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.
Local artists can submit designs for a mural at the Springdale Aquatic Center and for a poster for the NWA Hispanic Heritage Festival.
"Saturday Nigh"t by The Felice Brothers
For our monthly spaces series, we tour the Tulsa National Weather Service office.
"Rain" by Explosions in the Sky and David Wingo
According to the National Climate Assessment the amount of precipitation falling heavy rainstorms has increased in parts of the country.
at end of show: "The Train That Carried My Gal Away From Town" by Jim Lauderdale
The two candidates in this year's Arkansas governor's race recently discussed their views of what the future holds for the state's Private Option. The future of hog farms in the Buffalo River Watershed may be uncertain with a recently proposed ban on confined animal breeding operations near the national river. And the Fort Smith Fire Department may not have to travel as far for training in the future, if the city board of directors approves construction of a training facility in the city.
"Adoro" Bronco
This fall, the University of Arkansas will offer its first start-to-finish, online bachelor's degree program – a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
