Becca Martin Brown has some last minute activity to do with your mom or do yourself or your kids if you are a mom, or not.
Ozarks At Large
The idea of Community varies from person to person. A year long project at Fayetteville High School concludes with an open house showcasing juniors’ and seniors’ ideas of community as seen through each of their camera lenses.
The past week in Arkansas saw a visit from President Obama, hundreds of new jobs announced, and expansion plans for one decades-old stadium move forward. We have more in this morning's Week in Review.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Michael Tilley talks about a new owner for some long-abandoned real estate in Fort Smith, and the official announcement of a Whole Foods in Fayetteville. Plus, Cletus Got Shot gets ready to perform at a few festivals in the next month.
Cletus Got Shot will perform at the 2014 Artosphere Celebration and the Block Street Block Party next weekend. Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says this Mother's Day has more than enough choices for Mom. They're free, too.
An undocumented Arkansas college student who traveled to Mexico to attain a nursing degree back in 2011, was forced to flee back across the U.S. border this winter, and risk arrest by immigration officials in order to save her own life. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, Marisol Soto somehow made it all the way back home to Pea Ridge, Arkansas. (Photo: Marisol, Andrea, and Marianna Soto)
Michael Tilley from The City Wire discusses a sale of some former Whirlpool real estate in Fort Smith and the eventual arrival of Whole Foods in Fayetteville.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Friday, May 30, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, Michael Tilley talks about a potential multi-billion dollar acquisition by Tyson Foods and a less-than-expected participation rate for upcoming elections in the City of Fort Smith. And, a preview of two very different ways to spend tomorrow night: the rumble of monster trucks will be in Springdale, and music from the Artosphere Festival Orchestra will be in Fayetteville.
Three months after an oil spill, some residents near Mayflower wonder if they should have been evacuated immediately after the spill.
For more, watch this video produced by our content partner KUAR in Little Rock.
"New Orleans Instrumental" by R.E.M.
Steve Boggan, a journalist from London, followed a ten dollar bill around the US, including Arkansas, for thirty days. What he learned he put in his book, Follow the Money.
"I've Been Everywhere" by Johnny Cash
Becca Martin Brown from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers has a list of holiday fireworks shows.
"Fireworks" by Animal Collective
A new addition to KUAF's late night schedule allows listeners to hear some classic jazz interviews from the past fifty years.
"Bossa Nova USA" by Dave Brubeck
In July, 1973 a handful of farmers set up a small market. Four decades later the market celebrates a milestone anniversary.
"4th of July" by Bruce Springsteen
