Ozarks At Large

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Tuesday, December 24, 2013
On this special Christmas Eve edition of Ozarks at Large, highlights from our holiday show taped earlier in the month at the Fayetteville Public Library, with musical performances by Adams Collins Jazz Collective, Jones'n Leah, and Farmer And The Markets, plus special guests from Cooperative Emergency Outreach in Fayetteville talk about the importance of giving during the holiday season. And even Santa Claus stops by to answer a few questions.
The Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission voted yesterday to plug an underground injection well and declare a permanent moratorium on new ones in Faulkner County, plagued by small earthquakes.
Chris Young, The Imagination Movers, Rick Springfield and the second concert in the KUAF Summer Jazz Concert series coming up at the Walton Arts Center. Jodi Beznoska has the details.
Arkansas has 4200 foster children in state custody. Nearly 300 with emotional or behavioral problems are placed in special therapeutic foster homes to receive intense intervention. But starting this month funding to the program was slashed. (Photo: Brenda and Iesha Watson.)
The Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower can be seen in northwest Arkansas this weekend. For more information, call (479) 789-5000. To download a star map, log on to www.skymaps.com.
“Meteor” by The Bird and The Bee
Close to 179 post-offices in Arkansas face a possible shutdown, the Fort Smith Board of Directors meet tomorrow to debate on a proposal to repeal the one percent tax on prepared food and more – on today’s Ozarks at Large Half-Time.