Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: Roby Brock talks with the incoming Speaker of the Arkansas House about the agenda for the General Assembly when it convenes next month. And a new start-up in northwest Arkansas with an unusual spelling: T-T-A-G-G is making its way in the digital world.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: Roby Brock talks with the incoming Speaker of the Arkansas House about the agenda for the General Assembly when it convenes next month. And a new start-up in northwest Arkansas with an unusual spelling: T-T-A-G-G is making its way in the digital world.The Little Free Library project has small, neighborhood libraries on street corners in Fayetteville, Africa, Australia and almost everywhere else.
A collection of University of Arkansas graduates is making headway in the digital world. Their new company, TTAGG, helps clients understand what their customers are saying about them.
Roby Brock from Talk Business sits down with Davy Carter, the next Speaker of the Arkansas House. They talk about Medicaid expansion, cooperation between parties and more.Bentonville residents can expect a wastewater rate increase in a few months thanks to a new ordinance enacted by the Bentonville city council. Also, a winter meteor shower will light up the night sky, especially during the next few days.
Ahead on Ozarks: An update on immigration reform,an update on the grassroots documentary project called "Directing Democracy," and our tech ambassador is back with a list of new apps for your smartphone and tablet.Top Arkansas immigrant civil rights activist Mireya Reith, executive director of the Arkansas United Community Coalition, explains what we should expect regarding reform, at both the federal and state level.
A recycling pilot program in Fayetteville stands to expand next year, the Applied Sustainability Center at the UA in Fayetteville wants Arkansans to focus on sustainable energy in the state, and one of Arkansas's congressional delegation is optimistic that Congress will avoid the fiscal cliff.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, author Adam Vines stops by the studio to discuss his first collection of poetry titled “The Coal Life.” Also, we learn more about a group of researches at the University of Arkansas who have developed a thermal energy storage system.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Ahead on this edition of weekend Ozarks, music made with bedsprings and sawblades, and we learn the history behind a lake in Benton County, and it isn't Beaver Lake.
Carroll County’s Quorum Court failed to secure an ordinance to establish public rural water system several years ago, after voters repealed it, claiming the project was being pushed and controlled by a minority of developers. But now the QC’s water committee is looking to convince a majority of residents to support a more transparent public water facilities board-facilitated project.
"Eye Can't See" by Nightmares on Wax
The just-published Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music has entries about the most famous Arkansas musicians like Johnny Cash and Louis Jordan. It also has lesser known, but still very important, figures like the musician known as Moondog and Bob Burns.
The UA Center for Advanced Spatial Technology starts a study to try to get a more accurate attendance count during Bikes, Blues and BBQ. UA Chancellor David Gearhart answers questions by state legislators regarding a recent audit of the University's Advancement Division. Walmart gives a sizable grant to the NWA Council to help improve the quality of life in northwest Arkansas. And, the American Cancer Society is starting a new long-range cancer study this week across the nation, with survey sites as follows.
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday Sept. 17 at Hope Cancer Resources in Springdale
2 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Sept. 18 at the Fayetteville Public Library
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday Sept. 19 at the Mercy Family YMCA in Rogers
9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday Sept 20 at the Center for Nonprofits at St. Mary's in Rogers.
"Boy With A Coin" by Iron & Wine
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas discusses Governor Beebe weighing in on the teacher insurance crisis and more in his weekly business and political news recap.
"Let Her Go" by Passenger
A new study by UA Department of Education Reform on how students are effected by a field trip to Crystal Bridges is being published in the journal Education Next.
