Senator John Boozman says a bipartisan solution is being formed to reverse the interest rate hike on student loans, while Senator Mark Pryor says he is disappointed about the House's holdup on approving a comprehensive farm bill. A Harrison man is appointed to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. The second annual summit addressing prescription drug abuse is held in Little Rock. And the National Endowment for the Arts awards a grant for a redesign of School Avenue in Fayetteville.
Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with Congressman Tom Cotton and the Mission Clinic of Berryville celebrates its 20th anniversary.
There will be a one-man band, a bicycle outing and art everywhere tomorrow night around downtown Bentonville.
Since the caves we've learned to avoid, at all cost, the stinkiest of Earth's creatures: the skunk. But one young Carroll County couple has bypassed all instinct to take abandoned and injured skunks into their home.The summer band camps at the University of Arkansas not only have hundreds of young musicians, but also top professional talent to instruct and perform. Recently two of the visiting musicians, Mike Garson and Jim Walker, came to our studio.
Becca informs us how to watch the Miss Arkansas Pageant either in person in Hot Springs or online for a fee.
In 1993, nurse, a sister, and a doctor started a medical outreach program in Berryville in a borrowed building on the banks of the Kings River. Recently, the Mission Clinic celebrated its anniversary in a newly remodeled building on Highway 62.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas and his co-host David Goins recently spoke with Congressman Tom Cotton on the set of the political talk show Capitol View on KATV in Little Rock.The Arkansas Department of Health yesterday confirmed the 100th case of rabies in the state for 2013 was an infected cat in Boone County. The Fayetteville City Council approves a resolution supporting action on climate change by the U.S. Congress. New signs being installed around Beaver Lake aim to raise awareness about water quality for the area's primary drinking water source. And, though burn bans are in effect for much of the state, campfires are still being allowed, for now, at the Buffalo National River.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: using a view from the sky to figure out what might happen next underground. Jonathan Reaves reports on how airplanes are being used to tell what the New Madrid fault in Arkansas might be doing. Plus a smoldering fire at a sawmill poses some interesting questions. And an art collection in the middle of Springdale you might not know about. Christina Thomas walks us through the paintings, sculpture and more at Tyson Headquarters. And our history doctor, Bill Smith, tells us that spying is in the news now…and has been part of the American landscape since before 1776.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks, the Springdale School District recieves a nearly $26 million dollar grant. Plus, we take a tour of King Opera House in Van Buren.
Stewart Huff will perform twice tonight at the UARK Bowl in Fayetteville. Before he came to town he talked to us about his style of comedy.
Enrollment numbers are down at NorthWest Arkansas Community College, revenue is down for in Arkansas, as are drought numbers for the state.
"Pot City" by Cowboy Bebop
This November, Arkansas voters will decide on legalizing medicinal marijuana. California was among the first states to allow it, also by voter initiative, in 1996. We talk with the manager of an Oakland, California dispensary for insight into this emerging and controversial medical industry as well as state and national advocates.
“A Good Song” by Thursday
Mara Leveritt, author of Devil’s Knot and The Boys on the Tracks, will participate in Fayetteville Public Library’s event called Ozark Writers Live. She talked to us about her work and more.
For more information about Mara, visit www.maraleveritt.com.For more about the Ozark Writers Live event, visit the FPL website
“Tying A Knot In The Devil” by Norman and Nancy Blake
Becca Martin Brown says the weekend gets an early start in the fall and she has suggestions of what to do to get ready for the first full weekend of the month.
