Becca Martin Brown continues her vacation in New Orleans…but has time to tell us about some fireworks shows tonight in northwest Arkansas.
Ozarks At Large
As the 69th annual Rodeo of the Ozarks kicks off today, we learn more about the transportation and care of the hundreds of animals participating in the event.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas, helped lead a discussion about Arkansas politics with State Senator Jason Rapert and Max Brantley, the Senior Editor of the Arkansas Times. The conversation comes from the program Capitol View, first broadcast in Little Rock on KARK TV.Arkansas ends its fiscal year with a surplus of several million dollars, but lawmakers have no firm plans yet of how to spend the money. Ongoing highway improvements mean some road closures and delays over the holiday weekend. And, students at UALR react to the interest rate hike that went into effect this week on Stafford student loans for low income students.
Daniel Hintz of Downtown Bentonville tells us that the best way to cure a fireworks hangover is to see some live blues this weekend.
Ahead on Ozarks: the tightrope the town of Eureka Springs sometimes must negotiate when it comes to businesses and residences. Jacqueline Froelich has that story. Plus Sanjay Gupta, the medical correspondent on CNN, was in Arkansas last week and sat down with Roby Brock to talk about the role of medical journalism and what a change in health care may mean for Arkansas. We also examine what last week's Supreme Court decision regarding the Voting Rights Act means for the state.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, spoke recently at the Clinton School of Public Service. While in Arkansas he talked with Roby Brock of Talk Business Arkansas.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers takes time out from vacation to tell us about the earliest fireworks shows for the holiday week.
The United States Supreme Court decision regarding the Voting Rights Act means changes for Arkansas.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: remembering the Ozark Folk Fair from forty years ago. The headliners included some of the top names in blues, rock, folk and bluegrass, but the event is all but forgotten now. Plus northwest Arkansas ranchers rally to help out farmers in South Dakota who lost cattle because of bad weather and local non-profits embrace Giving Tuesday.
This morning most residents in Northwest Arkansas have yet to venture out after the historic blizzard of 2011--that is unless you have to go to work, or are saving people stranded by weather.
Jacqueline Froelich reports on what compels drivers to venture out into impossible winter conditions in some cases, without the right equipment.
Heavy snow may mean...or may not mean...that roofs will suffer. There are some signs of distress to look for as the snow sits.
This winter has smashed many records, including one for an area power company.
We meet one family clearing walkways in downtown Fayetteville.
