The city of Centerton is nearly finished building a trail around one city lake. And, the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation gets a new president.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation from this year's Mozart in the Museum with the classical music trio Time For Three. Plus, 47 miles a day: that's how far, on average, a female hiker hiked to make it through the Appalachian Trail in fewer than 50 days. Hiker and author Jennifer Pharr Davis stops by the studio, and we get some tips on how to get into running.
Last week, voters in the Democrat and Republican chose their nominees for political office to run in November elections. Roby Brock with Talk Business and Politics hosts this roundtable discussion with members of each party.The city of Fayetteville is well into construction of a new trailhead on Mount Kessler. Plus, Simmons First Bank announces its fourth acquisition within the last year.
Ahead on Ozarks, highlights from a lecture given by David Pryor last night in downtown Fayetteville. Also, the region's population prepares to reach the half-million mark.
The best guess is that the 500,000th resident in the four-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area arrived today.
Roby Brock from Talk Business & Politics speaks to three bankers about the state of lending in Arkansas.
Those were the words of former Senator David Pryor last night during a lecture on dysfunction in Congress.Ahead on Ozarks, a conversation with Arkansas Living Treasure Robert Runyan. Also, the president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands pays a visit to Springdale.
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Thursday, June 19, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a visit to a jeweler's studio where she makes trinkets of beauty with stones, sterling silver and words on metal. Plus, we talk with blogger Mat Campbell of the Blue Hog Report about how the lawyer-turned-journalist uncovers and covers political happenings in the state.
On a mountain above Springdale, Ron Mynatt creates glass art and uses recycled material, once headed for the landfill, as his base.
To see Ron explain how he built his furnace and watch him make glass, click here.
Ron Breeding talks with an Arkansas prison spokesperson about a potential plan to send some inmates south.
We take a trip to the Fayetteville Visitors' Bureau to see how the city sells the city to visitors.
Etta James, JFK and more in our history capsule for January 25.
Becca says this midweek is kind of calm. A big draw is here this weekend, though.
"The Gypsies/Journey Across Europe" by Joshua Bell
