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Ozarks At Large
21c Museum Hotel in Bentonville is continuing to offer manager docent tours at 5 p.m. every Wednesday and Friday. Becca Martin Brown says the monthly activites may be a bit hard to keep up with, but a little effort is worth it.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses Arkansas politics with bloggers Michael Cook and Jason Tolbert.The state Department of Corrections is looking for a vendor for pharmaceuticals used in lethal injections. Several hundred-thousand-dollars will be given out in reparations to victims of crimes during the month of May. The Bentonville School District continues its push toward a millage election in September, and the city of Fayetteville considers an ordinance that would place restrictions on door-to-door solicitation.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a recent poll by the Blair Center shows that the opinions of people with similar backgrounds aren't all that similar. Plus, how carpenter bees get into your house without the use of tiny hammers, and a preview of this week's LPGA tournament in Rogers.
The NWA Championship begins today and this year, organizers want to make the 17th hole the loudest hole in golf.A recent poll conducted by a pair of University of Arkansas System entities asked about attitudes toward immigration.
Two Democrats announced their candidacy for Lieutenant Governor, plus the state and federal government files suit against Exxon-Mobil for its handling of the Mayflower oil spill. Roby Brock with our content partner Talk Business Arkansas has those stories and more in his weekly review of business and political stories.Answer Fort Smith has just completed renovation of a larger facility for its telephone answering services, creating space for more employees. Gas prices rise slightly in Arkansas, though the national average dropped over the past week. Two Democratic candidates for statewide office endorse each other, and Governor Mike Beebe wants more to be done to end childhood hunger in the state.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: remembering the Ozark Folk Fair from forty years ago. The headliners included some of the top names in blues, rock, folk and bluegrass, but the event is all but forgotten now. Plus northwest Arkansas ranchers rally to help out farmers in South Dakota who lost cattle because of bad weather and local non-profits embrace Giving Tuesday.
In a recent Talk Business-Hendrix College poll, voters in Arkansas’ Fourth District were asked about their opinions about same-sex marriage. Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net talks to John Brummett, a political columnist for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette, about the findings.
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.
The second Wine, Women and Song Concert will be held tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. at Second Street Live Performing and Visual Arts Center in Fort Smith. Elizabeth Momand is one of the four women who will be on stage tomorrow.
“I Get a Kick Out of You” by Charlie Parker
There are swallows. Then there are swallows. One flock prefers human habitat, the other wilderness. Here, Joe Neal vividly illustrates the differences. Neal is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir,” is published by Half-Acre Press.
Columnist Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com discusses summer entertainment options that are cheap or free.
