Mercy Health used an innovative walking program to become one of the healthiest workplaces in the country.
Ozarks At Large
A roundup of events and news for the next few weeks include an alternative way to deliver a Valentine.
Rural and urban public access trails are trending across America. And a new sector of professional trail building firms have emerged to meet demand. Jacqueline Froelich bundles up and goes cycling on a blustery afternoon in Bentonville, with the founder and foreman of Progressive Trail Design based in Fayetteville.
Roby Brock, from Talk Business Arkansas, talks to Rex Nelson about what 2014 might bring for Arkansas politics.An administrative law judge with the Arkansas Public Service Commission on Friday ordered SWEPCO to proceed on its proposed plan to build a massive new power transmission line through portions of northwest Arkansas. Also, Governor Mike Beebe says that recent cost analyses of operating the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid justifies the program's passage during last year's session of the state legislature. And the state Attorney General's office warns residents about rapid-refund tax providers.
Ahead on Ozarks, a conversation with young adult author An Na. Also, we learn what it takes to become a police officer.
We speak with An Na, author of A Step From Heaven, a book that was awarded the Michael L. Prince Award when it was published a decade ago. Critics and reviewers commended the book's characters for speaking like a child without being too precocious or condescending. The author will speak in Fayetteville later this month.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we visit the kitchen of Jen Lewis, take a spin in a state-run clinic that aids veterans in rural communities, and we meet a recovering opiate addict who has found hope with methadone.
Jodi Beznoska of the Walton Arts Center talks about Midtown Men who perform this weekend. The final concert in the KUAF Summer Jazz Concert series happens next week, followed by Fayetteville Roots Festival. And that’s not all.
“Must Be a Devil” by Diplo
Yesterday, violinist Bojidara Kouzmanova visited KUAF’s Firmin-Garner Performance studio to talk about her tomorrow's concert with guitarist Virginia Luque at Covenant Church in Fayetteville.
To watch a video of Bojidara playing a traditional Bulgarian tune, click here.
Even though there’s more rain and cooler temperatures in Arkansas’ weather forecast for the rest of this week, three-quarters of the state still remains under a wildfire warning.
“Andantino con moto” by Ronda Mains & James Greeson
Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net talks to Steve Smith, president of Verizon Wireless' south central region, about the impact of Verizon Wireless’ 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless technology on northwest Arkansas.
A University of Arkansas researcher has found a correlation between an increase in storm activity over the past 250 years, and solar activity and rise in temperature due to an increase in greenhouse gases in the environment.
