Singer and songwriter Joe Crookston is back in Fayetteville this week, almost a year after his first visit at the 2013 Roots Festival.
Ozarks At Large
Fans from around the world are cheering for their teams during the World Cup in bars and homes across northwest Arkansas.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses the latest economic numbers for the region...and the dreams of bringing professional hockey to Fort Smith.
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross. Also, the architect of Crystal Bridges visits Bentonville.
Joe Crookston is back in Fayetteville for workshops, a concert and the screening of a documentary inspired by one of his songs.
Roby Brock talks with gubernatorial candidate Mike Ross about his plan for jobs and the economy in Arkansas.
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson. Also, Walmart hosts its first open call for hundreds of U.S. suppliers.
Eureka Springs Hospital is one of the tiniest and oldest in Arkansas, built in 1929. A for-profit medical facilities management firm, which leases the antiquated hospital wants to build a brand new facility on the outskirts of town. But to make it happen, the city of Eureka Springs will have to provide a major infusion of money.
Roby Brock speaks with gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson about his jobs plan for the state of Arkansas, including workforce education.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the four men running for Arkansas governor weigh in on what they might do with the Private Option expansion if elected. And we hear from people trying to stop illegal dumping in counties across the region as well. We also hear comment from a ribbon cutting last night for a new stretch of trail in Fayetteville that will allow easier access to Mount Kessler and more.
Last month, we began a series on a farm to school project taking place this summer in Fayetteville. A partnership between various organizations in the community has resulted in a grant allowing for funds to connect schools with local food producers with the aim of serving their fruits and vegetables in school cafeterias and teaching kids about where there food comes from.
Today, Christina Thomas accompanies children on a visit to the Fayetteville Farmers’ Market.
A portion of the Arkansas River Valley is now classified as an area in exceptional drought, the EPA awards the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma $175,000, and more.
“Do Re Mi” by Woody Guthrie
The Fayetteville Public Library has qualified for a matching grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The library’s goal of one-point-eight million dollars was finished this week by a 140-thousand dollar pledge from the Pat and Willard Walker Foundation. More information is available at www.faylib.org.
An inventor living on Holiday Island has designed a patented machine to deliver sun-drenched purified air into your living and working quarters, using UV-C germicidal light, similar to lamps installed by industry and certain public health clinics to kill dangerous microbes. We visit the Carroll County factory. For more information: www.betterair.com
For this Friday the 13th, Becca Martin Brown gives us an abbreviated tour of some of the area’s oddities.