Ozarks at Large
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A daily news magazine highlighting the people, places and events of Northwest Arkansas and the Arkansas River Valley.
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In this edition of the Northwest Arkansas Business Journal, host Paul Gatling speaks with Lane Patterson, founding partner of Highway Ventures. The startup studio launches and grows advanced mobility companies using an innovative business model. That interview and headlines from across the region are in today's report.
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On today's show, striving to diversify the kinds of investors and start-up companies in Northwest Arkansas. Also, we remember when a founding member of Monty Python’s Flying Circus talked with us about history. Plus, after three decades at the University of Arkansas, Janine Parry is departing.
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Seven minutes north of the University of Arkansas campus, along both sides of Garland Avenue, is the Milo J. Shult Agricultural Experiment Station. Though, most know it by a much more endearing name: the farm.
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Marriah Berquist's most recent poetry was written in response to the war in Gaza. On Sunday evening, the poet will organize a reading event at Pearl’s Books in Fayetteville. Berquist visited with Ozarks at Large's Kyle Kellams in the Anthony and Susan Hui News Studio about her poetry and the unlikely friendship it cultivated.
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The process of selecting a new theme for KUAF’s Community Spotlight is moving into the final phase. During the next few days, we’re going to meet each of the artists whose music has made it into the final round. The entry, “The Sun Sets on Quonset Huts,” is written and performed by Cyrus Attoun. This morning, Attoun came to the Carver Center for Public Radio to speak with Jasper Logan, KUAF’s Community Engagement Manager, and Kyle Kellams about his music.
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Late last year, we heard from Shawn Hunter, the leader behind the Diana Project– an organization dedicated to raising awareness of Arkansas’ State Butterfly, the Diana Fritillary. Last week, Hunter caught up with Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis at the Carver Center for Public Radio to talk about Pollinator Month– which is coming up in June. Hunter says a lot has happened for the Diana Project in 2024, including an exciting collaboration with the Nature Conservancy.
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Hundreds of jobs are being cut at Walmart’s home office and its global tech operation.
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On today's show, we head out to the Farm to learn more about the research at the University of Arkansas away from Old Main. Also, a friendship of two poets— one in Fayetteville, one in Gaza. Plus, the similarities between creating software and music.
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In just a little more than one month, the Arkansas Graveler will take dozens of cyclists on a six-day riding tour across the Ozarks to the Delta, from Fayetteville to Jonesboro. Scotti Moody is a former professional cyclist and the event director for the Graveler. She spoke with Ozarks at Large’s Jack Travis about the mobile festival.
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This Sunday, the Fayetteville Strawberry Festival will occur on the square from noon to 6 p.m. Ozarks at Large’s Sophia Nourani spoke with downtown director Kelly Rich about what attendees can expect from the festival and how the recently created Downtown Fayetteville Coalition brought it all together.