
Ozarks At Large

In this installment of What's in a Name, we look at the history of Benton, the county and the ville.


The state legislature finished business before getting ready to adjourn this year's fiscal session, and Peco Foods announces expansion in Arkansas. Those stories and more in this morning's week in review.




Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, has a long list of St. Patrick's Day activities.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, April 18, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about traditional Native American ecological and cultural practices. Plus, we hear a roundtable discussion about recent political polling data for this year's statewide elections.
MacGuffins, a traveling evangelist and more in our history capsule for August 13.
Candy Lee will release her new CD "The Gate" later this month with a release party at Smoke and Barrel in Fayetteville. She let us listen to the CD early and performed in our studio as well.
To hear more from our time with Candy, click here
Bill Clinton gave the keynote address to a gathering sponsored by Economics Arkansas. He discussed the current economic state of affairs. For more of President Clinton's speech, including video click here.
The only Arkansas city with a domestic partnership registry just passed a resolution in support of providing access to health insurance for domestic partners of city workers. The problem is the city's health care insurance provider prohibits such benefits. Jacqueline Froelich reports.