Ozarks At Large

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large

Monday, August 5, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks. A Facebook-job-posting-a-day approach to getting people in the Fort Smith region who are looking for work. Work Fort Smith is taking a small, but consistent, path to connecting those seeking work to those seeking employees. We'll also review the past seven days in Arkansas politics and business with Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas and two approaches to solar power…including area high school students taking to a swimming pool to test their solar-powered boats. And Meredith Martin Moats continues her series on books about Arkansas with a review of a study of the man who brought electricity to the state, Harvey Couch.
Gordon Lightfoot, Heidi and more in our history capsule for November 17.
We talk with one of the cast members of the Arts Live Theatre production of Willy Wonka. The show opens tomorrow night. For more information visit www.artslivetheatre.com.
"In Motion" by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross from the soundtrack from "The Social Network."
And now it's time for a little Jay Music, brought to us by Joe Neal. His latest book is "Birdside Baptist and Other Ornithological Mysteries."
Jacqueline Froelich reports that Eureka Springs city employees will soon be permitted to include domestic partners as eligible dependents under the Municipal League Health Benefit Program--the first city in Arkansas to do so.
This week the University of Arkansas is celebrating the international nature of the campus community.