Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, I-540 undergoes a name change. And, we tinker around the Amazeum office in Bentonville.Ozarks At Large
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, I-540 undergoes a name change. And, we tinker around the Amazeum office in Bentonville.
On Saturday, the Northwest Arkansas Center for Equality and P.R.I.D.E.--People Respecting Individual Differences and Equality at the University of Arkansas held a statewide LGBT summit on the UofA campus. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, transgenderism was a key issue.
While about a dozen students of KIPP Delta Public Schools, an open-enrollment charter school network in Blytheville and Helena visited the UA Fayetteville campus yesterday, university officials formally announced a partnership with the public charter school that aims to increase college attainment for students in underserved communities.
Before the Amazeum broke ground on a permanent space this morning, we visit their tinkering studio to learn through experience. The designation for a stretch of highway in Arkansas is changing to Interstate 49.
Arkansas Lottery Officials update the Legislative Oversight Committee on decreasing lottery revenue. A group advocates at the state capitol for fairer tax laws, and the Ben Geren Aquatics Center moves forward as the first construction bids will soon be awarded.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, Northwest Arkansas Rape Crisis Center will soon be able to expand their efforts to survivors of sexual assault, and a traveling exhibit at the University of Arkansas this week wants college students to engage in conversations about hunger.The traveling exhibit called Hunger U is on the University of Arkansas campus this week.
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Monday, May 12, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an Arkansas judge overturns the states's ban on same-sex marriage, so what's next?
Next fall, students with an Autism Spectrum Disorder may sign up to receive intensive support services to help them better negotiate academia and campus life. The UA is one of only a few colleges in the nation to offer such novel intervention.
“Sunflower” by Low
This week on Ozarks at Large, we will have a series of stories that profiles entrepreneurs throughout the Northwest Arkansas and Arkansas River Valley regions.
Today, we meet a creperie owner from Bentonville.
Kenny Rogers performs tonight at Walton Arts Center, and more holiday markets are in order for us.
“Deck the Halls” by Ottmar Liebert
Northwest Arkansas’ unemployment rate for the month of October is the same as the year before; the Arkansas Forestry Commission to lay off dozens of workers early next year; and more – on this edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
The State Capitol is hosting a Pearl Harbor Day reception today for Arkansas veterans who survived the attacks. Chris Holloway from our content partner KUAR in Little Rock talks to one such survivor about his experience.
