The efforts to help area residents with some college credit finish their degree continue next week at the Jones Center in Springdale.Ozarks At Large
The efforts to help area residents with some college credit finish their degree continue next week at the Jones Center in Springdale.The continued government shutdown in Washington, D.C. is impacting the ability of Arkansas farmers to export their crops abroad, and it is causing about 100 workers to be furloughed at the University of Arkansas. J.B. Hunt Transport posts its third quarter earnings report. Siloam Springs considers regulating yard sale signs, and the price of gas creeps downward in Arkansas.
Ahead on Ozarks, the Sustainability Communities Leadership Summit moves to North Little Rock. Plus, a conversation with Hoyt Purvis, one of the authors of Voices of the Razorbacks.
Today, Razorback sporting events can be heard on dozens of radio stations across the state and seen anywhere in the world through the Internet. But as Hoyt Purvis, one of the authors of "Voices of the Razorbacks" puts it, it took decades for the Razorback Sports Network to develop into hat it is today.
Becca discusses the trend of concerts being included in the admission to fairs like the Arkansas State Fair.
Unearthing your family history can start with a visit to your local library. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, libraries can contain extensive genealogical collections, provide patrons free access to sites such as ancestry.com, and even have staff genealogists on hand to assist. To learn more visit the Arkansas Genealogical Society at agsgenealogy.org.
Roby Brock discusses a new shopping center in Conway, Walmart splitting with a company in India and more in his weekly business and political news recap.
The second annual Sustainability Communities Leadership Summit will focus on sustainability as an economic development strategy.Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe expects the number of state employees that are furloughed to increase this week, while nest year's campaign for Arkansas' U.S. Senate seat heats up. And high schoolers around the state are now expect to pass a semester-long course in economics.
On this edition of Weekend Ozarks, an invasive rock-snot algae is threatening to take over parts of the White River, plus the latest artist at the Fayetteville Underground is stirring viewers' emotions with his work.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, January 2, 2014
On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: tigers making art near Eureka Springs, bugs on utility boxes in downtown Fayetteville and a day spent catching grasshoppers.
A fire has been smoldering in southeastern Carroll County for more than year. The cause? A phenomenon more than a century old. Jacqueline Froelich explains.
The fault that created a massive earthquake in the early 19th century is being studied from above…by scientists in planes.
Becca Martin Brown gives us the details on a national tour popping up several times within driving distance.
For our latest We’re History segment, our history doctor explains the United States has been spying, and been spied upon, since before we were a country.
"The Flight of the Apollo" by Angels and Airwaves
We expect to see fine art we go one the region's art museums, or walk into many of the art galleries, even when buying our morning joe at the corner coffee shop, but what about as we walk down the hall to our office? Tyson Team Members see everything from Warhol to Remington at the corporation's home office. Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas has more.
