Becca Martin Brown has some (but not all) of the suggestions for warm-weather music here.
Ozarks At Large
On this Election Day in Arkansas, the three GOP candidates seeking their party's nomination for attorney general talk to Roby Brock from Talk Business and Politics.
The Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks, based in Fayetteville, has installed a large solar array on it’s forested campus. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the alternative energy project is part of an ambitious U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs environmental program.
Speaker of the Arkansas House wants to call a special session of the state legislature to deal with problems with the insurance program for public school employees, and Crawford County officials are hopeful that county voters will approve a sales tax increase that would help the county build a new jail.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, taking steps to improve juvenile justice in Arkansas, and the brand new Hope Supply Center in Bentonville helps those diagnosed with breast cancer in many ways.
Last Friday, the Hope Supply Center, a service of the Breast Cancer Society, opened on Walton Blvd. The center will offer supplies, such as wigs and bras, to those affected by breast cancer. Becca says that there will be plenty of opportunities to hear about architecture as a new lecture series begins at Crystal Bridges.
Bo Bartlett and Betsy Eby collaborated on a documentary about their years-long art road trip. They discussed the project while at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art last month.
Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business and Politics, looks back at a busy week in Arkansas.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, June 6, 2014
Ahead on this busy Friday edition of Ozarks, from Pharrell to Harry Connick Jr; celebrities took the stage this morning in Fayetteville for the Walmart Shareholders meeting, where there were also a few business items discussed. And, we take a trip along the Buffalo River nearly a year after a controversial swine breeding operation began business.
Congressman Tim Griffin says he decided against running for reelection to spend time with his family. Governor Mike Beebe yesterday signed into law a short-term fix for the shortfall in the Public School Employee insurance program. And Bentonville is getting closer to beginning construction on its multi-million dollar community center.
"Faust" by Gorillaz
The interdisciplinary Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal Production issued its landmark report in 2008. A new study issued this morning at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. by the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future examines public policy impacts of the report five years later. To learn more visit pcifap.org
Tim Griffin announced Monday he would not seek third term as Arkansas' Second District Congressman.
You should know there is a special Halloween on the Fayetteville Square, an award-winning history teacher in Bentonville and a top National Geographic photographer coming to the University of Arkansas.
The Folk Festival in Eureka Springs brings in national and local acts for a full weekend of music.
