Theater in Fayetteville and Black Music Month celebrations in Rogers is what's up today.
Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, Dr. Mike Johnson, associate vice-chancellor of facilities at the University of Arkansas, on factors the university considered before proposing two sites for a temporary construction road on campus and Paula Marinoni, a local resident who mobilized a protest against one of the proposed sites. Also on today's show, a Fayetteville church helps families and friends care for loved ones with Alzheimer’s disease, and a conversation with Energy Corps member and Walton Arts Center's sustainability coordinator Dan Dean.
Participants will seek out energy-saving features at Orlo and Mary Stitt’s home in an unusual scavenger hunt. Ozarks at Large's Energy Corps correspondent Christina Thomas reports.The 32nd annual Arkansas Governor’s School underway on the Hendrix College campus in Conway, a slight dip in Arkansas' homeless population, and a bipartisan group questions the legality of American military action in Libya – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half Time.
Prairie Grove farmer supplies fresh produce to Walmart stores in the region. Ozarks at Large's Energy Corps reporter Christina Thomas reports.The Fayetteville Public Library's Mountain Street Stage music series continues this weekend with Trio de Janiero.
A proposed smoking ban in city bars, recent developments in a 1995 abduction case, highway improvements plans, improvement in Arkansas' 2010 GDP, etc. -- on today's Ozarks at Large Half Time.
On today's edition of Ozarks, rebuilding a home after a tornado on New Year's Eve destroyed it. Also, farmers and veterans working together.If you need to recover from all of the fun you've had at Wakarusa, Becca says there is plenty of live music in the region tonight.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks…trying to make sense of the year that was 2013 politics in Arkansas; and trying to guess how the election year of 2014 may unfold. Plus Antoinette will walk us through the process used by a 3D printer. We’ll also take a ride along some innovative local trails with the founder of Progressive Trail Design and find out how millions of steps led Mercy Health to a national honor.
Jacob Kaufman from KUAR provides a recap of the state legislature's recently concluded special session.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is stepping up enforcement this weekend on the state's lakes and rivers in an effort to decrease incidents of boating while intoxicated. Plus, the Rogers Fire Department embraces new technology with a smartphone app that informs people in public of nearby incidents of cardiac arrest.
Earthquakes in Oklahoma have dramatically increased since last autumn, likely linked to gas and oil development the U.S. Geological Survey says. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, larger quakes there could shake western Arkansas. We hear from both the director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey in Norman and an Arkansas seismologist.
The Legislature began discussing the items on the special session agenda yesterday in Little Rock.
The Beaver Watershed Alliance has been working on assessing ways to improve water quality of the West Fork of the White River. As part of the project, the group is holding public meetings to engage residents and landowners alike.
