A decision on whether to close a street to vehicles in Springdale by that city's aldermen will help lay the path for the Razorback Greenway through the city. More than 6,000 voters cast ballots yesterday in the first day of early voting in Arkansas' primary and judicial elections. And the University of Arkansas announces who its next lobbyist to local, state and federal legislators will be.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks, we bid farewell to the Arkansas Honor Flight program. Also, the music of Joyce Green in latest installment of Arkansongs, Roby Brock has his weekly business and political news update, and more.
Monica Ramirez, deputy director for Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, is working to end sexual harassment and sexual assault against farmworker and low-wage immigrant women.A reunion has been scheduled for Sept. 27 for past and present members of the Ozark-based Charlie Battery as well as their dependents and survivors.
Late last week, two elder World War II veterans joined a group of corporate supporters and friends to bid a formal farewell to Arkansas Honor Flights.
St. Vincent Health System and Conway Regional Health System are discussing an exclusive strategic affiliation. Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas has the details.Although income tax revenue declined in the latest report, gross general revenue is above forecast, and one state economist says that revenue numbers are generally looking good, Plus, early voting begins across the state for preferential primary and non-partisan judicial general elections.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the founders of Olivia's Basket share the spirit of their late daughter and of the organization she inspired. Plus, our insect expert offers low-tech solutions to pesky insects in the garden.Here are the clips used in this morning's montage about trains:
- Polar Express
- “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash
- Thomas the Tank Engine
- "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie” by Louis Jordan
- Murder on the Orient Express
- “Casey Jones” by the Grateful Dead
- Back to the Future III
- The Great Train Robbery
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Stand By Me
- “Come on and Ride It” by the Quad City DJs
Olivia's Basket has built nine homes in Mexico and Honduras, but the organization will hold its first ever public fundraiser next week in Fayetteville.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we learn the trick of the trade with a monster truck driver. Plus, if you had a magazine, how would you choose its name? Would it be literal, a hint as to what's expected inside, or something completely different?
This month the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, Northwest Arkansas Newspapers and Ozarks at Large asked for ghost stories. Here is one we heard at Shiloh Museum.
To find the podcast of the afternoon ghost-story session click here.
"Musica Ricercata" from the Eyes Wide Shut soundtrack
Partially developed subdivisions, now abandoned, can be seen around our region. Biologist Joe Neal recently hiked one of them, a place he calls "Weedy Estates." Joe's latest book is "Birdside Baptist and Other Ornithological Mysteries."
Duran Duran, a Tuskegee Airman and more in our history capsule for October 27.
The Wednesday agenda includes original theatre in Breedlove Auditorium in Fort Smith and an Oscar-winner singing at George's Majestic Lounge in Fayetteville.
Not everything we want to talk about fits into a nice, radio-size package. Here is the debut of our still-nameless list of things. Today's first edition includes QR readers, the possible beginning-of-the-end of the phone book and some good ol' vinyl records.
Have an idea for a name for the segment? Email kuafinfo@uark.edu.
"No Seat Belt" by Sarah Hughes, from her CD, "No Seat Belt." She plays tonight at Greenhouse Grille in Fayetteville.
