As the 69th annual Rodeo of the Ozarks kicks off today, we learn more about the transportation and care of the hundreds of animals participating in the event.Ozarks At Large
As the 69th annual Rodeo of the Ozarks kicks off today, we learn more about the transportation and care of the hundreds of animals participating in the event.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas, helped lead a discussion about Arkansas politics with State Senator Jason Rapert and Max Brantley, the Senior Editor of the Arkansas Times. The conversation comes from the program Capitol View, first broadcast in Little Rock on KARK TV.Arkansas ends its fiscal year with a surplus of several million dollars, but lawmakers have no firm plans yet of how to spend the money. Ongoing highway improvements mean some road closures and delays over the holiday weekend. And, students at UALR react to the interest rate hike that went into effect this week on Stafford student loans for low income students.
Daniel Hintz of Downtown Bentonville tells us that the best way to cure a fireworks hangover is to see some live blues this weekend.
Ahead on Ozarks: the tightrope the town of Eureka Springs sometimes must negotiate when it comes to businesses and residences. Jacqueline Froelich has that story. Plus Sanjay Gupta, the medical correspondent on CNN, was in Arkansas last week and sat down with Roby Brock to talk about the role of medical journalism and what a change in health care may mean for Arkansas. We also examine what last week's Supreme Court decision regarding the Voting Rights Act means for the state.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent, spoke recently at the Clinton School of Public Service. While in Arkansas he talked with Roby Brock of Talk Business Arkansas.
The United States Supreme Court decision regarding the Voting Rights Act means changes for Arkansas.
The popular resort town of Eureka Springs is a prime Ozarks vacation spot filled with pretty B&Bs, cottages and cabins for overnight guests. But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, some say a glut of tourist accommodations and vacation rentals are dislocating residents, forcing them to live out of town.
Arkansas home sales are up by 10 percent according to the Arkansas Realtors Association. The half-cent highway sales tax kicks in this month and will continue for the next ten years. The Fort Smith Fire Department honors one of its own who rescued a child from a 30-foot utility shaft. And a familiar term to Fayetteville residents: construction zone.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with photographer and author Tim Ernst. Also, giving the gift of a free family portrait to those in need.
Robert Laurence’s first novel is set in the mid-eighties . . . before cell phones and email. The story centers around the letters one writer sends to friends and how those friends’ lives are (and are not) connected. He’ll read from the book Friday night at Nightbird Books on Dickson Street. He came to our studio and talked with us about the book.
Walton Arts Center staff has been unloading trash cans for STOMP today . . . and the Wailers (yes, those Wailers) will be arriving in November.
A bike trail in Fayetteville is reopened, renovations continue at parks in Sebastian County, and the Razorback volleyball team loses its second game this season.
“Paradise Circus” by Massive Attack
The University of Arkansas this morning announced a large gift designated for converting the old fieldhouse on campus into a new performing arts center.
