
Ozarks At Large


Later this month students in the University of Arkansas' Hospitality and Restaurant Management Program will be in charge of the historic Crescent Hotel.
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The River Valley Regional Food Bank has organized a soup drive to ensure elementary students have food to eat during the President's Day holiday weekend.
Arkansas immigration reform advocates yesterday praised U.S. House Speaker John Boehner's proposal for an incremental approach to implementing immigration reform. The state highway department has a few more developments in store for its live highway conditions website. A longtime member of the UA Athletics Department announces retirement. And wet wintry weather is predicted through the end of the week.

Rilla Askew and Timothy O'Grady are novelists and visiting associate professors at the University of Arkansas. They'll read from their work Thursday night at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
In our monthly series on numbers, Dr. Edmond Harris tells us that the number 'two' is where statements can begin to be made with numbers.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we head out on the campaign trail with GOP gubernatorial candidate Asa Hutchinson. Plus, an update on SWEPCO's plan to construct a major new transmission line across the region.
This weekend Theater Squared will let curious people see four plays-in-progress as part of the annual New Play Festival. Sunday, each of the playwrights participated in a forum at the Fayetteville Public Library that Kyle Kellams moderated. This week we’ll hear highlights from each of the writers. Clinnesha Dillon Sibley’s script “Uprooted” will be the first play to be presented.
Learn more about the plays at www.theatre2.org.
To hear today's Writer's Almanac, visit their website here.
"Sobbin’ Blues" by King Oliver
Advocates raising awareness of mental health issues visit the State Capitol; Tom Cotton leads the race for the Republican nomination for Arkansas’ Fourth Congressional District; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“Jazz Me Blues” by Sidney Bechet
Dr. Jacquelyn Wiersma is an assistant professor in the School of Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Arkansas. Her research examines young adults and their romantic relationships, specifically how alcohol can have an impact on them vice versa.
To listen to more of this conversation, click here.
Roby Brock from our content partner www.talkbusiness.net discusses Tyson Foods’ recent second-quarter earnings report and another that shows a slight decreases in the number of people playing at Arkansas’ casinos.
“Soul Blues” by Coleman Hawkins