Ozarks At Large
Roby Brock talks about Governor Beebe's thoughts on a special session and more in his weekly business and political news updateParent blogging isn't a new phenomenon, but it is a growing one. Some of the more successful practitioners can catch the attention of ad agencies.
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.
Tonight is opening night for another season featuring some of the country's brightest young opera talent.
Governor Mike Beebe says that while a special legislative session will likely be necessary to solve the problems with the state's public school employee insurance program, no session will be called until consensus can be reached. The two candidates for governor have differing opinions on how and when the state's minimum wage should be increased, and the Fayetteville Animal Shelter warns dog owners that hot cars are particularly dangerous for pets.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a visit to a jeweler's studio where she makes trinkets of beauty with stones, sterling silver and words on metal. Plus, we talk with blogger Mat Campbell of the Blue Hog Report about how the lawyer-turned-journalist uncovers and covers political happenings in the state.Matt Campbell's Blue Hog report has been an influential player in Arkansas politics.
Joe Thompson, Arkansas Surgeon General, on Tuesday presented to a legislative oversight panel a timeline for major changes to the Private Option. Meanwhile, Cheryl Smith, the new executive director of Arkansas' Health Insurance Marketplace on Tuesday introduced herself to legislators. Foresters and biologists across the state are celebrating Pollinator Week, and next week, hundreds of veterans will descend upon Fayetteville for the Veterans Golden Age Games.
Parent blogging isn't a new phenomenon, but it is a growing one. Some of the more successful practitioners can catch the attention of ad agencies.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, July 14, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, more than 3,000 Arkansas children are in foster care custody on any single day. A new report has suggestions on how to better serve these young people. Plus, Arkansas native Louis Jordan's forays into the Caribbean and Calypso in today's edition of Arkansongs, and we hear how the four men running for Governor of Arkansas responded when asked about the legality of same-sex marriage
During the first TEDx Fayetteville event held in March, Suri Surinder chose to talk about leadership during his eighteen minutes on stage. He says that good leadership can be measured by scientific means.
With Martha Shoffner's resignation as state treasurer still fresh, Governor Mike Beebe prepares to name a replacement. That's just one of the stories that Roby Brock of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas brings us in his weekly update of the last seven days of business and political news.
Doctor Edmond Harris, a professor of mathematics at the University of Arkansas, talks with Christina Thomas about the special nature of the simple prime number five.
Here are the selections for our 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 Britich series MI-5
The Fifth Dimension sings "One Less Egg to Fry"
Jach Nicholson orders breakfast his way in Five Easy Pieces
Lou Bega's dance hig "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 Pentagon and Subway restaurants with their five-dollar-footlong jingle.
Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers says that Scooby and Shaggy will be in Fayetteville Tuesday and Wednesday.
