A new report places Benton and Washington counties as the two healthiest in the state. Plus the Hogeye Marathon returns and severe weather is a possibility over the next twenty-four hours.
Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks, a conversation with House speaker designate Jeremy Gillam. Plus, we tour a compounding pharmacy in Johnson.
Next month is National Poetry Month. For this month's edition of our segment Three People, we ask three poets to talk about their form of artistic expression.
In the olden days, your local apothecary prepared all your medications. Now, your pharmaceutical industry mass produces everything from prescription Ambien to Xanax.But as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the lost art of individualized compounding is undergoing a revival—and more intense review. (Photo: Collier Drug Compounding Lab Staff-- front row left to right: Denise Roark, Jana Evensen, Corrie Stout, Melissa Mashburn, back row: Andrew Mize, Justin Bolinger.)
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas leads a roundtable discussion, which includes newly-elected House Speaker-designate Jeremy Gillam.The design for the Ben Geren Aquatics Park in Fort Smith has been finalized and will soon be let out for bid. And, a journalist that was once critical of the Clintons speaks about the state of the news media.
Ahead on Ozarks, distance education will have a strong presence in a program on the University of Arkansas campus next fall, plus Rogers Little Theatre brings a comedy classic to the stage. We go behind the scenes with The Man Who Came To Dinner.
Next year an LLM degree at the University of Arkansas will be obtainable in a face-to-face setting or from a distance.`
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Roby Brock discusses the final week of campaigning before primary election day and if Judge Chris Piazza's ruling striking down the state's ban on same-sex marriage will have any impact on those races. Plus, a return to a favorite CD from several summers ago; can the music still evoke the same response? And, a report on a multi-million dollar campaign targeting the Southern closet.
A Louisiana native and the author of the novel “King Cake Baby,” Scott Butler tells the story of a family with a life-changing secret. Butler now lives in Bentonville. “King Cake Baby” is now available at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville and online at www.kingcakebabybook.com.
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“Big Chief” by Professor Longhair
Ozarks at Large is reporting on the critical role social workers play in our lives, from elementary school to hospice.
Today, we visit four geriatric social workers who serve in very different capacities, including Sara Cain-Bartlett pictured here with Bella Vista resident and client Col. William Pogue.
The fiscal session of Arkansas Legislature begins; Governor Mike Beebe urges lawmakers to work together to arrive on a consensus of this year’s state budget; and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
“Valentine’s Day” by Bruce Springsteen
Still on the Hill releases its new album of love songs, and the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith faculty performs a concert tonight. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has details on these and more events.
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.
