Ahead on Ozarks: tigers at Turpentine Creek near Eureka Springs use a canvas to create art...but they substitute their tongue for a paint brush. Jacqueline Froelich spent a day watching the big cats creating art. Plus the Arkansas House Minority Leader, Greg Leding of Fayetteville, talks to Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business about the Democratic agenda for the 89th general Assembly and Kyle talks to Paul Haas, the conductor of the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas about Saturday night's concert at Walton Arts Center.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks: tigers at Turpentine Creek near Eureka Springs use a canvas to create art...but they substitute their tongue for a paint brush. Jacqueline Froelich spent a day watching the big cats creating art. Plus the Arkansas House Minority Leader, Greg Leding of Fayetteville, talks to Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business about the Democratic agenda for the 89th general Assembly and Kyle talks to Paul Haas, the conductor of the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas about Saturday night's concert at Walton Arts Center.
Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge located in Southern Carroll County is now also an artist’s colony. But the painters are not human. Tigers, an occasional lion, and one very big brown bear create original abstracts. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the furry creatives are earning their keep: the paw paintings are fetching a great deal of cash.
Web Exclusive: A Gallery of Fine Art From the Felines
Web Exclusive: A Video of Lines and Tigers and Bears. Oh My!Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Community Clinic celebrates its 100,000th patient. Also, Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas sits down with legislators to discuss what's next for the Arkansas Legislature. Plus, we take a look at the recent surge of second-hand stores in the area.Crews prepare to replace an old, one-lane bridge in Washington County, all in the name of improving safety. Ronald McDonald Charities of Arkoma begins work on a healing space for families at Mercy NWA in Rogers. And the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville again is ranked one of the best values in college education in the nation.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: Springdale continues a discussion on what the city may look like in the future. Jacqueline Froelich recently attended a study session dedicated to what may be next and she has a report. Plus Shannon Wurst’s fifth studio CD is ready for release and she gives us a preview and discusses her release party this weekend. And our tech ambassador, Tyrel Denison, gives us a list of what did…and did not…impress at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month.Two state lawmakers weigh in on the debate about proposed expansions to the state's Medicaid system as the 89th General Assembly begins its second week in session. The unemployment rate for the state rose in December, but a state economist says the increase is not statistically significant. And 2012 housing sales figures for Northwest Arkansas have been compiled; overall sales and median home prices are up in some areas, but not all.
Ahead on this special day of service edition of Ozarks, we take a look at some of our recently produced stories involving service to the community. We pay a visit to the Booneville Human Development Center,and we see a mural that few will ever see. We also visit the LifeStyles Car Wash, learn about a bicycling program at Bentonville Public Schools and witness a sack lunch program that feeds thousands in Fort Smith.
The Springdale Downtown Alliance funded Alta, a national landscape architecture firm which specializes in green infrastructure to design master plan rooted in stakeholder concepts. A charrette was held at Jones Center on Wednesday to present three possible concepts.Ahead on this edition of weekend Ozarks,Claudia Burson stops by the Firmin Garner Performance Studio to not only chat, but to also play the Mary Baker Rumsey Steinway piano. The University of Arkansas Fort Smith celebrates Arkansas Clarinet Week, and Kevin Kinder from NWA Newspapers on the lineup for this year's Wakarusa.With all of the acts announced for this year's Wakarusa music festival on Mullberry Mountain, Kevin Kinder of NWA Newspapers gives us his thoughts on this year's lineup.
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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.
Illustrator and author Valerie Hubbard Damon has created the “Fleeker” life on a magnificent mountain ledge. An artist’s reception is will be held May 28th at Iris in the Park in Eureka Springs and at 1 Prospect during White Street Walk May 20th. To sign up for her workshop, visit www.esartschool.com
"The Duke" by Miles Davis
Arkansas' 2nd District Congressman Tim Griffin speaks with Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net about the upcoming vote on raising the debt ceiling, military spending and the future of Medicare.
The Ozark Land Holding Association marked its 30th anniversary this past weekend. Jacqueline Froelich takes us to the 240-acre intentional community, located in southwestern Madison County.
Some areas damaged by the recent flooding are now eligible for federal disaster aid and a group of Boy Scouts have been found in southwest Arkansas.
Little Sprout Storytime begins at the Botanical Gardens and Puddle of Mudd rocks out at George's.
"Main Street Breakdown" by Chet Atkins
