Ozarks At Large

Arkansas ends its fiscal year with a surplus of several million dollars, but lawmakers have no firm plans yet of how to spend the money. Ongoing highway improvements mean some road closures and delays over the holiday weekend. And, students at UALR react to the interest rate hike that went into effect this week on Stafford student loans for low income students.




The United States Supreme Court decision regarding the Voting Rights Act means changes for Arkansas.
The popular resort town of Eureka Springs is a prime Ozarks vacation spot filled with pretty B&Bs, cottages and cabins for overnight guests. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, some say a glut of tourist accommodations and vacation rentals are dislocating residents, forcing them to live out of town.
Arkansas home sales are up by 10 percent according to the Arkansas Realtors Association. The half-cent highway sales tax kicks in this month and will continue for the next ten years. The Fort Smith Fire Department honors one of its own who rescued a child from a 30-foot utility shaft. And a familiar term to Fayetteville residents: construction zone.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with photographer and author Tim Ernst. Also, giving the gift of a free family portrait to those in need.
KUAF’s Robert Ginsberg talks to Jim Jernigan, a member of the gypsy swing group Hogtown Hot Club. He will perform at the Composer’s Showcase in the KUAF Summer Jazz Concert series this Saturday.
Rob Grayson from our content partner WKNO reports on the genre’s earliest chart-topping singles.
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Chaffee Crossing, east of Fort Smith, is transforming old toxic military compound into a new urban mixed-use district--while maintaining its historic legacy. We tour with director Ivy Owen.
Dr. Bill Smith on what is and isn’t warfare in the eyes of the American government.
“Dance 8” by Philip Glass
Burn ban near the Buffalo River, drought in Arkansas and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.