
Ozarks At Large

Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers offers a brief preview of the Eureka Springs Blues Weekend.

Tyson Foods yesterday announced that Hillshire Brands had accepted its $8.5 billion acquisition bid over a smaller acquisition by Pinnacle Foods. Senator John Boozman returns to Washington, D.C. more than a month after undergoing emergency heart surgery, and a new effort aiming at legalizing cannabis gets underway in Arkansas.
Saturday's Wellfest lets you run, ride, even hula hoop.
Here is a direct link to all things Wellfest, including race courses.
Here is a direct link to all things Wellfest, including race courses.



Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, June 20, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a summer tradition returns with the opening of the 64th season of the Opera in the Ozarks, and there are modifications going on with the Arkansas Child Maltreatment Registry.
Political bloggers Michael Cook and Jason Tolbert discuss if President Barack Obama’s low approval ratings (in a recent Talk Business/Hendrix College poll) would affect Democratic candidates' chances of seeking Congressional offices from Arkansas.
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Ozarks at Large’s Kyle Kellams spends a morning with tractors and engines at the annual Tired Iron of the Ozarks fall show.
Work continues today on a pedestrian tunnel near Garland Avenue, GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain to visit northwest Arkansas later this month, and Arkansas Razorback sports news – on this edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“Mercury Blues” by David Lindley
Don Williams performs tonight at Alma Performing Arts Center; plus, a fall concert at the Arkansas Best Performing Arts Center in Fort Smith makes Becca’s list for today.
The Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission is commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in Arkansas. The Civil War Sesquicentennial will be celebrated between 2011 and 2015.