To celebrate five years in the Jefferson Center, Fayetteville Adult & Community Education hosted an open house.
Ozarks At Large
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas, continues his series of conversations with candidates seeking statewide office.A kick-off event for open enrollment to Arkansas Health Connector is announced for next month. The city of Fayetteville considers revamping certain height and setback regulations for development in the city's downtown area. And, several school millage increases are passed.
On this edition of Ozarks, increasing internet access for Arkansans. Also, how legislators are dealing with a deficit for the public school employees health plan.
The just-published Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music has entries about the most famous Arkansas musicians like Johnny Cash and Louis Jordan. It also has lesser known, but still very important, figures like the musician known as Moondog and Bob Burns.
Carroll County’s Quorum Court failed to secure an ordinance to establish public rural water system several years ago, after voters repealed it, claiming the project was being pushed and controlled by a minority of developers. But now the QC’s water committee is looking to convince a majority of residents to support a more transparent public water facilities board-facilitated project.Becca talks about a safe with an interesting pass that will be on display at in Cane Hill this weekend.
Arkansas is ranked near the bottom in terms of states' residents being connected to the Internet. We look at the implications this might have for education, and efforts to try and bridge the digital divide.
State Representatives Allen Kerr and Greg Leding talk to Roby Brock and his Capitol View co-host David Goins talk about legislators trying to resolve the issue of public school employees facing premium increases in January. The Arkansas Red Cross is sending people to help with flood recovery efforts in Colorado, and six months after the Pegasus pipeline rupture in Mayflower, another company proposes building a new pipeline to transport jet fuel across Arkansas.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, January 27, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, two University of Arkansas graduates take us back to the 1927 Mississippi River Flood in their novel "Tilted World." Plus, Benton County residents prepare to head to the polls to determine who should pay for rural ambulance services, and our weekly installment of Arkansongs and more.
A freshly painted multicultural mural is being installed in the new Northwest Arkansas Community College satellite campus in Springdale.
Jacqueline Froelich takes us to meet Rey Hernandez, one of the artists.
Walton Arts Center has Monty Python, the inspiration for The Pursuit of Happyness and a legendary swing band headed this way. For more information, visit www.waltonartscenter.org.
Johnny Mercer, time zones and more in our history capsule for November 18.
Becca will have her big weekend guide tomorrow on the show, but offers up a Thursday preview today.
"Working Bees" by The Pinker Tones
To help celebrate the University of Arkansas' International Week, PJ will feature scores inspired by the entire world this week.
