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Clinton School of Public Service Students Gather Oral Histories of Electric Cooperatives

courtesy: Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas

Nearly 50 rural electric cooperative members from across Arkansas were interviewed by a team of students enrolled at the Clinton School of Public Service. In a developing documentary to be archived for public access, interviewees detail the hardships of living without electricity and the fruits of having their lives illuminated with electric power.

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.