long debate on what to do about parking in that city's downtown area.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the National Veterans Golden Age Games are set to take over Fayetteville and the region this weekend; we speak with one 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who hopes to win in his competitions, and we speak with an Arkansas elder who decided to obtain his GED many, many years after his high school years had passed. Plus, while many eyes are on the happenings at the World Cup, we attend a sports match of a different nature, polo, in Bentonville.The Northwest Arkansas Polo Club's season is underway in Bentonville.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, as many prepare for Fourth of July in backyards or fields of fireworks, the ticks are waiting: a new tick-borne illness has been discovered in the South. And The Cate Brothers release a new album, more than thirty years after it was originally recorded.
Becca says the approaching weekend has so much to do, she's getting a 60-hour head start.
"Taking a Chance on Love" by Terell Stafford
The Fayetteville Jazz Collective is an 18-member big band with plenty of sound and an upcoming gig at the UARK Ballroom in Fayetteville. For more information visit fayettevillejazzcollective.org
A memorial service is being planned for Jefferson Thomas, who was one of the nine black students who integrated Little Rock Central. he died in Ohio on Sunday. at the age of 67.
"Soft Landing" by Tom Salvatori
Fayetteville teen Serena Caffrey is an independent social entrepreneur. And one of her passion's is green cooking. On Saturday September 11th at Nibbles Academy she'll teach young people how to prepare easy from scratch meals, with fresh, locally grown food. Jacqueline Froelich takes us to her kitchen.
To reserve a class spot for your child call Nibbles Academy at 966-4499. And for details visit Serena's blog: paperyear.blogspot.com.
Terry Rowlett grew up in rural Arkansas and that upbringing remains a big influence on his art. His current exhibit "At the Edge of Eden" can be seen at the University of Arkansas' Fine Arts Center gallery through October 1. To see more of Terry's work,
"Imeland" by Groupa
