Ahead on Ozarks, Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses an unexpected auction involving two Arkansas banking firms and the latest construction numbers for the Fort Smith region and Northwest Arkansas. And, Barret Baber explains why the Stone County Jail was an inspiration for a song on his soon to be released CD, and he'll play for us inside the Firmin Garner-Performance Studio.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks, Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses an unexpected auction involving two Arkansas banking firms and the latest construction numbers for the Fort Smith region and Northwest Arkansas. And, Barret Baber explains why the Stone County Jail was an inspiration for a song on his soon to be released CD, and he'll play for us inside the Firmin Garner-Performance Studio.
Barrett Baber stops by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to discuss his new album Battlefield Us and play some songs. To hear Barrett and his band perform the title track from Battlefield Us, click here.
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers says even with a clone and a time machine, you couldn't do everything this weekend worth doing.
Hendrix College is bringing back football after more than fifty years since the last game. The Warriors are putting their one-game and (19,286-day) winning streak on the line tomorrow.
Michael Tilley, from our content partner The city Wire discusses news from the financial world and the political world.Arkansas comes in near the bottom of a new USDA ranking on states' food security. Security is tight for tomorrow's Razorback football game in Little Rock. And Chaffee Crossing will be rife with bow hunters this weekend, as the urban archery hunt opens Saturday.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large,a report on former president Bill Clinton's address on the Affordable Care Act from his Presidential Library yesterday. And, we visit a local bike shop to learn what it takes to get back on a bicycle after not riding for years.
The Bike Route is one of the sponsors of LifeSource International's Hike or Bike Against Hunger event. The bike shop owner offers advice on selecting and caring for a bicycle. Two regional organizations are asking the public for hope and arts in nature submissions.
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.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, Roby Brock talks to Senator Jane English about the deal she made to switch her vote for the private option. Plus, we have a report on last night's public input forum that was organized by Ozark Regional Transit
Rita Harvey, one of the cast members of Next to Normal, and Amy Herzberg, the director of the T2 production, came to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to talk about the production in mid-run and provide a musical sampler from the play.
Click here for more information about the special Wednesday night performance hosted by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' Psychiatric Research Institute. For more information about the musical and T2, click here.
Jack Fussell is running from coast to coast to raise money and awareness for Alzheimer's disease.
Tom Vilsack, the country's Secretary of Agriculture, was the esteemed speaker of yesterday's Dale and Betty Bumpers Distinguished Lecture at the University of Arkansas. He took the opportunity to speak candidly with the standing room only crowd about short-, medium-, and long-term ag public policy goals, and about opening lines of communication.
A Fort Smith homeless agency halts its plans to move to a homeless campus until certain criteria are met. Ozarks at Large’s Christina Thomas takes us on a tour of the organization and potential campus.
Southwestern Electric Power Company plans to string an extra high voltage transmission line across Benton and Carroll Counties to better serve the region’s growing electrical needs. But a group of affected residents have organized “Save the Ozarks” to block the transmission corridor.
"The Next Step" by Kurt Rosenwinkel
