
Ozarks At Large


According to the Arkansas Realtors' Association, home sales were up statewide in October, though the association is cautious about still-to-come sales totals for November. A volleyball tournament this weekend in Fort Smith is expected to bring more than $160,000 of economic impact to the area. Two area cities get a boost from the state with community development block grants. And Crystal Bridges will start opening earlier on the weekends.
If you haven't already, it might be time to get your winter coat out, for good. We speak with Weather Dan Skoff, chief meteorologist with KNWA, about why Northwest Arkansas can see temperatures in the 70s one day and just days later temperatures in the 30s.


Electronic onboard recorders are set to replace paper logs for truck drivers to make sure they aren't working more hours than they are allowed by federal law. The Arkansas Red Cross responds to storm damage across the Midwest. Unoccupied acreage at the site of a former Tyson plant in Fayetteville moves one step closer to redevelopment. And expansions are in the works that will bring more jobs to Springdale and Fort Smith.



Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Roby Brock discusses the final week of campaigning before primary election day and if Judge Chris Piazza's ruling striking down the state's ban on same-sex marriage will have any impact on those races. Plus, a return to a favorite CD from several summers ago; can the music still evoke the same response? And, a report on a multi-million dollar campaign targeting the Southern closet.
The traveling exhibit called Hunger U is on the University of Arkansas campus this week.
at end of show: “Route 66” by John Pizarelli
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announces that the state will appeal a federal judge's decision that struck down Arkansas' 12-week abortion ban. Plus, the state's surgeon general is touting greater transparency after the federal government releases data on national Medicare claims.
"All Hell Broke Loose" by Charlie Hunter
An undocumented Mexican college student is being detained in a San Diego jail for illegally crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the case is drawing attention here in Arkansas because Marisol Soto is from Pea Ridge. (Photo: Mariana Soto, left, with sister Marisol)
Roby Brock has the Arkansas political and business news from the past seven days.
A quick glance at events in the region includes the departure of a mainstay at the Bentonville Public Library
"Frisco Blues" by John Lee Hooker