Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Michael Tilley of The City Wire tells us about the week's news including Tyson's bid for Hillshire Brands, and the band Xcluded joins us in the studio as they release their new original album and while they have some time off between the eighth and ninth grades.
Ozarks At Large
A damaged phone booth in Prairie Grove is attracting all kinds of attention...and reminded us it starred in an OAL story first aired in 1995.
The Arkansas gross domestic product grew in 2013, particularly in some unexpected sectors. With one of the architects of the Arkansas Private Option defeated in a primary runoff this week, the future of the Medicaid expansion is in doubt, but Governor Mike Beebe is undeterred. Plus, this weekend marks the 149th anniversary of the end of slavery in the U.S., and the 17th annual NWA Juneteenth Celebration will mark the occasion in Springdale.
Yet to make it to high school, the five member group Xcluded has already released a full length, all original album and played gigs. The album Shadows is available on Spotify.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the names of some publications like Time or Southern Living give readers a literal idea of what's printed on their pages, but what about 3W or Due South? We take a look at the thought behind the titles of some of the magazines published in our region. Plus, we talk with Roby Brock about some of the repercussions of Tuesday's primary runoff elections.
But when you do, you might not feel so good about it. A University of Arkansas marketer and her colleagues test the “bottom dollar effect.
Picking a name for a new magazine is part art, part science, part luck. We talk with editors and publishers of three regional publications for the latest "what's in a name" feature.
A study released yesterday by Oxfam International suggests that many workers in Arkansas would benefit from a raise in the federal minimum wage. A matching grant from the Walton Family Foundation will soon result in a mountain bike trail in Springdale, and Fayetteville joins the Arkansas Downtown Network.
To Fort Smith this weekend. We get a look into the life of a monster truck driver and learn how they ready those cars for a show.
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Ahead on Ozarks, the U.S. Geological Survey is investigating an increase of tremors in Oklahoma, and Adam Posnak uses African-inspired religions' and cultures' images for his pottery. His latest exhibit opens this week in Fayetteville.
This month a new poll conducted by Talk Business and Hendrix College asked likely voters in Arkansas about health care, marijuana and more. A majority agreed that efforts to block the health care law should continue and voters were almost evenly divided on the marijuana question. Roby Brock, from Talk Business, recently sat down with State Senator Gilbert Baker, a Republican from central Arkansas and John Brummett, a columnist with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
Two California entrepreneurs seek to revive Wonderland Cave, a popular local nightclub first constructed in the early 1930s in a massive underground cave complex deep beneath a mountain ridge in Benton County. For more information, visit TheWonderlandCave.com. For photos, click here.
“Table Tennis” by: Flying Lotus
Becca suggest free flix and crafts for today's entertainment suggestion.
This weekend the Young Artists Guild is producing Rapunzel in Fort Smith. Missy Gipson, the Executive Director of the Young Artists Guild, says creating the legendary hairdo was the first order of business. For more information, visit YagOnline.org
“Hair” by: The Original Broadway Cast
Wayne Bell from www.fayettevilleflyer.com gives us a preview of entertainment in August.