Cases of parvo occur more frequently during the summer months. We talk to a local veterinarian about the deadly virus.
Ozarks At Large
We talk to David Johnson, Fayetteville Public Library director, prior to this weekend's public input sessions on the library's proposed expansion plan.More entertainment notes, plus free felines from the Fayetteville Animal Shelter.
Roby Brock of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas talks with Arkansas Congressman Tim Griffin about the move to split the Farm Bill, and how the nutrition title may not be passed this year.
The four corners region of Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Arkansas are at the epicenter of an unusual weather phenomenon categorized as “derechos.” An expert at the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center explains. (Map courtesy SPC)The Fort Smith office of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission is slated for closure sometime in the next year. Entergy has announced plans to lay off hundreds of workers across the country, and some of those layoffs will occur at Arkansas Nuclear One in Russellville. State economic development officials meet with representatives of the Quapaw Tribe regarding archaeological artifacts at the site of the Big River Steel construction site in Osceola.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks,we talk with Roby Brock about the Arkansas political landscape in the wake of Bill Halter's announcement he will not seek the Democratic nomination for governor. We also have the second part of our series on what the Affordable Health Care Act means for Arkansas. And our history doctor, Bill Smith, says not all scandals are worthy of the suffix "–gate." He examines how burglars at a Washington, D.C. hotel unwittingly created historical shorthand that is often misused. And, a deadly fungus in bats has now been detected in Arkansas
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, gives a tour of the history of the use of the suffix –gate to identify scandals.
Though state and federally managed caves have been closed for a few years to prevent spread of the disease fatal to bats, a few cases have been confirmed in northern Arkansas.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks, why more walk-in clinics might dot the landscape as the Affordable Care Act is rolled out. And the founder of Cherish the Women, Joanie Madden, talks about learning to play the Irish whistle and why she was impressed with her first-ever visit to Fayetteville. The band plays tonight at Walton Arts Center.
Today -- First Friday on the Bentonville Town Square, Charlie Daniels at the AMP, and Boeing-Boeing at Nadine Baum Studios in Fayetteville. This weekend, visit the Prairie Grove Clothesline Fair and/or the Kansas City Renaissance Festival.
“Work” by Joe Lovano
A lawsuit is filed against the U.S. Forest Service; Loretta Lynn’s Walton Arts Center concert postponed; events planned to mark Labor Day, and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
First Baptist Church in Greenland will host a bread giveaway tomorrow morning for local families.
This month in the Fayetteville Underground complex of galleries on the downtown square you will discover burnt, brushed and scratched art of every hue--and emotion.
A couple of Ozarks at Large team members visited First Thursday/Fest of All yesterday. There was art, belly-dancing, “Paw-casso,” music and so much going on.
