Becca Martin Brown, form Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, gives us advice on road trips.
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For this month's edition of our series Three Things we learn three things about coin collecting.
Hospital purchases, legislative shifts and policy changes all mean a different world for Arkansans and healthcare. Roby Brock from Talk Business and Politics leads a discussion about possible ramifications.The Arkansas State Police will soon be on the lookout for drivers who are texting or are otherwise distracted while behind the wheel, and unemployment declines in the area.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, why hundreds of people will be in Rogers this weekend to trade frags, or sections of coral. Plus, we speak to the former First Minister of Scotland about contemporary education.Former First Minister of Scotland Henry McLeish has a strong passion for education. He often speaks on the roles of education in the United States vs the United Kingdom. He spoke to Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas about learning in a modern society and his political career.
Becca Martin Brown, with Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says the region's libraries offer plenty this month for their youngest visitors.
Fayetteville's National Cemetery will soon have two acres more of space, after the Regional National Cemetery Improvement Corporation completed the land purchase. And, two special elections are happening today in Washington County.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the man who has been intimately connected with the Nobel Peace Prize for the past quarter-century talks about the process for selecting a recipient and some of the controversies associated with the honor.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, many local businesses have received their starts as a mobile vendor before moving into a bricks and mortar location. A long-time Fayetteville store is doing the opposite now. We talk with Sidney of Sidney's Emporium. Plus, the cycle of Artosphere: artworks of festivals past are removed to make way for the new. And we learn three things about the Peace Corps and more.
We talk with Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com and Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net about the life and legacy of Don Tyson.
To view the Don Tyson introduction video for the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame click here.
The Fayetteville Underground is hailing the new year, as Jacqueline Froelich reports, with a fresh exhibit and First Thursday reception tonight. For details visit www.fayettevilleunderground.blogspot.com
Earl Scruggs, Walter J. Lemke and more in our history capsule for January 6.
Becca says while there is plenty happening tonight, there is even more this weekend.
"Work Song" by Cannonball Adderley
PJ is back for her first film score conversation of the new year. Today, how one composer provided the score for two versions of the same film. Sort of.
