
Ozarks At Large

Yesterday, Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration officials yesterday outlined Governor Mike Beebe's budget priorities to state legislators. Funding for the state's Private Option expansion of Medicaid could be in danger after a special election for state Senate yesterday. And the University of Arkansas Fort Smith is in the process of developing its its first Master's degree program.



Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says there is still more to be learned about the Stieglitz collection at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
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.


Sabrina Billings, an Assistant Professor with the department of African and African American Studies at the University of Arkansas, has spent years researching her new book Language and Globalization in the Making of a Tanzanian beauty Queen.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, March 31, 2014
On this edition of Ozarks, a preview of an upcoming grief seminar for bereaved parents. Also, Fort Smith releases an annual report on its homeless community.
“Ricky Nelson Remembered” at Alma Performing Arts Center, plus a number of other events will keep us entertained this weekend. Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has the details.
“Garden Party” by Ricky Nelson
Earlier this week, Kyle Kellams moderated a conversation with the cast and crew of TheatreSquared’s latest production “The Fall of the House.” Here are some highlights.
“The Lucky One” (James Yuill Remix) by Au Revoir Simone
Kyle Kellams and Antoinette Grajeda recently went on an Ozarks hiking trip with two hiking experts to discover a pair of waterfalls.
To view a slideshow of photos and video of the waterfalls, click here.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, a non-profit civil rights group based in Montgomery, Alabama, issued its annual “hate report,” last month. Jacqueline Froelich takes a critical look at the Arkansas data.
Michael Tilley from our content partner www.thecitywire.com discusses the fall in natural gas prices in the state, the increase in tax collections in all major revenue categories, and more.
“Money” by Vitamin String Quartet (A Tribute to Pink Floyd)