Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Spring is officially here, and warmer weather will soon bring with it insects like mayflies and damsel flies out and about. But before those bugs mature, they spend their young lives as nymphs in local waterways. We visit a local creek to see what is swimming and crawling beneath the surface. Plus, a conversation with another one of this year's gubernatorial candidates, Mike Ross. The Democrat has aspirations that stretch beyond this November. And back-handsprings and lateral bars: what it takes to be one of the best gymnastics programs in the country. We spend some time with the Arkansas Razorback Gymbacks, who will host this year's national championship regionals this week.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Spring is officially here, and warmer weather will soon bring with it insects like mayflies and damsel flies out and about. But before those bugs mature, they spend their young lives as nymphs in local waterways. We visit a local creek to see what is swimming and crawling beneath the surface. Plus, a conversation with another one of this year's gubernatorial candidates, Mike Ross. The Democrat has aspirations that stretch beyond this November. And back-handsprings and lateral bars: what it takes to be one of the best gymnastics programs in the country. We spend some time with the Arkansas Razorback Gymbacks, who will host this year's national championship regionals this week.
Our Ozarks at Large insect expert takes us on a fishing expedition in search of aquatic bugs in Clear Creek.
The Arkansas Razorbacks Gymnastics team will host an NCAA Regional Championship April 5 in Fayetteville. A national report considers several different factors when determining the health of every county in the country.
As he series with 2014 political candidates in Arkansas continues, Roby Brock has this conversation with Mike Ross.
The new Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority which delivers Bull Shoals Lake water to towns and districts across Boone, Newton, and Searcy Counties is in trouble. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, several towns that signed on to the drinking water pact appear to be stricken by buyer’s remorse. (Correction: Marshall is in Searcy County and Lead Hill is in Boone County. In my report I erroneously reversed the towns’ locations.)A new report places Benton and Washington counties as the two healthiest in the state. Plus the Hogeye Marathon returns and severe weather is a possibility over the next twenty-four hours.
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with House speaker designate Jeremy Gillam. Plus, we tour a compounding pharmacy in Johnson.Next month is National Poetry Month. For this month's edition of our segment Three People, we ask three poets to talk about their form of artistic expression.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, April 28, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, how lasers have gone from a phenomenon on The Jetsons to a part of daily life. We speak with a Stanford University professor who has been teaching about the light-emitting device since 1969. Plus, annual hospitality awards in the Arkansas River Valley honor those who serve and take care of the public.
Chess, Vertac and more in our history capsule for September 1.
Becca Bacon Martin from What's Up has a variety of entertainment suggestions for the first days of September.
The cast and director of Theatre Squared's production of The 39 Steps comes into the Fermin Garner Performance Studio. They explain how four actors play more than 100 roles.
To hear another scene, with all four actors, click here.
The Thrty-Nine Steps Suite from the origianl film soundtrack, performed by The City of Prague Philharmonic.
The Rogers Historical Museum's newest exhibit, Building Rogers, uses a variety of hands-on activities to teach about the town's architectural history.
For more information, visit rogersarkansas.com/museum.
Earlier this month, a poll of voters in Arkansas' First and Second Congressional Districts indicated the Republican candidates in those races have double-digit leads over their opponents from the Democratic Party. Late last week, a new poll conducted by Talk Business and Hendrix College gathered numbers for the Third and Fourth Congressional Districts. Roby Brock, the editor and publisher of Talkbusiness.net and a regular contributor to Ozarks at Large, recently sat down with Jay Barth, a professor of political science at Hendrix College, to discuss the latest polls for Arkansas' congressional races.
More information is available at talkbusiness.net.
"Diminishing Blackness" by Frank Vignola





