
Ozarks At Large



Becca Martin Brown of NWA Newspapers gives a litany of entertainment options for Mothers' Day gifts.

Two public meetings were held late yesterday in Jasper to address concerns about the large CAFO in Newton County. Picasolar took home several thousand dollars from an MIT competition earlier this week. Fort Smith has finished automating trash collection, but now the city's sanitation department is turning its eye to automating recyclable collection. And speaking of Fort Smith, Senator Mark Pryor demands answers from the U.S. Air Force regarding the future of the 188th Fighter Wing.



Ozarks at Large's Meredith Martin Moats recently sat in on a conversation with Bud Rector, who will turn 99 later this year and has lived almost all his life in Yell County. We conclude her two-part report on his recollections of an Arkansas that has nearly vanished.

Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: art for you . . . and possibly art by you. We talk to the artistic eye behind a new exhibit of photographs exploring street art in Lebanon and we'll also take a quick tour of the Community Creative Center, where everybody and anybody is encouraged to make art. And, research into the water quality of Beaver Lake by scientists at the University of Arkansas.
Novel pilot program matches sober defendants with employers who pay them minimum wage, even for skilled work, with profits paying off probation supervision and victim restitution costs.
“Going Underground” by Buffalo Tom
The artists’ collective is looking at several options after “Fayetteville Underground” was recently dissolved by the Fayetteville Underground board.
Starting Monday, KUAF’s Katy Henriksen will bring you the classical music program “Of Note” every weekday between 11 a.m. and noon. Kyle Kellams discusses the program’s details with her.
There are a number of theatre events happening this weekend. Becca Bacon Martin has the details.
The Mashburn Singers visited KUAF’s Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to give us a preview of their Sunday night performance at the UARK Bowl.
“Somewhere Over The Rain” by Chet Baker