A decision on whether to close a street to vehicles in Springdale by that city's aldermen will help lay the path for the Razorback Greenway through the city. More than 6,000 voters cast ballots yesterday in the first day of early voting in Arkansas' primary and judicial elections. And the University of Arkansas announces who its next lobbyist to local, state and federal legislators will be.
Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks, we bid farewell to the Arkansas Honor Flight program. Also, the music of Joyce Green in latest installment of Arkansongs, Roby Brock has his weekly business and political news update, and more.
Monica Ramirez, deputy director for Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, is working to end sexual harassment and sexual assault against farmworker and low-wage immigrant women.A reunion has been scheduled for Sept. 27 for past and present members of the Ozark-based Charlie Battery as well as their dependents and survivors.
Late last week, two elder World War II veterans joined a group of corporate supporters and friends to bid a formal farewell to Arkansas Honor Flights.
St. Vincent Health System and Conway Regional Health System are discussing an exclusive strategic affiliation. Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas has the details.Although income tax revenue declined in the latest report, gross general revenue is above forecast, and one state economist says that revenue numbers are generally looking good, Plus, early voting begins across the state for preferential primary and non-partisan judicial general elections.
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, the founders of Olivia's Basket share the spirit of their late daughter and of the organization she inspired. Plus, our insect expert offers low-tech solutions to pesky insects in the garden.Here are the clips used in this morning's montage about trains:
- Polar Express
- “Folsom Prison Blues” by Johnny Cash
- Thomas the Tank Engine
- "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie” by Louis Jordan
- Murder on the Orient Express
- “Casey Jones” by the Grateful Dead
- Back to the Future III
- The Great Train Robbery
- Planes, Trains and Automobiles
- Stand By Me
- “Come on and Ride It” by the Quad City DJs
Olivia's Basket has built nine homes in Mexico and Honduras, but the organization will hold its first ever public fundraiser next week in Fayetteville.
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Sunday, June 15, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Weekend Ozarks, we learn the trick of the trade with a monster truck driver. Plus, if you had a magazine, how would you choose its name? Would it be literal, a hint as to what's expected inside, or something completely different?
Big Cat Week kicks off tonight on National Geographic Wild Channel with Snow Leopard of Afgahnastan. Christina Thomas speaks with Tony Gerber director and producer of the film about the important presence the animal maintains in that country, as well as what the experience of tracking such an elusive species was like.
"Snow Leopard" by Grada
Several productions of Thu Nutcracker are happening today and nexty weekend in the region. Becca Martin Brown gives us the scoop on one scheduled for next Saturday in Springdale.
"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy"
Tonight's Sunday Symphony features works by Alfven, Brahms and Britten. Katy Henriksen gives us a preview.
Alfven
Christina Thomas takes us to some beehives to find what the pollinators do during a typical winter and how they are faring this year given the unseasonably warm weather.
Here's the list of our bee clips for Sunday morning, December 9th, 2012
Wynton Marsalis performs Rimsky-Korsalov's "Flight of the Bumblebee"
Members of the cast of Arrested Development discuss Gob's plan for a bee business
Dean Martin's version of "The Birds and the Bees"
Winnie the Pooh in a not-so-smart disguise to get honey
Huey Lewis sings "Buzz Buzz Buzz"
Jerry Seinfeld wants to leave the hive in Bee Movie
Erykah Badu sings about love in her song "Honey"
From the first season of Saturday Night Live, the first appearance of The Killer Bees featuring guest host Elliot Gould
Michael Caine warns the residents of Maysville that the bees are coming! From the movie The Swarm
Slim Harpo sings "I'm a King Bee"
