The price of gasoline is creeping back up, with Iraq oil supplies at risk due to increasing civil unrest. But more American gas stations are selling American-produced ethanol fuel for a growing fleet of flexible fuel vehicles. Jacqueline Froelich reports.Ozarks At Large
The price of gasoline is creeping back up, with Iraq oil supplies at risk due to increasing civil unrest. But more American gas stations are selling American-produced ethanol fuel for a growing fleet of flexible fuel vehicles. Jacqueline Froelich reports.The board of directors of Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport recently approved a new long-range master plan for the airport. That plan contains a variety of projects for the short, near and long term future.
Governor Mike Beebe talks to Roby Brock, from Talk Business and Politics, about the possibility of a special session of the Arkansas Legislature.The Principal Fellows program at the U of A yesterday announced it had received a $1.9 million grant from the Walton Family Foundation. A recent report suggests that in coming years, the northwest Arkansas economy will be among the fastest growing in the U.S.. And the Bentonville City Council gets ready to fill two vacancies.
Ahead on Ozarks, coverage from a groundbreaking ceremony for Bentonville's new high school. Plus, a conversation with the author of “The Indicted South: Public Criticism, Southern Inferiority, and the Politics of Whiteness.”UA Professor Angie Maxwell argues that the attention the South received throughout the 20th century in regards to three particular events has shaped the Southern Identity that exists yet today. She discusses her book The Indicted South: Public Criticism, Southern Inferiorty, and the the Politics of Whiteness with Ozarks’ Christina Karnatz.
In early May, Arkansas’s ban on same-sex marriage was struck down as unconstitutional by a state court. Hundreds of couples obtained wedding licenses before a stay was ordered by the Arkansas Supreme Court. Now a second lawsuit, filed in federal court, will soon be considered. Jacqueline Froelich talks with Little Rock attorney Jack Wagoner about his case.Roby Brock talks about Governor Beebe's thoughts on a special session and more in his weekly business and political news update
This morning, the Bentonville Public School District broke ground on its new high school project in Centerton.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, as many prepare for Fourth of July in backyards or fields of fireworks, the ticks are waiting: a new tick-borne illness has been discovered in the South. And The Cate Brothers release a new album, more than thirty years after it was originally recorded.
Governor Mike Beebe speaks with Roby Brock of www.talkbusiness.net about the possibility of a Hispanic-majority legislative district in northwest Arkansas and what will happen to Arkansas if the debt ceiling dilemma isn’t resolved.
Excessive heat warning in effect tonight until 8 o’clock in eastern Oklahoma and Sebastian County in Arkansas; summer drought may have a major impact on Arkansas crops; FEMA hosts a workshop at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock tomorrow to assist Arkansas businesses affected by recent disasters and more – on today’s edition of Ozarks at Large Half Time.
“Dig Dis” by Hank Mobley
The Karate Kid and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire will be screened at the Boone County Library and the Fayetteville Public Library respectively. Plus music performances in Fayetteville and Fort Smith.
Malco Razorback theatre in Fayetteville hosts a Harry Potter movie marathon starting just after midnight early Thursday morning.
The Botanical Garden is preparing for its Firefly Fling on Saturday.
“A Buffalo in Yellowstone” by By the End of the Night
