Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers explains Devil's Den is celebrating its 25th Bat-o-Rama this weekend.
Ozarks At Large
A damaged phone booth in Prairie Grove is attracting all kinds of attention...and reminded us it starred in an OAL story first aired in 1995.
The Arkansas gross domestic product grew in 2013, particularly in some unexpected sectors. With one of the architects of the Arkansas Private Option defeated in a primary runoff this week, the future of the Medicaid expansion is in doubt, but Governor Mike Beebe is undeterred. Plus, this weekend marks the 149th anniversary of the end of slavery in the U.S., and the 17th annual NWA Juneteenth Celebration will mark the occasion in Springdale.
Yet to make it to high school, the five member group Xcluded has already released a full length, all original album and played gigs. The album Shadows is available on Spotify.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the names of some publications like Time or Southern Living give readers a literal idea of what's printed on their pages, but what about 3W or Due South? We take a look at the thought behind the titles of some of the magazines published in our region. Plus, we talk with Roby Brock about some of the repercussions of Tuesday's primary runoff elections.Last night Kyle Kellams moderated a public discussion at the Fayetteville Public Library about one of the new works included in this weekend's Arkansas New Play Festival.
But when you do, you might not feel so good about it. A University of Arkansas marketer and her colleagues test the “bottom dollar effect.
Picking a name for a new magazine is part art, part science, part luck. We talk with editors and publishers of three regional publications for the latest "what's in a name" feature.
A study released yesterday by Oxfam International suggests that many workers in Arkansas would benefit from a raise in the federal minimum wage. A matching grant from the Walton Family Foundation will soon result in a mountain bike trail in Springdale, and Fayetteville joins the Arkansas Downtown Network.
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Thursday, June 26, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the National Veterans Golden Age Games are set to take over Fayetteville and the region this weekend; we speak with one 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who hopes to win in his competitions, and we speak with an Arkansas elder who decided to obtain his GED many, many years after his high school years had passed. Plus, while many eyes are on the happenings at the World Cup, we attend a sports match of a different nature, polo, in Bentonville.
The long debated one percent prepared food sales tax was rejected yesterday by a two-to-one margin by voters in Fort Smith. Michael Tilley from our content partner www.thecitywire.com has more details.
“Night of the Living Ted” by Hillbilly Moon Explosion
Scientists have finally determined what’s decimating large populations of hibernating bats across the eastern half of the United States.
The National Film Preservation Foundation has awarded a grant to the University of Arkansas Libraries to re-master, preserve and digitize a film made by Dr. Neil Compton nearly 50 years ago.
“Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” by Alex de Grassi
Arkansas voters make several decisions yesterday, the first class in the Arkansas Military Veteran’s Hall of Fame will be inducted Friday night on Veteran’s Day, replicas of ships that sailed with Columbus on his expeditions from Spain come to Fort Smith, and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
There are always enough things to be done on a weekday.
“Seven Come Eleven” by Charlie Christian
