For our latest We’re History segment, our history doctor explains the United States has been spying, and been spied upon, since before we were a country.
Ozarks At Large
Becca Martin Brown gives us the details on a national tour popping up several times within driving distance.
A fire has been smoldering in southeastern Carroll County for more than year. The cause? A phenomenon more than a century old. Jacqueline Froelich explains.The new president of Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock starts her new post, but it isn't her first time working at the hospital. The Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission will close one of its offices in Northwest Arkansas. Arkansas' Congressional candidates report their fundraising totals for the second quarter of 2013. And lower sanitation rates take effect for Fort smith residents.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, what it means for a Berryville to have a level three trauma ranking. Plus, a conversation with Fort Smith native and sculptor Robyn Horn.
What are the odds that Bob Dorough would be in town the exact day Trike Theater was producing a musical of his compositions? We have that answer and listen in to the collaboration.
Wood sculptor Robyn Horn's piece “Already Set in Motion in Motion,” is installed on the grounds of Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art discusses her work at two lectures this past weekend.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses job hires, job layoffs, and new information on the Pegasus pipeline burst in his weekly business news recap.If you're in a severe car accident, getting the appropriate care in a timely manner is critical, which is one of the reasons that the Arkansas Trauma Network was created, which ranks hospitals on the level of trauma services they provide. Only one hospital in Carroll County is capable of providing Comprehensive trauma care to patients.
A former Arkansas Lottery security official pleads guilty to stealing and cashing several hundred-thousand dollars' worth of lottery tickets. Congressman Tom Cotton defends his position on the split farm bill by using anecdotes to support the idea that the food stamp program is laden with fraud. And, the University of Arkansas gets a $100,000 contribution.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks, why more walk-in clinics might dot the landscape as the Affordable Care Act is rolled out. And the founder of Cherish the Women, Joanie Madden, talks about learning to play the Irish whistle and why she was impressed with her first-ever visit to Fayetteville. The band plays tonight at Walton Arts Center.
Local Trade Partners, a northwest Arkansan trade and barter exchange, is one of the fastest growing such exchange in the country. It recently crossed the 500-member mark.
To find out more - www.localtradepartners.com.
“Adios, Virginia Pampa Mia” by Virginia Luque
KUAF’s Shades of Jazz host Robert Ginsberg spoke with Anat Cohen, an Israeli-born clarinetist. The musician and composer is in Fayetteville to perform at Walton Arts Center and Temple Shalom.
One of McKee Foods Corporation’s facilities, which is located in Gentry, recently achieved the “Zero Landfill Waste” status.
“Diggin’ My Potatoes” by The Sunshine Skiffle Band
The Northwest Arkansas Community College Culinary Arts course taught by noted Chef Tuesday Eastlack, has taken over the spacious kitchens in the Center for Nonprofits at St. Mary’s in Rogers. We visit the kitchen and student run lunch café, open five days a week.
To learn more, visit www.nwacc.edu.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.
