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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.
Recently, Arkansas Tech University-Ozark campus received approval for its proposed Associate of Applied Science in Nursing. The move will allow the university to offer its students the Registered Nurse program.
In 1928, Lem McPherson, Fayetteville’s first African-American police officer, was shot in the line of duty. Kyle Kellams interviews Sgt. Craig Stout from Fayetteville Police Department to learn more about the tragedy and the legacy McPherson left behind.
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“Elegy” by New York Ska Jazz Ensemble
Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers gives us a few ideas for Valentine’s Day celebrations.
“I Want to Protect You” by Eels
The town of Walnut Ridge is trying to capitalize on the only known Beatles’ visit to the state of Arkansas. Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net has the details.
Another flock of blackbirds collapsed from firecracker fright again in Beebe over New Years. Our flocks, however, were not disturbed. Essayist and recordist Joe Neal spent time beneath several local roosts to tell their story. He is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” as well as his latest book, “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir.”
