
Ozarks At Large

To adopt a pet at the Fayetteville Animal Shelter as it will be closed Saturday for the installation of new flooring. Plus a couple of events as the weekend nears.

The University of Arkansas Libraries formally opened the papers of Senator Dale Bumpers to researchers yesterday.
As promised, the state legislature overrode a line-item veto by Governor Mike Beebe to allow sand used in natural gas drilling to be exempt from sales tax. And, several organizations through the state accrue grant funding.


Mary Kay Zuravleff is the author of Man Alive, a story about a physician whose life changed after he was struck by lightning. She will speak tonight at Nightbird Books.

Last week, a federal judge struck down much of Arkansas' Heartbeat Protection Act, passed last year by the state legislature. We speak to two people, one from the pro-life movement and one from the pro-choice movement, to hear what they think the ruling means.
As Becca continues her week of themes, today's art theme includes events at Crystal Bridges and Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, other ways to teach and other ways to learn. We go inside a local school of innovation, and we'll go on stage in Bentonville as Northwest Arkansas Community College prepares their staging of The Giver.
Fourth District Congressman Tom Cotton says that he thnks the government shutdown will negatively impact national security, while Senator Mark Pryor gives his account of yesterday's shooting near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.. Arkansans for Compassionate Care get their proposed ballot title approved by the state attorney general. And John Brown University gets a sizable contribution toward the school's forthcoming nursing program.
"Citizen's Band" by The Triangle
Michael Tilley from The City Wire asked several business leaders in the region about the effects of the federal government’s partial shutdown.
Huntsville resident, Tobe Bohannan just turned 100. But instead of being idle like most of his peers, "Mr. Tobe" continues to work full time-- as a security and maintenance man at a local primary school. Plus? In the summer, he operates his own private concrete finishing business. And he has a handshake to prove it.
“Rubber Duck” by The Underdogs
There is music from Mongolia, Nashville, Texas and Arkansas all over the place this weekend.
Block Street Hot Club, who you can often find performing at the Fayetteville Farmers Market, stops by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio.