
Ozarks At Large

Former President Clinton spoke yesterday on the merits of the Affordable Care Act and the Arkansas Private Option. Michael Hibblen, from our content partner KUAR has more.

Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says a one-person show at the University of Arkansas takes a fresh look at immigration policy.

Those allusions are:
- Jerry Reed singing "Guitar Man," a tune made famous by Elvis Presley
- Jerry McGuire trying to keep his cool after being canned from his management agency
- Johnny Paycheck and his hit "Take This Job and Shove It"
- Olive Stanton (played by the venerable Emily Watson) trying to determine if she's in the right line at the employment office in Cradle Will Rock
- Woody Guthrie singing his song "Blowin' Down The Road," decades before Andy Griffith or the Grateful Dead made the song their own.
- Future Marty gets the ax in Back to the Future Part II
- Jim Croce rapping on the difficulties of finding a decent-paying job in "Working at the Car Wash Blues"
- The Dude gets lectured by "The Big Lebowski" on the merits of gainful employment in the movie of the same name
- Bob Dylan singing about rambling around the country in an alternate of his tune "Tangled Up in Blue
In this morning's Week in Review, Timothy Dennis looks back at stories related to schools and education during the past seven days.


More than two dozen club sports exist on the University of Arkansas campus, and this week the bowling, skeet and other squads were looking for new members.


Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, the Springdale Chamber of Commerce announces a program to create new jobs. Also, a conversation with Johnathan Martin, national political correspondent for The New York Times.
Next fall, students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder may sign up to receive intensive support services to help them better negotiate academia and campus life. The UA is one of only a few colleges in the nation to offer such novel intervention.
“Sunflower” by Low
This week on Ozarks at Large, we will have a series of stories that profiles entrepreneurs throughout the Northwest Arkansas and Arkansas River Valley regions.
Today, we meet a creperie owner from Bentonville.
Kenny Rogers performs tonight at Walton Arts Center, and more holiday markets are in order for us.
“Deck the Halls” by Ottmar Liebert
Northwest Arkansas’ unemployment rate for the month of October is the same as the year before; the Arkansas Forestry Commission to lay off dozens of workers early next year; and more – on this edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
The State Capitol is hosting a Pearl Harbor Day reception today for Arkansas veterans who survived the attacks. Chris Holloway from our content partner KUAR in Little Rock talks to one such survivor about his experience.