The new Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority which delivers Bull Shoals Lake water to towns and districts across Boone, Newton, and Searcy Counties is in trouble. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, several towns that signed on to the drinking water pact appear to be stricken by buyer’s remorse. (Correction: Marshall is in Searcy County and Lead Hill is in Boone County. In my report I erroneously reversed the towns’ locations.)Ozarks At Large
The new Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority which delivers Bull Shoals Lake water to towns and districts across Boone, Newton, and Searcy Counties is in trouble. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, several towns that signed on to the drinking water pact appear to be stricken by buyer’s remorse. (Correction: Marshall is in Searcy County and Lead Hill is in Boone County. In my report I erroneously reversed the towns’ locations.)A new report places Benton and Washington counties as the two healthiest in the state. Plus the Hogeye Marathon returns and severe weather is a possibility over the next twenty-four hours.
Next month is National Poetry Month. For this month's edition of our segment Three People, we ask three poets to talk about their form of artistic expression.
Although Spring Break is not over, registration deadlines are nearing for some summer camps.
In the olden days, your local apothecary prepared all your medications. Now, your pharmaceutical industry mass produces everything from prescription Ambien to Xanax.But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the lost art of individualized compounding is undergoing a revival—and more intense review. (Photo: Collier Drug Compounding Lab Staff-- front row left to right: Denise Roark, Jana Evensen, Corrie Stout, Melissa Mashburn, back row: Andrew Mize, Justin Bolinger.)
The design for the Ben Geren Aquatics Park in Fort Smith has been finalized and will soon be let out for bid. And, a journalist that was once critical of the Clintons speaks about the state of the news media.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, makes suggestions for a spring break St. Louis trip.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, May 12, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an Arkansas judge overturns the states's ban on same-sex marriage, so what's next?
Dr. Rosilee Walker Russell, executive director of University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Academy of the Arts, discusses Gospel Fest 2011. The event was hosted on March 5th. The UAFS Academy of the Arts Distinguished Artists' Series will be held April 11th at Breedlove Auditorium in Fort Smith.
The spread of invasive plant species in Fayetteville calls for some immediate measures.
The month of March marks 21 years of Ozarks at Large as a radio news-magazine. In 1990, Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams started producing the show in a format more or less similar to its current one. The Ozarks at Large news team members share their 21 favorite sounds.
"Sand" by Medeski Martin & Wood & "Walking on the Moon" by Frank Vignola with Gary Mazzaroppi & Vinny Raniolo
Roby Brock from www.talkbusiness.net discusses redistricting of Fayetteville from Third District to the Fourth with political columnist John Brummet.
A walk-a-thon being organized this Saturday by Bentonville High School students hopes to raise funds and awareness about cancer in Northwest Arkansas.
