Today's edition of Ozarks is up in the air. First, we examine the high airfares at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport and what can be done about lowering the prices. Plus, our bird man Joe Neal returns with an lesson in upside-down birding, local musician John Two-Hawks stops by the studio to discuss his latest album, and more.Ozarks At Large
Today's edition of Ozarks is up in the air. First, we examine the high airfares at Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport and what can be done about lowering the prices. Plus, our bird man Joe Neal returns with an lesson in upside-down birding, local musician John Two-Hawks stops by the studio to discuss his latest album, and more.
John Two-Hawks' latest CD has just been released and includes a wider range of instruments and stylings..
Wildlife biologist and nature recordist, Joe Neal, provides a lesson in upside down birding. Neal is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir, is published by Half-Acre Press. The Arkansas Legislature was a flurry of activity yesterday, with passage not only of Medicaid expansion, but the House also advanced bills regarding cuts to the state's income, capital gains and utility taxes. The House also passed the Senate bill that will provide financial support for construction of the Big River Steel superproject ion Osceola. Attorney General Dustin McDaniel rejects the latest proposed ballot initiative regarding medical marijuana, and Northwest Arkansas' two baseball teams have a disappointing Tuesday.
The Arkansas legislature passed a long-sought-for bill to protect the interests of land owners on a large natural gas play in north central Arkansas, where more than 4,000 unconventional gas wells have been drilled. The measure was pushed by Arkansans for Responsible Gas Development.
The Arkansas House voted in favor of a federally backed expansion to Medicaid this morning, and the issue now moves on to the Senate for approval. The ruptured section of oil pipeline in Mayflower is removed. Fayetteville aldermen will issue a contract for the big parking deck project, and Bentonville elementary and middle school students put their pedals to the road.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: how states like Arkansas are handling greenhouse gas emission standards. Plus the hundreds of volunteers and thousands of hours of preparation for the Komen races in Rogers this month are stepping into high gear right about now.
Tartufi is a trio from San Francisco coming to Nightbird Books in Fayetteville tomorrow night. Their latest CD is “These Factory Days.” As OAL’s Katy Henriksen reports, the trio… made up of Lynne Angel, Brian Gorman and Ben Thorne… doesn’t always do things conventionally.Gloria Goodwin Raheja is a professor of anthropology at the University of Minnesota and spoke on the University of Arkansas campus this spring. Her upcoming book is titled Logan County Blues: Frank Hutchison in the Sonic Landscape of the Appalachian Coalfields, which explores the injustices committed by the coal mining companies against coal miners, and how the miners fought against the companies through music.
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Monday, December 23, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we travel to Mutasia by visiting with the author of the series for young readers. Plus, gifts for children that encourage a love for insects and nature. Becca Martin Brown tells us where to catch Santa in the next two days before Christmas, and a Talk Business Arkansas update.
Dr. Rosilee Walker Russell, executive director of University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Academy of the Arts, discusses Gospel Fest 2011. The event was hosted on March 5th. The UAFS Academy of the Arts Distinguished Artists' Series will be held April 11th at Breedlove Auditorium in Fort Smith.
The spread of invasive plant species in Fayetteville calls for some immediate measures.
The month of March marks 21 years of Ozarks at Large as a radio news-magazine. In 1990, Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams started producing the show in a format more or less similar to its current one. The Ozarks at Large news team members share their 21 favorite sounds.
"Sand" by Medeski Martin & Wood & "Walking on the Moon" by Frank Vignola with Gary Mazzaroppi & Vinny Raniolo
Roby Brock from www.talkbusiness.net discusses redistricting of Fayetteville from Third District to the Fourth with political columnist John Brummet.
A walk-a-thon being organized this Saturday by Bentonville High School students hopes to raise funds and awareness about cancer in Northwest Arkansas.
