A new exhibit at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale includes many items from the University of Arkansas Museum collection.Ozarks At Large
A new exhibit at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale includes many items from the University of Arkansas Museum collection.Abortion, capital punishment and guns all had the attention of lawmakers. Ozarks at Large’s Timothy Dennis had this week in review at the capitol.
Ahead on Ozarks: Fort Smith rallies for a monument to honor native son General William O. Darby, Fayetteville readies for a Mardi Gras parade tomorrow, and the band Damn Arkansan comes to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.Drivers along several highways in the region are familiar with the sights, sounds and detours of road work. As OAL's Timothy Dennis reports, another major thoroughfare in northwest Arkansas is about to undergo construction.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses a new survey indicating voters want elected officials to fix the economy first.
The alt-country band Damn Arkansan credits Smoke and Barrel Tavern for helping them make it as a band, so they helped organize a benefit concert to help the bar buy a new sound system.
Web Exclusive: Video of Damn Arkansan Inside the Firmin-Garner Performance StudioAhead on Ozarks, we conclude our two-part series on guns. Jacqueline Froelich examines how people in our region are reacting to the gun discussions in the wake of the school shootings in Connecticut in December. And, we have a preview of tomorrow's Business Luncheon forecast in Rogers and talk to a member of the cast of Memphis. Bill Parry plays the owner of a radio station in 1950s Memphis as rock and roll and rhythm and blues begin to capture the attention of young listeners.
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business discusses the state's financial role in a super project announced earlier this year with State Senator Bruce Maloch.Tomorrow the Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Arkansas will host its annual Business Forecast Luncheon in Rogers.
In reaction to President Obama’s gun control mandate, the Arkansas General Assembly is considering a half dozen gun-rights bills, including reintroducing a measure allowing gun owners to openly carry loaded weapons. We also drop by a Springdale gun shop, where business is beyond booming.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, September 16, 2013
Ahead on this edition the results of a new report that measures how students are affected by a trip to an art museum. Plus, John Brown University takes steps toward creating a nursing program, the latest installment of Arkansongs and more.
Richard White says a careful examination of our past can help us better understand the present.
"Cattle Call" by Johnny Cash
Arkansas has more than 160 freshwater lakes, most of them artificial, like Lake Sequoyah in southeast Fayetteville. But the 50-year old reservoir is shrinking due to excess upstream sedimentation. So the city has started to clean it out using innovative technology.
The Fayetteville Natural Heritage Association recently adopted more than 30 acres of prairie near Lake Fayetteville and restored the brushy wooded area back to its native grassland state.
After two years, the film Up From the Hills will premier this week at the Fayetteville Public Library.
Katy Henriksen tells us about the two works, both Symphony Number 2 from Phillip Glass and Alexander Bourdin.
