The average cost of a gallon of gas in the state rises, the University of Arkansas successfully raises funds to sponsor uniforms for the Razorback Band, and more – on this edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
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The northwest Arkansan opera company will hold its first performance inside the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall on the University of Arkansas campus this month.
If one of your resolutions is to start up a new business in 2012, be mindful about naming it. Local organic fast food vendor, Lean Green Cuisine, faces a trademark infringement challenge--by the world’s largest food corporation.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, KUAF’s Mike Shirkey and his band Block Street Pickers are our guests today. We also learn some tried and tested tricks of the trade from the Newmarks who own NewMarket Naturals, a locally-owned water filtration business.Michael Tilley from our content partner www.thecitywire.com discusses the latest on the commemorative coin that could raise money for the proposed U.S. Marshals Museum in Fort Smith, the fall in Arkansas’ jobless rate, and more.
Today, Eagle Watch Tours, and performances of It’s A Wonderful Life, and a gallery talk on Edward S. Curtis at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art tomorrow will help you keep busy.
Ozarks at Large’s Meredith Martin-Moats has a story on The Root, a Little Rock café that creates dishes using locally grown produce and meat from locally raised animals.
Earlier this month, the Fayetteville City Council approved an ordinance that replaces the current annual pet licensing fee with a requirement to microchip all pet dogs and cats.
The cream colored walls inside a residential correction facility for women are covered with remarkable historic hand painted murals—that few of us on the outside will ever get to see.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we take a tour of businesses that produce liquor in the region, and a preview of this evening’s Claudia Burson Trio+1’s concert in Fayetteville. Also on the show today, Springdale gets a new transitional housing facility for families in need, and a brand new educational standard called Common Core is being introduced in state public schools.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, the New Year brings an increased need for nurse practitioners in Arkansas. And 100 CEOs have given their opinions about what they think 2014 may have in store for businesses in Arkansas. Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas, has the results of that survey. Plus some of the first live music in 2014 will be inside: we have a preview of a new festival in Eureka Springs that can be attended in stocking feet.
1st Annual The Eurekan non-traditional multi-sport festival will take place August 12-14 this year in Eureka Springs.
Shane Broadway, the interim director of Arkansas Department of Higher Education, on a Compact issued by Arkansas public universities, colleges and university systems to address the state's educational and socio-economic needs and interests.
"Telegram" by Julian Lage
The Arkansas Legislature will consider a bill to allow state public education money to follow severely disabled children who cannot function in public school settings into alternative education settings. Jacqueline Froelich reports.
"However" by Julian Lage
Charles Bank Wilson, 93, reflects on his life as an artist and what drives him to continue as one.
George Friderich Handel, Wayne Gretzky and more in our history capsule for March 23.
