
Ozarks At Large


A new fellowship program in Arkansas aims to stem the flow of highly skilled college graduates from the state to other areas. And, two of the longer-operating hospital systems in the state announce a merger.



Becca Martin Brown, with Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says there is a wide range of music (some of it free) this week.
It was a year ago this week that an oil spill created a major disruption in an Arkansas town.

A wet March led Arkansas farmers to plant crops late, but it hasn't necessarily hurt this year's harvest. Plus, the Bentonville School District proposes a traffic study to project what traffic will be like in Centerton once the district's second high school is open for classes.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, May 16, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we conclude our series of conversations with candidates in primary races with GOP Congressional candidate Bruce Westerman. We also welcome Barrett Baber back into the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to hear a new take on one of his songs.
Yesterday, a fire destroyed a vacant World War 2-era hospital complex in historic Fort Chaffee east of Fort Smith. No injuries have been reported.
Michael Tilley of www.thecitywire.com talks about the impending voting on the proposed one-percent prepared food tax and the potential job losses the city faces after the start date of the Mitsubishi assembly plant was put under review.
Ozarks at Large’s Energy Corps correspondent Christina Thomas talks to Shannon Joyce and Becky Roarke, Energy Corps members at the University of Arkansas’ Applied Sustainability Center. She spoke with them at a Community Development Block Grant event at Walker Park where they were tabling.
Cargill recalls all ground turkey products produced at its Springdale, Arkansas plant; congressional gridlock over funding for the Federal Aviation Administration may cost some Arkansans their jobs and more – on this edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“Settling With Power” by El Ten Eleven
Rob Grayson of WKNO, our content partner in Memphis, talks about Elvis Presley and “Hound Dog.”