The city of Centerton is nearly finished building a trail around one city lake. And, the Arkansas Game and Fish Foundation gets a new president.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a conversation from this year's Mozart in the Museum with the classical music trio Time For Three. Plus, 47 miles a day: that's how far, on average, a female hiker hiked to make it through the Appalachian Trail in fewer than 50 days. Hiker and author Jennifer Pharr Davis stops by the studio, and we get some tips on how to get into running.
Last week, voters in the Democrat and Republican chose their nominees for political office to run in November elections. Roby Brock with Talk Business and Politics hosts this roundtable discussion with members of each party.The city of Fayetteville is well into construction of a new trailhead on Mount Kessler. Plus, Simmons First Bank announces its fourth acquisition within the last year.
Ahead on Ozarks, highlights from a lecture given by David Pryor last night in downtown Fayetteville. Also, the region's population prepares to reach the half-million mark.
The best guess is that the 500,000th resident in the four-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area arrived today.
Roby Brock from Talk Business & Politics speaks to three bankers about the state of lending in Arkansas.
Those were the words of former Senator David Pryor last night during a lecture on dysfunction in Congress.Ahead on Ozarks, a conversation with Arkansas Living Treasure Robert Runyan. Also, the president of the Republic of the Marshall Islands pays a visit to Springdale.
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Thursday, June 19, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, a visit to a jeweler's studio where she makes trinkets of beauty with stones, sterling silver and words on metal. Plus, we talk with blogger Mat Campbell of the Blue Hog Report about how the lawyer-turned-journalist uncovers and covers political happenings in the state.
New data show that one in every 65 children in Arkansas has an autism spectrum disorder. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the Arkansas Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Program, a collaboration among experts at UAMS-Little Rock and UA-Fayetteville, is on task to both clearly document ASD and intervene.
The Arkansas gubernatorial candidate has plans for November plus business news from around the state in this week’s Talk Business and Politics Update.
Some young entrepreneurs are helping make changes in Springdale. Many of them are returning to the city where they grew up.
Screen time is on the rise for children and adults alike. Author Richard Louv offers his views on the importance of maintaining a balance between technology and nature.
“Nature Feels” by Frank Ocean
