Mercy Health used an innovative walking program to become one of the healthiest workplaces in the country.
Ozarks At Large
A roundup of events and news for the next few weeks include an alternative way to deliver a Valentine.
Rural and urban public access trails are trending across America. And a new sector of professional trail building firms have emerged to meet demand. Jacqueline Froelich bundles up and goes cycling on a blustery afternoon in Bentonville, with the founder and foreman of Progressive Trail Design based in Fayetteville.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, talks to Rex Nelson about what 2014 might bring for Arkansas politics.An administrative law judge with the Arkansas Public Service Commission on Friday ordered SWEPCO to proceed on its proposed plan to build a massive new power transmission line through portions of northwest Arkansas. Also, Governor Mike Beebe says that recent cost analyses of operating the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid justifies the program's passage during last year's session of the state legislature. And the state Attorney General's office warns residents about rapid-refund tax providers.
Ahead on Ozarks, a conversation with young adult author An Na. Also, we learn what it takes to become a police officer.
We speak with An Na, author of A Step From Heaven, a book that was awarded the Michael L. Prince Award when it was published a decade ago. Critics and reviewers commended the book's characters for speaking like a child without being too precocious or condescending. The author will speak in Fayetteville later this month.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we visit the kitchen of Jen Lewis, take a spin in a state-run clinic that aids veterans in rural communities, and we meet a recovering opiate addict who has found hope with methadone.
The Rogers Aquatic Center will officially open to the public on Saturday.
Becca Martin Brown explains why two names on the marquee isn’t always what it seems.
Strike by: Ry Cooder
The final production of Walton Arts Center’s 2012-2013 Broadway series is the Tony Award-winning play War Horse We learn about the creativity and ingenuity it takes to bring Joey, the show’s star, to life on stage.
While Warhorse ends the Broadway season at Walton Arts Center, another animal-centric production arrives later this month.
The Horse by: Beach Fossils
Three tuned chimes and marimba sculptures will be dedicated in Eureka Springs new Music Park on north Main Street, this Saturday at 2 p.m. Jacqueline Froelich visited the sound designer and his drenched troupe of musicians--who play us a preview.
