The Arkansas Board of Apportionment approved maps for all 135 redrawn legislative districts on Friday. The new boundaries will force elections in all Senate and House Districts in 2012. Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net talks to political bloggers Jason Tolbert and Michael Cook.
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Lesha Shaver is the owner of Little Mountain Bindery in Fayetteville. She talks about the art of book binding and restoration.
For more information, log on to www.littlemountainbindery.com or visit their Facebook page here.
For a video tour of Lesha’s home studio, click here.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, the Fayetteville Public Library makes an effort to build a $2 million endowment, and co-editors of ‘Images of America: Fayetteville” talk about the process and joys of working on the book. KUAF’s Robert Ginsberg talks to Hogtown Hot Club’s Jim Jernigan and we begin a week-long series on rock and roll history.
Co-editors of the book Charlie Alison and Ellen Compton talk to Ozarks at Large's Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar about the lesser-known details of Fayetteville’s history.
For more information or to buy the book, log on to www.arcadiapublishing.com.
Click here to listen to Charlie and Ellen talk about the images they had to leave out of the book.
Meredith Martin Moats grew up in Yell County in the shadow of Arkansas Nuclear One. You can read her blog the Boiled Down Juice at www.meredith-martin.com or visit the Boiled Down Facebook page.
Becca looks ahead to BB&BBQ whose musical lineup now includes Jamey Johnson.
Ozarks at Large’s Tyrel Denison talks about Google+ and how it compares to Facebook.
Grand Lake in northeast Oklahoma is contaminated with a blue green algae toxin. Two others may also be impaired. Are Ozark lakes at risk? We look at the science.Excessive heat warning in effect tonight until 8 o’clock in eastern Oklahoma and Sebastian County in Arkansas; summer drought may have a major impact on Arkansas crops; FEMA hosts a workshop at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock tomorrow to assist Arkansas businesses affected by recent disasters and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half Time.
Roby Brock from www.talkbusiness.net spoke with Arkansas’ Second District Congressman Tim Griffin about the economy and how to come to terms on the debt-ceiling discussion.
Click here for more of Roby's conversation with Tim Griffin.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks: if you've been the victim of a violent crime, you may be due more than justice. We speak with the director of the Arkansas Crime Reparations Board to find out the steps to take in order to receive monetary compensation. And, how a dream and a wooden sign were catalysts for a home where girls learn the skills needed to become self-sufficient women. And, we learn about the training regular citizens receive to become volunteer storm spotters.
Becca Martin Brown lets us act like a tourist in Little Rock.
"Yeah" by Olive Oil
Our Ozarks at Large insect expert takes us on a fishing expedition in search of aquatic bugs in Clear Creek.
at end of show: "Throwing Stones" by Sweetwater Gypsies
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.
"Oh! Whiskey" by Jimi Goodwin
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas leads a roundtable discussion, which includes newly-elected House Speaker-designate Jeremy Gillam.
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 Haunted Dance" by Glenn Kotche
