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?
Earlier this week, assistant professor of English at the University of Arkansas, Mohja Kahf, visited KUAF to talk about a conference in Turkey aimed at addressing the struggle in Syria.
Click here to hear more of the conversation with Mohja.
“Just For You” by Ornette Coleman
Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com talks about compressed natural gas (CNG) powered vehicles, Arkansas’ GDP, and regional poultry industry legend Collier Wenderoth Jr.’s passing.
“Prohibition Dirge” by Ennio Morricone
Ozarks at Large’s Luke Gramlich visits the historic Drennen-Scott House in Van Buren.
“Sharp Dressed Man” by Hayseed Dixie
Today’s list includes opera at the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, a program for the Herb Society of Northwest Arkansas at Shiloh Museum, Gaslight at Fort Smith Little Theater, and Driving Miss Daisy at Rogers Little Theater. Also, Arts Fest continues in Bentonville.
Meredith Martin-Moats on why the voice of the local weekly newspaper still matters.
