Turnip of the Beet is just one several vendors who have traveled from around the country to sell their wares at this year's Harvest Music Festival.Ozarks At Large
Turnip of the Beet is just one several vendors who have traveled from around the country to sell their wares at this year's Harvest Music Festival.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, we visit an area high school to learn how one teacher is teaching entrepreneurship. Plus, sturdy and comfortable outdoor furniture made in Prairie Grove. And, a hidden treasure at the 80-year-old Devil's Den State Park.
This weekend, Devil's Den State Park will celebrate the fall season as well as the park's 80th anniversary.Arkansas two U.S. Senators sound off about the end of the partial federal government shutdown. Governor Mike Beebe calls a special session of the Arkansas Legislature in order to solve the crisis facing the state's teachers' insurance system. And the Sebastian County Library System begins looking to the future as a needs assessment is conducted.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, a discussion on the public school employee insurance crisis. Plus, the history of Miss Laura's in Fort Smith.The fifth annual Eureka Springs' Voices from the Silent City Cemetery Tour, which portrays Depression-era Eureka, is set for Friday and Saturday evenings, October 18th and19th, as well as October 25th and 26th. Jacqueline Froelich provides a preview. For tickets call 479-253-9417.
It's been a bordello, a restaurant and now a visitors center...and it's one of our favorite spaces in the region. We spent an afternoon at Miss Laura's in downtown Fort Smith,
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas and David Goins talk to Senate Insurance Committee Chairman Jason Rapert about the state's public school employee insurance crisis.The Arkansas Department of Human Services has released numbers that show thousands of low-income Arkansans have shown intent to sign up for the state's Private Option insurance plans. Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families releases a report detailing inequality of enrichment opportunities between schools across the state. And furloughed work-study employees at Northwest Arkansas Community College returned to work this morning after a two-day suspension and before negotiations in Washington showed promise.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, many local businesses have received their starts as a mobile vendor before moving into a bricks and mortar location. A long-time Fayetteville store is doing the opposite now. We talk with Sidney of Sidney's Emporium. Plus, the cycle of Artosphere: artworks of festivals past are removed to make way for the new. And we learn three things about the Peace Corps and more.
The Arkansas Lottery Commission approves video games like keno to be used in the state. The ACLU of Arkansas files suit against the state for its new voter ID law. And recently passed ordinances concerning urban agriculture and food trucks take effect today in Fayetteville.
“Love at First sight” by Kylie Minogue
Roby Brock talks with GOP gubernatorial hopeful Curtis Coleman as Talk Business Arkansas continues a series with 2014 candidates.
One of the country's most accomplished and most respected writers is coming to the Fayetteville Town Center Monday night.
"Baby Please Don't Go" by Them
That, and other performances, are happening in the area today.
American Native is one of several local vendors participating in the inaugural Homegrown Festival in Siloam Springs next week.
“Native Funk” by BurningSky
