The century-old national organization, Big Brothers Big Sisters, celebrates its 20th year in Northwest Arkansas this month. In honor of the anniversary and to fill a need, the organization has launched a 20 men in 20 days campaign.Ozarks At Large
The century-old national organization, Big Brothers Big Sisters, celebrates its 20th year in Northwest Arkansas this month. In honor of the anniversary and to fill a need, the organization has launched a 20 men in 20 days campaign.
Nicole Holland lived in Paris before, during and after World War II. She dictated the events of her remarkable life to her daughter, Brenda Hancock. Both women recntly came to our studio.Mobile vendors; notably food trucks, trailers and carts; have increasingly become fixtures in the business landscape of Northwest Arkansas, but what regulations do new mobile businesses have to follow?
A new-grant funded program will allow 40 low-income children to attend preschool in Bentonville free.
On this edition of Ozarks: art from chainsaws, performance from fire, honky-tonk on the Mary Baker Rumsey Steinway and our regular Friday conversations with Becca Martin Brown and Michael Tilley.
The Cole Reeves Band will open for David Allan Coe tonight at the Benton County Fairgrounds. Tickets are available at hardluckentertainment.com. 
Fort Smith native Robyn Horn will lecture at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art this weekend. A.K. Blake explains the hows, whys and not-to-dos of fire spinning. He’ll perform Saturday night at the Firefly Fling at the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses dramatic increases in foreclosed homes on the market in the region and the latest in the 2014 race for governor.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: the under-appreciated parts of the United States Constitution. Sanford Levinson, the author of the book Framed: America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance, discusses the parts of the documents many of us are unfamiliar with or don't think about often. Plus a new report, issued today, from the Pew Commission on Industrial Farm Animal production, examines animal agriculture in the United States.
The ending sports seasons, art with a new permanent home, and a new effort to collect diapers are all part the Tuesday notes.
After Sunday's tornado devastated Vilonia, Mayflower and the surrounding areas, several businesses began offering a slew of options to provide additional support to relief efforts, some traditional and others more novel.
For a list of some of the ways to help relief efforts, click here.
A half-mile wide tornado killed at least 16 last night when it rolled across the central part of the state, hitting the cities of Mayflower and Villonia especially hard. Meanwhile, the Northwest Arkansas Chapter of the American Red Cross begins coordinating its response teams to help in the recovery efforts.
"Bizness" by tUnE-YaRdS
The Human Rights Campaign based in Washington, D.C. has announced plans to aggressively expand operations in Arkansas and two other southern states. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the group has committed $8.5 million dollars to make it happen. (Photo: Chad Griffin, HRC President and Arkansas native)
Plus, Wal-Mart pays large sums in legal fees. Roby Brock has more in this week’s Talk Business and Politics Update.
“In/Out” by Dan Croll
