The Arkansas Attorney General's office says fraud, especially schemes aimed at seniors, continues.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, several Arkansas towns have been identified by the University of Arkansas to participate in a sustainability report card program. We speak with Michelle Halsel, managing director of the Applied Sustainability Center at the University of Arkansas to find out about the program. Plus, the idea of Southern Art History; how we talk about it depends on how we define it.The combination of ice and snow was responsible for changes to schedules all over the state, including a delay in the trial of former Arkansas treasurer Martha Shoffner.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we meet a cartographer on the Ozark Highlands Trail, just in time for Spring hiking season. Plus, we take a Sunday drive to the roadside cafe, The Valley Inn, for a slice of their famous pie.
We make a stop at the roadside café, the Valley Inn, in Hindsville to learn the history of the restaurant in the small town.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: it has been 60 years since the largest-ever nuclear weapons test by the United States took place on the Marshall Islands' Bikini Atoll. Today, many Marshallese, including several northwest Arkansas residents, are marking the anniversary of the Castle Bravo Blast. Plus, Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gets us ready for the weekend, Michael Tilley from The City Wire helps us analyze the week's news, and more.
Becca Martin Brown, with Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, has the plans for Mardi Gras in northwest Arkansas all mapped out.
Arkansas Marshall Islanders and dignitaries are gathering at the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock this evening to commemorate the 60th anniversary of “Castle Bravo”— a hydrogen bomb test conducted March 1st 1954 on Bikini Atoll. It was the largest nuclear weapon ever tested by the United States. Jacqueline Froelich talks with an event organizer as well as Marshall Island’s Rongelap Senator Kenneth Kedi about the history--and consequences.Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission makes strides towards the purchase of new land in Newton County in hopes of developing more of a presence in that area. Plus, portions of a sizable rewards grant are awarded to schools in perhaps an unlikely district. And we'll speak with members of the regional champion archery team to learn how they mark their anchors and more.
We make a stop at the roadside café, the Valley Inn, in Hindsville to learn the history of the restaurant in the small town.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a business degree from the University of Arkansas without ever seeing Old Main or setting foot on senior walk: an online degree is now a reality. Plus, we get an update on updating Cane Hill, one of the oldest communities in the region.
This month the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Northwest Arkansas Newspapers and Ozarks at Large asked for ghost stories. Here is one we heard at Shiloh Museum.
To find the podcast of the afternoon ghost-story session click here.
"Musica Ricercata" from the Eyes Wide Shut soundtrack
Partially developed subdivisions, now abandoned, can be seen around our region. Biologist Joe Neal recently hiked one of them, a place he calls "Weedy Estates." Joe's latest book is "Birdside Baptist and Other Ornithological Mysteries."
Duran Duran, a Tuskegee Airman and more in our history capsule for October 27.
The Wednesday agenda includes original theatre in Breedlove Auditorium in Fort Smith and an Oscar-winner singing at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville.
Not everything we want to talk about fits into a nice, radio-size package. Here is the debut of our still-nameless list of things. Today's first edition includes QR readers, the possible beginning-of-the-end of the phone book and some good ol' vinyl records.
Have an idea for a name for the segment? Email kuafinfo@uark.edu.
"No Seat Belt" by Sarah Hughes, from her CD, "No Seat Belt." She plays tonight at Greenhouse Grille in Fayetteville.
