The Razorback Greenway, a 36-mile stretch of trail that will eventually connect Fayetteville to Bentonville and pass through Johnson, Springdale, Lowell and Rogers, will take a big step toward completion tomorrow.
Ozarks At Large
A number of Arkansas doctors have spoken out against the medical marijuana issue to be decided next month by state voters, the new Arkansas Poll was released yesterday, and the Arkansas men's golf team finishes its fall season of play.
Ahead on Ozarks: Something for everybody today on the show. Why Alma could be called the knot tying capital of the world, why Newton County is a perfect setting for a new graphic novel, why the Old 78s made great music at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville and what a new poll from Talk Business and Hendrix College tells us about November 6th.Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, lists some of the Halloween events this week. Haunted houses, ballet, cemeteries, mayhem on a trolley and your chance to fire paintballs at the walking dead are all on the list.
Alma High School’s tech team is a four time national champion in the International Thespian Festival’s Tech Challenge. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas visited the Alma Performing Arts Center to meet with the team.
Roby Brock from TalkBusiness.net discusses the latest Talk Business-Hendrix College Poll. Governor Beebe’s favorable numbers are high, but his influence on state legislative races might be small.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a fundraiser to help Habitat for Humanity, and exploring the interaction between spirituality, and work life.Bryan and Terri Kinder write songs with and for younger listeners. Their latest CD is Halloween themed.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, a uniquely toned sculpture park in Eureka Springs, and Richard White with a look to the past to explain the present.
A musical sculpture garden is being installed on a public pocket park along North Main Street in Eureka Springs—the only one like it in the U.S. We visit with the sound designer and collaborative project planner.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, they aren't native to the United States. but Burmese pythons are presenting themselves as quite a problem in parts of the nation; we take a look at how they got here. Plus, after years of planning, an orchard begins to take roots in Fayetteville this afternoon, and students at an area junior high school prepare to put their knowledge and problem solving skills to the test on the statewide stage.
Becca says the Live on Stage in NWA season will begin Sept. 21.
The Center for Business & Economic Research at the UA released a study on the economic impact of legalizing retail alcohol sales in three dry counties in Arkansas.
The history is rich for an area attraction that boasts 30,000 visitors each year and temperatures of 58 degrees.
Demolition and excavation related to the downtown parking deck project gets closer to getting underway in Fayetteville. Eureka Springs aldermen pass a resolution supporting marriage equality. And the Arkansas Highway and Transportation Department moves forward with plans to pave the only stretch of gravel state highway.
Every year hundreds of Arkansans toss truckloads of trash onto public, private and commercial property. Jacqueline Froelich tags along with Washington County environmental enforcement officer, Andrew Coleman, to see how he works to curb the blight.
