
Ozarks At Large


Wednesday the University of Arkansas recognizes GIS Day with sessions on how GIS technologies help several different disciplines.

All parties involved in a decades-long desegregation case in central Arkansas formally accept a deal to settle the litigation. A new report ranks Arkansas among the best in the U.s. for using technology to improve educational attainment. The Rogers Historical Museum gets a boost for its expansion project with General Improvement Funds from the state. And the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department debuts a new interactive website to give Arkansas drivers a heads-up on construction zones in the state.



The Rogers Police Department is hosting a public forum for members of minority communities at the Metroplex Event Center.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, we discuss the future of the private option in the state. Also, Northwest Arkansas ranks nationally for its job growth rate.
Author Megan Bergman talks to Ozarks at Large’s Katy Henriksen about her book “Birds of a Lesser Paradise,” a collection of short stories that was just cited by the Huffington Post as a must-read.
“Hoodoo Zephyr” by John Adams
Author Kristen Iversen’s new book Full Body Burden is a memoir about living in the shadow of a nuclear weapons plant once designated “the most contaminated site in America.”
Seventy of Arkansas’ 75 counties under a burn ban; Governor Mike Beebe to decide about Medicaid expansion in Arkansas under the federal health care overhaul before next year’s legislative session; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“The Fishin’ Hole” by Andy Griffith
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net talks to Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Robert Brown to discuss the effect of financial donations from interest groups on judicial elections in the state.
“Every Direction is North” by El Ten Eleven
The organizers of the Museum of the Hardwood Tree are working hard to honor the importance of the most important raw material in the development of Arkansas.
“Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree” by Glenn Miller Orchestra