Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: In 1980, thousands left Castro's Cuba on a boatlift to the United States. Many of them were given housing at Fort Chaffee. Jacqueline Froelich examines what happened then, what's happened since…and why historians are spending time getting the facts correct. Plus, a new adult education library for Northwest Arkansas Community College.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: In 1980, thousands left Castro's Cuba on a boatlift to the United States. Many of them were given housing at Fort Chaffee. Jacqueline Froelich examines what happened then, what's happened since…and why historians are spending time getting the facts correct. Plus, a new adult education library for Northwest Arkansas Community College.
In this month's music review, Ozarks at Large's Christina Thomas looks at Beyonce's newest album and how both she and the artist have grown over the years.Warm weather is just around the corner...and so are chances to enjoy it.
Last week a panel discussion about health care on the University of Arkansas campus included different philosophies regarding health care.
In 1980, more than 125,000 Cubans fleeing Fidel Castro's communist regime were boatlifted to America and processed at military compounds including Fort Chaffee in Arkansas. Among the population were gay Cubans and prisoners that Castro had purged from his prisons. The Cubans were widely portrayed by the press as criminal—a stigma that's persisted. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, historians are working to clarify the record. Photo: "Task Force Commander, Colonel Don E. Karr with Cuban refugee family"--Courtesy Fort Chaffee Museum
The biennial fiscal session of the Arkansas Legislature began yesterday, leading with talks about the Private Option and preventing a special election for Lt. Governor. USA Truck's most recent earnings report still shows continued, but shrinking losses. And the special election regarding a rural ambulance service district in Benton County is today.
Ahead on Ozarks, four legislators from northwest Arkansas discuss the fiscal session that begins today in Little Rock. They’ll examine the chances the private option is or isn’t funded by the time lawmakers adjourn. We’ll also get a small preview of some of the musicians heading to Fayetteville this summer for the fifth edition of the Fayetteville Roots Festival.
The fifth edition of the Fayetteville Roots Festival is bringing dozens of musicians to the region this summer.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, looks back at a week that included new inductions to the Arkansas Business Hall of Fame and conversations about political tax plans.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, I-540 undergoes a name change. And, we tinker around the Amazeum office in Bentonville.
Wayne Bell of www.fayettevilleflyer.com talks about the upcoming fall movie season.
Carroll Electric and Ozarks Electric Cooperatives are among a pack of U.S. rural cooperatives leading the way in smart metering deployment.
“Down by the River” by The Meters
Ozarks at Large’s Energy Corps correspondent Christina Thomas talks to a pair of Energy Corps members working on developing and maintaining sustainable operations at the University of Arkansas.
“Digeridoo” by Aphex Twin
Walmart shelves its proposal to build an Express store in Eureka Springs, Cargill announces another recall of ground turkey after reports of Salmonella contamination, and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“Midnight Sun” by Lionel Hampton
Trout Fishing in America will give a world-premiere performance of their latest CD-book “Chicken Joe Forgets Something Important” at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville. Also, it’s time to buy your tickets to this year’s Yonder Harvest Festival.
