Ozarks At Large

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a business degree from the University of Arkansas without ever seeing Old Main or setting foot on senior walk: an online degree is now a reality. Plus, we get an update on updating Cane Hill, one of the oldest communities in the region.
Vincent Gaffney is the chair in landscape archeology and geomatics at the University of Birmingham in England. Tonight at 6:30, he’ll deliver a lecture about “The Secrets of Stonehenge” on the University of Arkansas campus.
"Take Her to the Sea, Mr. Murdoch" by James Horner (from Titanic)
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge organizes a week of festivities to raise funds and awareness about big cats. Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details regarding that and much more.
Arkansas’ two race tracks that also offer electronic gambling rake in millions; taxpayers get two extra days to file their taxes; and more on today’s round-up.
“Running on Empty” by David Lindley/Jackson Browne
Since taking office of Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation last fall, Bill John Baker has sold off the tribe’s fancy jet, dedicated a greater percentage of profits from the flourishing casino industry towards healthcare, and has vowed to diversify the Nation’s business sector. We travel to tribal headquarters in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to meet the new chief.
“You’ve Got to Have Freedom” by Pharoah Sanders
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers is back with her three columns: one is theatre, the second is music and the third is free (or almost free) events.