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.
The small town is home to 16 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A new organization has formed to restore and preserve them.
The Arkansas Center For The Book this week made its selection for the 2013 If All Arkansas Read The Same Book Program. Kyle Kellams spoke with Vivienne Schiffer, the author of the novel Camp Nine, this year's selection.
"Cloud Nine" by The Temptations
With this morning's montage, we say several goodbyes; to Summer, to a famed Yankees pitcher, and to one of our longest-tenured colleagues at KUAF. Here are our 10 pop culture references we used to say goodbye.
"So Long, Farewell" from the Sound of Music
Lou Gehrig's farewell speech
"Goodbye my Lover" by James Blunt
ET says his goodbye
The famous words from Gone With The Wind
"Hello, Goodbye" by The Beatles
The Friends leave the apartment for the final time
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John
Jim Carey tells his fare goodbye at the beginning of Dumb and Dumber
Leaving Casablanca for the final time
Johnny Carson bids his final farewell to the audience during his final time hosting The Tonight Show
Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us of a man originally from Bhutan who is trying to help rebuild an ancient monestary in his homeland.
The members of National Park Radio perform another song inside of the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
at end of show: "So This is Goodbye" by Moby