Becca cites ten reasons why we’re all in love with northwest Arkansas.
Ozarks At Large
Robert Pulluza, the head coach of Arkansas Razorback volleyball team, talks to Kyle Kellams about the team’s preparations for the upcoming season.
This morning, Chancellor G. David Gearhart announced the enrollment of 23,153 students – an all-time record -- at the University of Arkansas this semester.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, we meet singer-songwriter Guy Clark, and Ozarks regulars Michael Tilley and Jodi Beznoska. Beaver Water District and the Illinois River Watershed Partnership receive federal grants, and Arkansas adopts a controversial new educational standard called Common Core.
Arkansas has adopted a new educational standard called Common Core. Advocates say it will help students succeed at entering college or a vocation. Critics claim it’s a national standard pushed by special interests and therefore unconstitutional.Sen. John Boozman talks to Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net about Warren Buffet’s public call for higher taxes on the very wealthy, a balanced budget and the Republican presidential hopefuls.
The Beaver Water District will celebrate “Secchi Day” this Saturday.
For more information, visit www.bwdh2o.org or call Amy at 479.717.3807.
Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com talks about Tuesday’s altercation between Fort Smith Mayor Sandy Sanders and former city council candidate Eric Arthur, and more from the River Valley.
Horseshoe Canyon, a recreational ranch seven miles east of Jasper, is a favorite playground for Chad and Linda Martin, expert rock climbers. We spend the morning on the wall with them, learning the ropes.Ozarks at Large’s Luke Gramlich visits the small Ozark town of Gilbert to find out why it continues to exist.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks, the Springdale School District recieves a nearly $26 million dollar grant. Plus, we take a tour of King Opera House in Van Buren.
Becca Martin Brown gives us the quick facts about Fleur Delicious in Eureka Springs.
Summer is here and the ways to avoid boredom are plentiful.
Loud Pipes by Ratatat
In this month's music's review, we listen to Time for Three's new, self-titled album.
Music at End of Show: Ice Machine in the Desert by Brave Combo
Several groups worked through the weekend to gather signatures for their respective ballot initiatives before the deadline to submit petitions today. Governor Beebe prepares to make his final foreign trade mission during his term in office, and Blanchard Springs Caverns in Stone County is the only cave owned and operated by the U.S. Forest Service that remains open despite a cave closure order aimed at preventing the spread of White Nose Syndrome.
Tony deBrum, Foreign Minister for the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is on a mission. He’s alerting the world on how his Pacific island nation is starting to submerge due to rising seas caused by climate change. And as witness to a decade of cold-war atmospheric nuclear bomb tests on the Marshalls, Minister deBrum is also calling for global nuclear disarmament.
