
Ozarks At Large

The stories behind unusual high school mascots…like Airedales or Little Johns…are the stuff of legend.

Though Arkansas is still 30% above the rest of the nation, the state is finally seeing declining rates when it comes to new lung cancer diagnoses and moralities due to lung cancer. We hear from Dr. Gary Wheeler with the Arkansas Department of Health.


The Benton County Children's Advocacy Center recently received reaccreditation. Lake Wedington in Washington County and Shores Lake in Franklin County will soon be partially drained to allow the U.S. Forest Service to allow for some winter maintenance. And Bentonville Public Schools begins to think about names and mascots for its second high school that will be built in Centerton.


Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, a look at what's next for the ruptured Pegasus pipeline. Plus, we pay a visit to the new Walmart to Go store in Bentonville.
Becca uses less than sixty seconds to give us four great things to do tonight.
Winter roared into Arkansas bringing both an EF3 tornado and a freak blizzard to the southern portion of the state. Last year the Ozarks were buried in over a foot of snow--a region still recovering from a crushing ice storm in 2009. Jacqueline Froelich reports on what we may expect the rest of this season.
"Hillbillies From Outer Space" by the Vaughan Brothers
Matthew Hartz has been a national and world champion fiddler. Later this month he's headed to northwest Arkansas to play and teach.
To hear why The Ramones and Beach Boys influnced Mark, click here.
Governor Mike Beebe addressed a joint session of the Arkansas Legislature today just before our deadline. A full report can be heard tomorrow on Ozarks at Large.
John Brummett talked with Governor Mike Beebe about the 88th General Assembly. The conversation was recorded by our content partner www.talkbusiness.net.
"Tea for Two" by Thelonious Monk