On this edition of Ozarks at Large: ATTRA has been helping farmers around the country for twenty-five years. We'll visit the Fayetteville-based organization. Plus, the latest polls from Talk Business are in on Arkansas' congressional races and we preview the first-ever Fayetteville Roots Festival.Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks at Large: ATTRA has been helping farmers around the country for twenty-five years. We'll visit the Fayetteville-based organization. Plus, the latest polls from Talk Business are in on Arkansas' congressional races and we preview the first-ever Fayetteville Roots Festival.
The first-ever Fayetteville Roots Festival is scheduled for Sunday at Greenhouse Grille. We talked with organizers about how the multi-artist musical event was planned and hear some of the musicians involved.
More from our conversation, including a possible Rocky III connection to the festival, can be heard here.
The heat has broken and Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says festival season is here. She offers a rundown of events for the next week.
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Sunday, June 8, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, a float along the Buffalo River nearly a year after a hog farm started business near the waterway, and a brand new water park in Siloam Springs is almost ready for the public. And speaking of being ready for the public, the Walmart AMP in Rogers last night had its public debut. Blake Shelton was the first headliner to perform in the new venue, but a few days earlier, we got a sneak preview of the facility.
Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families is closely tracking the roll-out of the Affordable Care Act in Arkansas, in both the Marketplace and under the Private Option. Turns out along with tens of thousands of grown ups, lots of children benefit. Read the full report, “Kids’ Health Coverage in 2014.”
"Love Me Like I'm Not Made of Stone" by Lykke Li
In her “Arts Away” segment, Becca gives us a list of places to see phenomenal concerts in the region.
The idea of Community varies from person to person. A year long project at Fayetteville High School concludes with an open house showcasing juniors’ and seniors’ ideas of community as seen through each of their camera lenses.
A Fayetteville native's great-grandmother's recipe inspired the creation of Gunderpickles.
Our content partner KUAR in Little Rock is interviewing Arkansas' gubernatorial candidates. Today's conversation is with Mike Ross. An extended version of the interview is available here.
