Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this busy Friday edition of Ozarks, from Pharrell to Harry Connick Jr; celebrities took the stage this morning in Fayetteville for the Walmart Shareholders meeting, where there were also a few business items discussed. And, we take a trip along the Buffalo River nearly a year after a controversial swine breeding operation began business.
Caroline Rose and her band stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio on their way to Wakarusa. Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, offers a preview of a garden tour in northwest Arkansas.
C&H Hog Farms, located on the Buffalo National River watershed, has been in operation for almost a year now. Jacqueline Froelich takes us to an affected Ozarks homestead a mile downstream, and to float on the Buffalo to illustrate why the new massive swine breeding factory remains so controversial. (photo: Big Creek)
Today's shareholders meeting including A-level pop stars, thoughts on Walmart's future and calls asking for change.
Antoinette Grajeda talks to Michael Tilley from The City Wire about this morning's shareholders event in Fayetteville.The annual Walmart Shareholders Meeting took place early this morning. Plus Fort Smith may consider an increase in library millage.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the 2014 Cancer Challenge aims to add to the $10 million raised with the event over the past 20 years. The three-day event this year encompasses a variety of locations and activities including golfing, running, trap-shooting and wrapping up with the more traditional gala. Plus, uncovering stories at Oak Cemetery, and if you're unsure of which stages to make it to during this weekend's Wakarusa Music Festival, Becca offers some suggestions.The band Caroline Rose will perform during the weekend festival on Mulberry Mountain. Here, they perform "Roll On" inside our studio as the festival gets underway today.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, the Springdale Chamber of Commerce announces a program to create new jobs. Also, a conversation with Johnathan Martin, national political correspondent for The New York Times.
The University of Arkansas Fort Smith's latest selection for the "Read This" program is the novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time by Mark Haddon.
The act of collecting is to gather objects in some location for a given purpose. A recent gathering at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History collected collectors, along with their collections, for an open house.
"One Million Smiles" by Datuk Sudirman
A new exhibit at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks salutes the state's biggest, oldes and most astounding trees.
RJ Mischo, Kory Montgomery, Garrett Jones and Ken Everts will play together, for the first time, Saturday night in Bentonville. Three of them came to our Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to play live.
Walton Arts Center has a calm January, then a busy February and a very busy spring.
"Tom Dooley" by Doc Watson
