University of Arkansas genocide scholar Dr. Samuel Totten talks with Ozarks at Large’s Iti Agnihotri-Mudholkar about his book on the Darfur genocide, the ongoing mass killings in Nuba Mountains in Sudan and how we can effect change.
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Investigation continues into a chemical accident that took place this week at a Tyson plant in Springdale.
On this edition of Ozarks at Large, hundreds of pets affected by the Joplin tornado find new homes and Wayne Bell gives us several reasons to look forward to July. A community-based ensemble perform for the annual Red, White and Blooms concert and the 46th annual Daisy National BB Gun Championship match will be held this weekend in Rogers.Ozark Poets and Writers Collective at Nightbird Books, and music performances all over northwest Arkansas.
Mule-jumping, goat-cart racing, and jig dancing are just some of the many attractions the 17 year-old festival has to offer.
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On today’s edition of Ozarks, a proposed measure to ban smoking in all Fayetteville city bars fails to gain ground and the latest on Apple’s iCloud service. Plus, a local Sam’s Club works to reduce waste as part of Walmart and Sam’s Club’s ultimate goal of a zero-waste future.
As our Energy Corps correspondent Christina Thomas reports, Walmart and Sam’s Club look at innovative ways to create a sustainable, zero-waste future.Yesterday, the Fayetteville City Council voted on an amendment to an ordinance that proposed to ban smoking in all city bars. The measure failed due to the lack of enough support from the council. Alderman Mark Kinion speaks about his decision to vote against the proposed amendment.
A proposed smoking ban in city bars, recent developments in a 1995 abduction case, highway improvements plans, improvement in Arkansas' 2010 GDP, etc. -- on today's Ozarks at Large Half Time.
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Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, those amphibious harbingers of spring--frogs and toads--are being counted all over Arkansas. We'll find out how the frog watch works, and if the number of frogs in the state is diminishing. And, the AMP is being prepared for its first show. The seats aren't in yet, but work is going on almost around-the-clock to meet a June 1 completion date.
Just in time for Halloween, youth theater company Arts Live presents A Zombie High School Homecoming. It is the company's first original production to be written by one of the students and begins Halloween evening and runs through Sunday November 3.
Sanford Levinson recently spoke on the University of Arkansas campus and during his visit came to KUAF.
"Curly Headed Baby" by Doc Watson
The Arkansas Legislature came to a consensus in Little Rock about how to prevent insurance rates from rising drastically for some Arkansas public school employees. The state health department sets up mass flu clinics in every county across the state. And following the federal government's reopening, new jobless numbers for August are reported.
"Electric Feel" by MGMT
Deborah Rogers, a former Wall Street financial consultant, is founder and executive director of Energy Policy Forum. She spent several days in Fayetteville, speaking to civic and interest groups. Her trip was sponsored in part by the Washington County League of Women Voters and Sierra Club.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas gives us the details on the national stories, trucking and banking news in the Natural State, and other business and political headlines from the past seven days.
