Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses a Van Buren-based trucking company rejecting another unsolicited buyout bid, the results of a new study, and more in his weekly review of business and political news.Ozarks At Large
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses a Van Buren-based trucking company rejecting another unsolicited buyout bid, the results of a new study, and more in his weekly review of business and political news.Late last week, the federal Department of Health and Human Services accepted Arkansas's plan for Medicaid expansion. The city of Bentonville will give away compost and wood mulch this week. A couple of roads close or otherwise reroute in the River Valley starting today. And gas prices dropped slightly in Arkansas over the past week.
Ahead on Weekend Ozarks, a tour of historic Cane Hill, and a conversation with the author of Camp Nine, Vivian Schiffer. The book has been selected as the 2013 If All Arkansas Read The Same Book book.
The members of National Park Radio perform another song inside of the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers tells us of a man originally from Bhutan who is trying to help rebuild an ancient monestary in his homeland.
With this morning's montage, we say several goodbyes; to Summer, to a famed Yankees pitcher, and to one of our longest-tenured colleagues at KUAF. Here are our 10 pop culture references we used to say goodbye.
- "So Long, Farewell" from the Sound of Music
- Lou Gehrig's farewell speech
- "Goodbye my Lover" by James Blunt
- ET says his goodbye
- The famous words from Gone With The Wind
- "Hello, Goodbye" by The Beatles
- The Friends leave the apartment for the final time
- "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John
- Jim Carey tells his fare goodbye at the beginning of Dumb and Dumber
- Leaving Casablanca for the final time
- Johnny Carson bids his final farewell to the audience during his final time hosting The Tonight Show
The Arkansas Center For The Book this week made its selection for the 2013 If All Arkansas Read The Same Book Program. Kyle Kellams spoke with Vivienne Schiffer, the author of the novel Camp Nine, this year's selection.
The small town is home to 16 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A new organization has formed to restore and preserve them.Ahead on Ozarks: Michael Tilley from The City Wire talks about a bounce up in housing construction figures in northwest Arkansas and the tough decisions some cities and counties in the area will have to make when it comes to paying for infrastructure in the future. And if a band goes by the name NPR, we have to invite them to the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio. Later this hour, National Park Radio, or NPR, plays for us.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, December 20, 2013
Ahead on Ozarks, a company that began on the University of Arkansas campus is on a list of 2013's top technological inventors. Plus the founders of the Early Morning Bourbon Girls…Rebecca Champagne and Meredith Martin Moats…talk about the band's upcoming reunion show at Maxine's Tap Room and play a couple of songs inside the Firmin Garner Performance Studio.
This autumn Arkansas’ interstate highways will be undergoing another series of improvement projects.
Springdale voters approve a $71 million bond package, the city clears hurdles for construction of a trail, and the Razorbacks win again in Italy.
“Potato Hole” by Booker T. Jones
The University of Arkansas and Northwest Arkansas Community College have a new agreement to help students from each school have an easier path to transfer credits.
Teresa Maurer, our local food ambassador, comes back to the studio with Chef William Lyle for Ella’s Restaurant at the Inn at Carnall Hall. He’s working on a seasonal menu prepared with locally-grown food for an upcoming pair of special meals.
“Julia’s Theme” by Alexander Desplat
Becca Martin Brown’s top entertainment tip for the day is a rundown of this week’s Eureka Springs Bluegrass Festival.
