1st Annual The Eurekan non-traditional multi-sport festival will take place August 12-14 this year in Eureka Springs.
Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, a chat with 93-year-old Arkansas native and artist Charles Banks Wilson, the city of Johnson announces the date for Johnson Switch Festival Day, presidents and chancellors of 11 public universities, colleges and university systems in Arkansas jointly announce a 16-point pledge, and Shades of Jazz host Robert Ginsburg speaks with guitar prodigy Julian Lage.The City of Johnson announces the celebration of Johnson Switch Festival Day on June 11.
On this edition of Ozarks, Walmart tests the concept of smaller stores, we hear opening arguments in the Act 1 case in the Arkansas Supreme Court, and the Arkansas House and Senate agree to a $35 million package made of six tax-cuts. Plus, Kevin Kinder talks about this year's South by Southwest highlights and other music festivals.Kevin Kinder from the Northwest Arkansas newspapers talks about South by Southwest and other music festivals.
Robert Mueller, the conductor of the University of Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, discusses tonight’s concert at Walton Arts Center.
More information is available at waltonartscenter.org.
The Walton Arts Center has created a new program to help teach local students about instruments in an orchestra.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large we'll hear five members of the Bentonville Orchestra play live in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. Plus the latest plan to raise severance tax on natural gas in Arkansas and more.
A quintet of young musicians from the Bentonville Orchestra play in the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large a conversation with the mayor-elect of Rogers, Greg Hines, about what his priorities are for 2011. Plus Fayetteville plants more than 200 new trees and we get a preview of a new orchestra.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, raising the minimum wage in Arkansas. Plus, we have a report on regional accents.
Jacob Kaufman from KUAR provides a recap of the state legislature's recently concluded special session.
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is stepping up enforcement this weekend on the state's lakes and rivers in an effort to decrease incidents of boating while intoxicated. Plus, the Rogers Fire Department embraces new technology with a smartphone app that informs people in public of nearby incidents of cardiac arrest.
Earthquakes in Oklahoma have dramatically increased since last autumn, likely linked to gas and oil development the U.S. Geological Survey says. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, larger quakes there could shake western Arkansas. We hear from both the director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey in Norman and an Arkansas seismologist.
The Legislature began discussing the items on the special session agenda yesterday in Little Rock.
The Beaver Watershed Alliance has been working on assessing ways to improve water quality of the West Fork of the White River. As part of the project, the group is holding public meetings to engage residents and landowners alike.
