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?
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net speaks with Democrat Mike Ross about his decision to leave Congress.
“Arrested Development” by David Schartz
One of the longest-standing Hispanic civil rights groups in Arkansas is hosting its annual conference this Friday at the Jones Center in Springdale.
For more information: www.hwoa.org.
First Christian Church in Fayetteville will sponsor the local edition of Congo Awareness Week Oct. 16-22.
For more information: 442-4674 or www.fccfayetteville.org.
“Magosa” by Amadou and Mariam
Ballroom dance lessons at Scarpino are among Becca's entertainment picks for the evening.
John Jeter, music director and conductor of the Fort Smith Symphony, offers a preview of the group's Oct. 22 concert.
For more information: www.fortsmithsymphony.org.
“Music Box” by Philip Glass
