Bob Livingston is spending some time in Eureka Springs...writing, playing, teaching. He's a founder of the Lost Gonzo Band and has played all around the world.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Spring is officially here, and warmer weather will soon bring with it insects like mayflies and damsel flies out and about. But before those bugs mature, they spend their young lives as nymphs in local waterways. We visit a local creek to see what is swimming and crawling beneath the surface. Plus, a conversation with another one of this year's gubernatorial candidates, Mike Ross. The Democrat has aspirations that stretch beyond this November. And back-handsprings and lateral bars: what it takes to be one of the best gymnastics programs in the country. We spend some time with the Arkansas Razorback Gymbacks, who will host this year's national championship regionals this week.
As he series with 2014 political candidates in Arkansas continues, Roby Brock has this conversation with Mike Ross. 
The new Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority which delivers Bull Shoals Lake water to towns and districts across Boone, Newton, and Searcy Counties is in trouble. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, several towns that signed on to the drinking water pact appear to be stricken by buyer’s remorse. (Correction: Marshall is in Searcy County and Lead Hill is in Boone County. In my report I erroneously reversed the towns’ locations.)A new report places Benton and Washington counties as the two healthiest in the state. Plus the Hogeye Marathon returns and severe weather is a possibility over the next twenty-four hours.
In the olden days, your local apothecary prepared all your medications. Now, your pharmaceutical industry mass produces everything from prescription Ambien to Xanax.But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the lost art of individualized compounding is undergoing a revival—and more intense review. (Photo: Collier Drug Compounding Lab Staff-- front row left to right: Denise Roark, Jana Evensen, Corrie Stout, Melissa Mashburn, back row: Andrew Mize, Justin Bolinger.)
The design for the Ben Geren Aquatics Park in Fort Smith has been finalized and will soon be let out for bid. And, a journalist that was once critical of the Clintons speaks about the state of the news media.
The Rogers city council gets ready to consider closing the road around Lake Atalanta, and a farmers market gets ready to open in Centerton.
On the first weekday of Spring Break, Becca Martin Brown takes us to a notable house in Memphis, and it isn't Graceland.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, highlights from a lecture given by David Pryor last night in downtown Fayetteville. Also, the region's population prepares to reach the half-million mark.
Our local food expert Teresa Maurer talks about the goodies that will be available at the farmers’ markets in the region over the next several days.
For today’s recipes, click here.
Kyle Kellams asked our local food expert Teresa Maurer three more questions about okra, summer foods and more.
“Heat” by Brian Eno
Joe Neal takes us to a sun-drenched bayou on the Arkansas River Valley, which serves as a sort of pitstop for many thousands of migrating shorebirds. Coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press, his latest book “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir,” is published by Half-Acre Press.
Artist Craig Colorusso explains his sound installation called sun boxes.
For more information: www.sun-boxes.com.
Today could be the hottest June day on record in northwest Arkansas history; a new report praises changes made to Arkansas’ public education system over the last decade; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“New Orleans Organ Interlude” by Charlie Hunter
