Gregory Alan Isakov's mini tour of Northwest Arkansas continues tonight at George's Majestic Lounge.Ozarks At Large
Gregory Alan Isakov's mini tour of Northwest Arkansas continues tonight at George's Majestic Lounge.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas sat down with Congressman Tim Griffin who represents the second congressional district in Arkansas, to discuss the Pegasus Pipeline Oil Spill in Mayflower, his thoughts on Hillary Clinton running for office, and more.Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announces the creation of a clearinghouse for people affected by the Mayflower oil spill. Fort Smith residents will soon pay less for sanitation services after the city's board of directors approves a decrease in rates. The city of Greenwood works on implementing commercial development regulations. And Bentonville plans its own citywide cleanup as part of The Great American Cleanup.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: Jacqueline Froelich spends a day on a controversial hog farm near Mt. Judea. She toured the facility yesterday. Plus, memories of an Arkansas that has almost vanished. Meredith Martin Moats lets us listen in on a conversation about life in the Ouachitas nearly eighty years ago.
This month's music review shines a light on the album The Heist, which features the work of rapper Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis.Wayne Bell, our popular culture scout, says the network TV finale still exists . . . only without the fanfare of years past.
Roby Brock of our content partner Talk Business Arkansas helps explain what law passed by the General Assembly means for energy consumption in Arkansas.
We tour Arkansas's first swine breeding CAFO (confined feeding animal operation) permitted to house 6,500 sows and piglets. Opponents claim it will impair the Buffalo National River Watershed and seek to shut it down.
Web Exclusive: Images From the C & H Hog FarmArkansas Auditor of State Charlie Daniels announces he will not run for reelection and that he will retire from politics after nearly 30 years as a state constitutional officer. Benton County finishes an assessment regarding storm damage done to county roads last month. Early voting begins today to renew Sebastian County's 1 percent sales tax. And the state's largest non-government food aid charity gets a new chief executive.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we learn about plans to create a core arts center district in Fayetteville's downtown entertainment area. Also, singer/songwriter Lizzy Lehman performs inside the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, November 11, 2013
On this Veteran’s Day edition of Ozarks, Christina Thomas talks to Warren Blaylock. He lives in Alma and he'll be part of a special Veteran's Day event in Crawford County tonight. He was a medic in World War II and served during the D-Day invasion and at the Battle of the Bulge. And some of the sounds from a ceremony Saturday at the National Cemetery in Fayetteville as additional land was added to the location. We also have Roby Brock's look back at the week in business and more.
Local artists can submit designs for a mural at the Springdale Aquatic Center and for a poster for the NWA Hispanic Heritage Festival.
"Saturday Nigh"t by The Felice Brothers
For our monthly spaces series, we tour the Tulsa National Weather Service office.
"Rain" by Explosions in the Sky and David Wingo
According to the National Climate Assessment the amount of precipitation falling heavy rainstorms has increased in parts of the country.
at end of show: "The Train That Carried My Gal Away From Town" by Jim Lauderdale
The two candidates in this year's Arkansas governor's race recently discussed their views of what the future holds for the state's Private Option. The future of hog farms in the Buffalo River Watershed may be uncertain with a recently proposed ban on confined animal breeding operations near the national river. And the Fort Smith Fire Department may not have to travel as far for training in the future, if the city board of directors approves construction of a training facility in the city.
"Adoro" Bronco
This fall, the University of Arkansas will offer its first start-to-finish, online bachelor's degree program – a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.
