The Northwest Arkansas Polo Club's season is underway in Bentonville.Ozarks At Large
The Northwest Arkansas Polo Club's season is underway in Bentonville.Arkansas looks to change licensing requirements for child care facilities throughout the state. We look at the potential changes and the effects they could have on providers in the area.
Ahead on Ozarks, can e-cigarettes help smokers reduce their nicotine consumption? More than 20 vapor shops have recently opened in northwest Arkansas alone. We take a look at the phenomenon, and Johnathan Story talks about his upcoming concert in Fayetteville, and sits down at the Mary Rumsey Baker Steinway piano in our studio.Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, directs us to performance art and fireworks this weekend.
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, explains the relationship between politics and money is an American tradition.
More than twenty Northwest Arkansas specialty shops sell electronic cigarettes, both disposable and rechargeable. The popular devices deliver a smooth warm nicotine-laced white vapor in variety strengths and flavors. We visit the Velvet Vapor in Rogers and also talk to an Arkansas Department of Health tobacco specialist about pending regulations and potential risks associated with “vaping.”One Arkansas senator is pressing election officials to resolve issues with the state's voter ID law. Other legislators are pushing to prevent the state lottery commission from implementing video gambling games throughout the state. The FASTER Arkansas committee continues its push for changes in state law to allow public schools to connect to an existing, state-funded fiber optic network. And one Eureka Springs alderman is trying to move forward a decades-long debate on what to do about parking in that city's downtown area.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the National Veterans Golden Age Games are set to take over Fayetteville and the region this weekend; we speak with one 79-year-old Vietnam veteran who hopes to win in his competitions, and we speak with an Arkansas elder who decided to obtain his GED many, many years after his high school years had passed. Plus, while many eyes are on the happenings at the World Cup, we attend a sports match of a different nature, polo, in Bentonville.The Northwest Arkansas Polo Club's season is underway in Bentonville.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, as many prepare for Fourth of July in backyards or fields of fireworks, the ticks are waiting: a new tick-borne illness has been discovered in the South. And The Cate Brothers release a new album, more than thirty years after it was originally recorded.
Chris Young and Rick Springfield perform at the AMP, and the Imagination Movers, the U2 of kids’ music, come to the Walton Arts Center. More information on www.waltonartscenter.org.
Can electrical utility grids manage current peak demand? Plus--just in case--we lead you to your nearest “cooling station.”
To prepare for the high heat indexes predicted this week, Fort Smith has designated some public buildings as cooling centers.
For more information: www.fortsmithar.gov
“Force Marker” by Brian Eno
Kevin Lazas and Grace Heymsfield – members of the Arkansas Razorbacks track and field team -- will participate in the 2011 edition of the Pan American Junior Track and Field Championships being held this weekend in southern Florida.
Becca looks ahead to BB&BBQ whose musical lineup now includes Jamey Johnson.
“Heat” by Eric Serra
