Ahead on Ozarks: a new report suggests the growing immigrant population in Arkansas is helping the state financially. Christina Thomas has a report about the new study, released simultaneously yesterday in Springdale and Little Rock. And Opera Fayetteville is back for a second act. The company will present "Dead Man Walking" Friday night and Sunday afternoon. And the ongoing saga of attorney general Dustin McDaniel's relationship with an attorney in Hot Springs continues. Yesterday, he answered questions at a press conference.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on Ozarks: a new report suggests the growing immigrant population in Arkansas is helping the state financially. Christina Thomas has a report about the new study, released simultaneously yesterday in Springdale and Little Rock. And Opera Fayetteville is back for a second act. The company will present "Dead Man Walking" Friday night and Sunday afternoon. And the ongoing saga of attorney general Dustin McDaniel's relationship with an attorney in Hot Springs continues. Yesterday, he answered questions at a press conference.The band Speck Mountain creates a sound all its own, and our reviewer says that’s a great thing.
A case dealing with police, evidence and drunk driving began in rural Missouri and now has made it to the highest court in the land.
Before yesterday’s press conference, Roby Brock from Talk Business, talked to two of Arkansas’ most-read political bloggers about the fallout from the Dustin McDaniel stories.Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel met reporters Tuesday to answer questions surrounding his inappropriate relationship with a attorney in Hot Springs.
A new report released yesterday by the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation finds that Arkansas had the fourth-highest rate of immigrant population in the United States during the first decade of this century. But while the state's immigrant population remains below the national average, the report also says that the growth has been beneficial to the state's economy.
Governor Mike Beebe urges Republican state legislators to look at all possible solutions to shore up the shortfall in the state's Medicaid system, though he stated he is against using one-time budget surplus funds to close the gap. The city of Fayetteville looks into selling a bit of land in an effort to clear an eyesore in the name of new commerce.
Wayne Bell returns to our studio to preview the winter television schedule. Favorites like Downton Abbey return and several new shows are seeking the coveted buzz of critics and viewers.
Catch Me if You Can, a Tony Award-winning musical, opens tonight at Walton Arts Center in Fayetteville. We caught up with a cast member to ask about the ambitious stage production based on a true story of forgery and deceit.
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Thursday, August 29, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks at Large, how a growing human population is also causing Arkansas's deer population to grow. Plus, from quidditch to rugby, almost any sport you can imagine is offered to University of Arkansas students, and the challenges of growing fruit in Northwest Arkansas.
Last week the future of a proposed steel mill project in Arkansas was just one item legislators paid attention to in Little Rock. Roby Brock, from our content partner Talk Business Arkansas covers the past seven days of Arkansas business and politics in his regular Monday rundown.
Legislators return to the state capitol this week following developments last week on the legislature's biggest decisions this session: the state's Medicaid program and whether to approve a $125 million state investment in a steel mill in northeast Arkansas.
"Fools Rush In" by Glenn Miller and "Ship of Fools" by Robert Plant
Becca Martin Brown of Northwest Arkansas Media gives us the scoop on what's ahead for TheatreSquared and the Walton Arts Center.
If you've been waiting for a novel set in Miami with four good friends, a python, a Haitian family seeking a better life and the line "hyperactive poo-flinging banshee," then you're in luck. More simply, if you've been waiting for the next crime-tinged novel from Dave Barry, then your're still in luck. Even better still, Barry is headed for the Fayetteville Public Library April 12.
In winter we hear a few chirps, but with spring upon us our feathered co-inhabitants are vocally staking their nesting claims. Wildlife recordist, Joe Neal waxes on about the call of the cardinal. Neal is coauthor of “Arkansas Birds,” published by the University of Arkansas Press. His latest book “In the Province of Birds, a Western Arkansas Memoir,” is published by Half-Acre Press.
"My Foolish Heart" by Bill Evans Trio
