Colonel William Pogue is one of very few Americans who have flown, lived and walked in space. OAL’s Christina Thomas spoke with him at his home in Bella Vista.
For more information, visit Colonel Pogue's website here.
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There are 281 personal weather stations in Arkansas actively uploading data to weatherunderground.com. We talked with three guys who run stations in northwest Arkansas.
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks,how the drought is affecting the Fayetteville Shale play, Skip Rutherford talks with Roby Brock about the importance of the Arkansas Delta not only in the past, but in the present and future, and we'll talk to the guest editor of the latest music issue of the Oxford American.The staff at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith Academy of the Arts is already noticing the end of summer. Dr. Rosilee Walker Russell says this semester offers more than any previous term.
Audition dates for upcoming ensembles at UAFS Academy include:
- Teen Theater, Scrooged, The Musical: August 14, 16, 21, 23 6-8pm.
- Teen Honor Choir and Teen Jazz Vocal: August 23, 5-8pm and August 25 9am-noon
- Instrumental music auditions for grades 4th and up: August 23 5-8pm and Augustr 25th 9am-noon.
Thousands of people are expected to attend the third annual “Community Block Party” at the First United Methodist Church campus in downtown Springdale this weekend.
For more information, visit the church's website here.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, we begin a series that looks at some of the lesser-known sports in the summer Olympics. And, musical duo Chasemissy returns to the studio to discuss their upcoming performances in Fayetteville.Meredith Martin-Moats has this report on how some Little Rock residents have found new ways to continue gardening in the midst of a drought. You can read more of Meredith's work at her blog: The Boiled Down Juice.
On today's weekend edition of Ozarks, a new brand for Northwest Arkansas and taking cotton from seed to shirt.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
On this special edition of Ozarks at Large we listen again to some of our favorite stories from 2013, including: skydiving for charity, an odd windy phenomenon that is at home in the Ozarks, Dave Barry on writing and everything you wanted to know about the Wiener Mobile.
Becca Martin Brown reminds us that the country music festival Thunder on the Mountain starts tomorrow.
One last guide to the Bentonville Arts and Culinary Festival this month.
Buddy Shute is one of the many musicians performing at the Eureka Springs Blues Weekend June 13-16.
"120 East" by The Brothers Comatose
The Arkansas Secretary of State released a draft of rules for implementing the state's new voter ID law. Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel isn't overly concerned about discrepancies in Exxon-Mobile's reported timeline of the Mayflower oil spill. U.S. Geological Survey officials say that the flooding of the Fourche LaFave River last week was a flood of historic proportions, or at least the largest since record-keeping began on the river. And Fayetteville is ranked as one of the cheaper places to live in the country.
"Inheritance" by The Last Bison
The Arkansas General Assembly this past session, enacted several new controversial gun rights laws in Arkansas, most notably “Professor Carry” and “Church Carry.” But some say, another new and rather discreet state law, to go into effect August 16th, aims to decriminalize the open carry of handguns in Arkansas.
