NWA TechFest , set to happen next week in Fayetteville, has changed much over the years. We talk to one of the event's organizers about its evolution.
Ozarks At Large
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, offers a preview of this weekend's film festival in Eureka Springs.

Legislators yesterday heard about the progress of the Private Option rollout in the state, while Governor Mike Beebe offered his thoughts on consequences to the state's budget if the legislature decides to gut the program in the coming fiscal session.



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Though the plans are in the early stages, The University of Arkansas Fort Smith may begin offering its first Master's degree in a few years.

The Joint Budget Committee of the Arkansas LEgislature hears from Arkansas Department of Human Services regarding funding for the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid, while a new Talk Business Arkansas-Hendrix College poll suggests that Arkansans are supportive of the program. And, Crawford County officials are hopeful that voters will be supportive of a sales tax increase that would fund construction and operation of a new county jail.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, June 6, 2014
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.
Marla Steele, a doctoral student at the University of Arkansas, is one of just a few researchers studying a rare, Asian eagle.
To see the website devoted to Marla's work, both past and future, click here.
"Dirty Paws" by Of Monsters and Men
Today she brings us Mugs for the Eureka Spring May Arts Festival, plus the town's new park.
Jayme Stone's Room of Wonders will be playing around Northwest Arkansas and helped us kick off Artosphere by stopping by the studio.
So why not celebrate with the number "five?" Mathematician Edmond Harris gives us some insight into the fantastic figure.
"Video Killed The Radio Star" by Ben Folds Five
Here is information about today’s montage dedicated to the number five:
Beethoven’s Fifth as performed by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
George Brett (#5 for the Kansas City Royals) hits a home run in the 1984 All-Star Game.
The Vogues sing "Five O’clock World."
How to use the fifth amendment in a congressional hearing.
School House Rock’s take on the number five, as sung by native Arkansan Bob Dorough.
A scene from the British series MI-5.
The Fifth Dimension sings "One Less Egg to Fry."
Jack Nicholson orders breakfast his way in Five Easy Pieces.
Lou Bega’s dance hit "Mambo No. 5."
Jack Lord gives his famous line from Hawaii 5-0.
Apologies to: Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio, Brooks Robinson, the chemical element boron, Kurt Vonnegut, the Penatagon and Subway restaurants and their five-dollar footlong jingle.