Apple Seeds Inc. is calling for community support to launch an educational farm on two and half acres of of College Avenue in Fayetteville to teach teachers how to start school gardens.
Ozarks At Large
This weekend the University of Arkansas' Department of mathematical Sciences will spend three hours celebrating puzzles, Martin Gardner and math.
The Springdale Public Library will close much of next week as part of the library's ongoing renovation project. Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel announces the formation of a state task force to end human trafficking in the state. A fourth party gets 2014 ballot access in Arkansas. And the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality releases funds for cutting diesel emissions in the state.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the Amazeum receives a large gift and Grant Tennille, the director of the Arkansas Economic Development Commission, discusses the state of Arkansas' economy.
In the span of 35 years, The Austin Lounge Lizards have released 11 albums including one this year. The band has a loyal following around the country, and when they were in Fayetteville recently, they stopped by the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio for a live set on The Pickin' Post. Here's one of the songs from that set.A scavenger hunt, a cooking class, a blood drive and more will take place in the days and weeks ahead.
Tom Wing, director of the Drennen-Scott House in Van Buren, says that the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas was originally located in Van Buren, prior to Judge Isaac Parker's reign over the court in Fort smith.
Roby Brock talks to Grant Tennille from the Arkansas Economic Development Commission about the state's economy in the weeks after the federal government shutdown.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Monday, January 20, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a conversation with young adult author An Na. Also, we learn what it takes to become a police officer.
Ozarks at Large’s Luke Gramlich visits the small Ozark town of Gilbert to find out why it continues to exist.
The Ozark Tracker Society is organizing a day-long workshop on weeds which can be used as food or medicine. Registration deadline is August 13.
For more information, call 479.267.0420 or log on to www.ozarktrackers.org.
Springfield, Missouri is preparing to host the inaugural Birthplace of Route 66 Festival this weekend. In honor of the event, this week we’ll talk about some interesting places along the route in Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas.
Today, we visit one of the three drive-ins left on Route 66. This one’s in Carthage, Missouri.
For photos of our Route 66 road trip, click here.
Two members of Carroll Electric Cooperative file a class-action complaint against the cooperative’s board of directors and management, auditions this weekend for a major motion picture to be filmed in Arkansas, Razorback football suffers a major blow and more – on this edition of Ozarks at Large Half-Time.
