Ozarks At Large
The head of the Hatcher Agency, the state's largest independent insurer, says that many of his clients are providing insurance to employees rather than paying penalties associated with the Affordable Care Act. Senator Mark Pryor talks about his push for answers from the Air Force regarding the 188th Fighter Wing in Fort Smith while Senator Boozman says he is concerned about a backlog in disability claims for veterans. And Elton John is coming to Fayetteville in just a few weeks.
Ahead on Ozarks: how technology may, again, change the world of retailing. Christina Thomas has a story with researchers at the University of Arkansas and their work regarding what’s called "sequential pricing." Plus the Red Barn Ramblers: a 19-member all-star band made up of musicians you've been listening to for a long time. They play for fun…and for fundraising. Plus the Beaver Watershed Alliance, Pack Rat, Youth Bridge, the Yvonne Richardson Community Center and girl scouts all team up to get more young people on area rivers. Yesterday, we attended the first how-to canoe clinic for participants.
The Red Barn Ramblers band is nearly twenty members strong and includes musicians from several area blues and rock groups. When they get together, they raise money for good causes.
Researchers at the University of Arkansas recently completed a study, concluding that the use of sequential pricing based on real-time knowledge of shopper preferences could increase retailer profits. Ozarks at Larges Christina Thomas spoke with Cary Deck and John Aloysius of the Walton College of Business.Two public meetings were held late yesterday in Jasper to address concerns about the large CAFO in Newton County. Picasolar took home several thousand dollars from an MIT competition earlier this week. Fort Smith has finished automating trash collection, but now the city's sanitation department is turning its eye to automating recyclable collection. And speaking of Fort Smith, Senator Mark Pryor demands answers from the U.S. Air Force regarding the future of the 188th Fighter Wing.
Daniel Hintz from Downtown Bentonville explains why dogs will rule an upcoming farmers' market and why art will be all over the city in June.Ozarks at Large's Meredith Martin Moats recently sat in on a conversation with Bud Rector, who will turn 99 later this year and has lived almost all his life in Yell County. We conclude her two-part report on his recollections of an Arkansas that has nearly vanished.
Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers reminds us that the Washtington Elementary PTO will host the 10th annual Tour of Homes Saturday.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Remembering Some of the People We Lost in 2013
On this special edition of Ozarks we hear again some of the voices we lost during 2013, including Bill Harrison, Curley Miller, Ivan Denton and Dick Renko.
EOA Children’s House in Springdale announced a gift of $84,578 from the Walmart Foundation. The grant will help fund a number of new additions to the Children’s House facility.
More information is available on www.childrenshousenwa.org.
Yesterday afternoon, Ozarks at Large’s Antoinette Grajeda took a tour of the new Tyson Founder’s Room. Here’s her story.
“American Pie” by Catch 22
Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has suggestions that range from an art class at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art to The Peking Acrobats at Walton Arts Center.
Voters in Fort Smith approve a series of sales tax extensions; the Arkansas Razorback baseball team tries to complete a two-game sweep of Gonzaga this afternoon at Baum Stadium; and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
Newspaper columnist Ben Bouldin is the author of the new book “Hidden History of Fort Smith, Arkansas.” Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams spoke with him regarding the book and some of its most interesting chapters.
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“Country Pie” by Bob Dylan
