A plan by a Democratic candidate for governor is not receiving an enthusiastic response from the state GOP and some legislators want to help Arkansas' aviation industry.
Ozarks At Large
A recent public forum brought city and transportation fellows together to discuss the future of alternative travel in the region.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas has his regular week in review of politics and business news. The state’s first birth center will be opening next month and we have a preview tour. More information is available at www.bcnwa.com.
New figures for unemployment for January in Arkansas were released this morning and a candidate for governor unveils a new plan for higher education.
To close out today's show, we have another traditional Irish song by musicians Carol Widder and Richy McCusker.
Here are the 9 pop culture references used for today's montage:
- "Reel Around the Sun" from a 1995 performance of Riverdance
- Rudy gets ready to lead the Fighting Irish onto the field for the first, and only, time
- The Band backing Van Morrison on "Tura Lura Lura (It's an Irish Lullaby)" on Thanksgiving night, 1976
- A Lucky Charms commercial from the early '70s
- Kermit the Frog being upstaged by none other than the late, great Ray Charles singing "It's Not Easy Being Green"
- John Wayne tries to get his bearings from local Dubliners upon his arrival in Ireland in The Quiet Man
- A 1979 commercial for Irish Spring soap
- John Lennon singing "The Luck of the Irish"
- A recent commercial for Jameson Irish Whiskey
Katy Henriksen fills us in on today's Independent Film event at the Fayetteville Public Library and tonight's Sunday Symphony.
Candy Lee is putting together a first-time-ever concert bill with her band, The Sweets, plus Shannon Wurst and Still on the Hill. The proceeds will help a family who recently lost their home.
From property rights to abortion, we look back at the legislative happenings from last week.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, November 29, 2013
Ahead on this post-Thanksgiving edition of Ozarks, a discussion with the author of this year's selection for the "One Book, One Community" program in Fayetteville, and two Grammy nominees play inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
As we continue our series of stories that connect back to the idea of fundraising, Terry Gosnell, pastor at Trinity United Methodist in Fayetteville, discusses the challenge of getting people to continue to be apart of the church community.
Senator Mark Pryor stops by the Carver Center for Public Radio to talk immigration reform, sequestration, proposed changes to the nation's gun control laws and the recent oil spill in Faulkner County.
Our resident bug expert Dr. Donald Steinkraus tells us about how some bugs attract other bugs.
Members of 3 Penny Acre say that the "Radiohead model," where musicians ask fans to pay what they feel is appropriate for music, is a model that actually works.
Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Media gives us some background on the director of Waiting to be Invited, a production by the African & African American Studies Program at the University of Arkansas.
