Ozarks At Large
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.
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.”
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas leads a roundtable discussion addressing what recent polls could mean for primary elections.Plans for substantial renovations to Parsons Stadium in Springdale take a step forward, and the director of Downtown Bentonville, Inc. steps down less than a year after taking the position.
Ahead on Ozarks, we learn more about a state rule that allows Arkansas children in state custody to be placed with fictive kin. Plus, the duo Still on the Hill stops by the studio to discuss their latest CD titled “Once a River.”
Still on the Hill's latest album aims to help educate northwest Arkansas residents about the history of Beaver Lake, and to promote a greater stewardship of the region's largest drinking water reservoir.
A conceptual photography exhibit in Mullins Library on the UA campus explores the connections people have to built space and their homes. The works by Sabine Schmidt will be on display through May. 
Our content partner KUAR in Little Rock is interviewing Arkansas' gubernatorial candidates. Today's conversation is with Lynette Bryant. An extended version of the interview is available here.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the 2014 Cancer Challenge aims to add to the $10 million raised with the event over the past 20 years. The three-day event this year encompasses a variety of locations and activities including golfing, running, trap-shooting and wrapping up with the more traditional gala. Plus, uncovering stories at Oak Cemetery, and if you're unsure of which stages to make it to during this weekend's Wakarusa Music Festival, Becca offers some suggestions.
Becca uses less than sixty seconds to give us four great things to do tonight.
Winter roared into Arkansas bringing both an EF3 tornado and a freak blizzard to the southern portion of the state. Last year the Ozarks were buried in over a foot of snow--a region still recovering from a crushing ice storm in 2009. Jacqueline Froelich reports on what we may expect the rest of this season.
"Hillbillies From Outer Space" by the Vaughan Brothers
Matthew Hartz has been a national and world champion fiddler. Later this month he's headed to northwest Arkansas to play and teach.
To hear why The Ramones and Beach Boys influnced Mark, click here.
Governor Mike Beebe addressed a joint session of the Arkansas Legislature today just before our deadline. A full report can be heard tomorrow on Ozarks at Large.
John Brummett talked with Governor Mike Beebe about the 88th General Assembly. The conversation was recorded by our content partner www.talkbusiness.net.
"Tea for Two" by Thelonious Monk
