Two food drives with a twist were recently held to benefit Fayetteville food pantries.
Ozarks At Large
The Green Party joins Libertarians, Republicans and Democrats on the Arkansas 2014 ballot.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses three Fort Smith structures possible scheduled for updates. he also discusses better home sales numbers released this week.More than a quarter of the 250,000 Arkansans eligible for participation in the state's expanded Medicaid program have enrolled. duck hunting season opens tomorrow across the state, and hunters may find a larger population of ducks this year. The city of Alma gets ready to use a recently announced federal grant to expand the city's senior center. And thousands of Northwest Arkansas
On this edition of Ozarks, we speak with the creator of "Arkansas' second most unreliable news source,"and no, we are not the first. Plus, we visit with the middle school explorers of an abandoned cemetery, learn about adoption and foster care in Arkansas, and more.
Becca says that even though the concert this week by the Arts Center of the Ozarks Chorale is titled as such, there will be some holiday music performed.
A Harrison Middle School EAST class, under the direction of teacher John Henderson, is researching Fick Cemetery, purported to be the town’s first burial ground—some believe for African Americans. And while all artifacts and stones have long been removed, the students are determined to unearth the truth.
The Rock City Times offers up a daily dose of satire…with the parody aimed at all things Arkansas.At any given time, there are around 4000 children in foster care in Arkansas. Of those, 500 will never return home. Sebastian County has the second-largest number of foster kids and children available for adoption behind only Pulaski County though its population is much less. We learn more about adoption in Arkansas…
According to the Arkansas Realtors' Association, home sales were up statewide in October, though the association is cautious about still-to-come sales totals for November. A volleyball tournament this weekend in Fort Smith is expected to bring more than $160,000 of economic impact to the area. Two area cities get a boost from the state with community development block grants. And Crystal Bridges will start opening earlier on the weekends.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, January 31, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the Sons of Otis Malone bring all kinds of instruments into our studio and play three songs from their new CD, Bad Country. Plus Michael Tilley from The City Wire on the week that was in Arkansas business and politics and the dreaded white-nose syndrome has been found in bats in Arkansas.
Becca Bacon Martin from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers talks about First Thursday events in Fayetteville and Bentonville, “An Ouija Experiment,” and a performance by the University of Arkansas Percussion Ensemble.
“Tree Hugger” by Kimya Dawson
The Northwest Arkansas Earth Day Festival is the longest continuous Earth Day Festival in the history of Earth Day. Mikel Lolley, the chief organizer, explains.
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Sarah Lear from Trike Theatre discusses the Mary Poppins musical theatre boot camp that’s at Walton Arts Center next Saturday.
“My Rollercoaster” by Kimya Dawson
Jodi Beznoska from Walton Arts Center tells us what’s in store for us at the Center and Northwest Arkansas Music Pavilion.
We visit Pea Ridge’s newly constructed above-ground public tornado shelter in Benton County, funded in part by an Arkansas Department of Emergency Management Hazard Mitigation program grant, as well as a state-of-the-art personal underground shelter, installed by new local business startup, SureSafe Tornado Shelters.
“Shelter” by Ray LaMontagne
