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.
Our local food expert Teresa Maurer talks about the goodies that will be available at the farmers’ markets in the region over the next several days.
For today’s recipes, click here.
Kyle Kellams asked our local food expert Teresa Maurer three more questions about okra, summer foods and more.
“Heat” by Brian Eno
Joe Neal takes us to a sun-drenched bayou on the Arkansas River Valley, which serves as a sort of pitstop for many thousands of migrating shorebirds. 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.
Artist Craig Colorusso explains his sound installation called sun boxes.
For more information: www.sun-boxes.com.
Today could be the hottest June day on record in northwest Arkansas history; a new report praises changes made to Arkansas’ public education system over the last decade; and more – on today’s Segment A.
“New Orleans Organ Interlude” by Charlie Hunter
