Arkansas business leaders call for immigration reform, Governor Beebe asks for emergency assistance and True Detective may earn an alum from the University of Arkansas an award.
Ozarks At Large
On this edition of Ozarks, how material seized by the police end up at auction. Also, the fate of undocumented young people who make it to Northwest Arkansas.
Our Ozarks at Large insect expert takes us back to Clear Creek to find our nymphs from March all grown up. 
A Fayetteville Police Department representative recently explained how seized items ended up at city auction at Callaway Auctions in Springdale..jpg)
Some of the tens of thousands of unaccompanied Central American children seeking asylum are making their way to Arkansas. Jacqueline Froelich met with a teenager newly arrived from El Salvador who describes her journey and Springdale attorney, Laura Ferner-Moudy (photo), who is representing her. Supporters of proposals involving Arkansas' minimum wage and regulation of alcohol sales say they have enough signatures to make it to the ballot in November.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, what teeth can tell us about our ancestors. Also, how climate change is affecting the Marshall Islands.Dr. Peter Ungar, an anthropologist at the University of Arkansas, discusses how he looks at teeth to determine the diets of our ancestors and how what we and other animals eat today affects our pearly whites. He is also the author of Teeth: A Very Short Introduction published by Oxford University Press.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, July 14, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, more than 3,000 Arkansas children are in foster care custody on any single day. A new report has suggestions on how to better serve these young people. Plus, Arkansas native Louis Jordan's forays into the Caribbean and Calypso in today's edition of Arkansongs, and we hear how the four men running for Governor of Arkansas responded when asked about the legality of same-sex marriage
The deadline for graduating high school seniors to apply for the Arkansas Lottery Scholarship is this weekend. Congressman Tim Griffin wants to lower the top income tax rate for individuals and businesses. New lockage hours will go into effect next week along the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System. And, two campgrounds will reopen at the Buffalo National River after two local groups volunteer to take care of the maintenance.
"Sunlight" by Pat Metheny
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses numbers that suggest an improving economy.
Nearly 40 families and individuals affected by a major tar sands oil pipeline rupture two months ago in Mayflower, Arkansas--25 miles northwest of Little Rock--have filed lawsuit against Exxon-Mobil. We talk with a lead attorney on the case, as well as query Exxon about the suit.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says a different kind of memorial day is observed this weekend in Fayetteville.
We have sounds from musicians and concertgoers who attended the first day of Wakarusa.
