Roby Brock speaks with blogger Jason Tolbert about a series of political debates that occurred over the weekend.Ozarks At Large
Roby Brock speaks with blogger Jason Tolbert about a series of political debates that occurred over the weekend.A new study by AARP suggests a majority of older Arkansans favor legislation protecting older workers from age discrimination, and Bentonville aims to fill in some gaps in sidewalks with new rules for development.
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.
The Springdale Municipal Airport recently received a $150,000 grant to help improve access to its terminal.
Our history doctor, Bill Smith, says the AMC drama can be a great place to begin a discussion about history.
Northwest Arkansas Community College will stage The Giver this weekend and the tech crew has been at work on the production for some time.
Becca Martin Brown, from Northwest Arkansas Newspapers, says movies, art and more are geared toward teens this week.
The annual event attracts thousands to Rogers and raises hundreds of thousands of dollars for area agencies.
This spring a number of Arkansas public schools and districts are applying to the state department of education to become “Schools of Innovation.” As Jacqueline Froelich reports, the new innovation school model is more collaborative compared to the public charter model. (Photo: applicant Leverett Elementary in Fayetteville)
State officials yesterday celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Community Development Block Grant program, and a water project 20 years in the making is finally complete.
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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, we conclude our series of conversations with candidates in primary races with GOP Congressional candidate Bruce Westerman. We also welcome Barrett Baber back into the Firmin-Garner Performance Studio to hear a new take on one of his songs.
Chase Stoudenmire, a graduate student at the University of Arkansas and a former Fulbright Scholar to the Republic of Georgia, visited KUAF’s Firmin-Garner Performance Studio with Professor Kate Mamiseishvili, who encouraged him to go to Georgia, to talk about his experiences.
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Trike Theatre will host a number of interesting camps this summer including a Super Secret Spy Ninja camp. Managing Director Sarah Leer has the details.
Eric Specking from the University Of Arkansas College Of Engineering tells us about the Explore Engineering summer program that hopes to promote high school students’ interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields.
Our math expert Dr. Chaim Goodman Strauss and Kyle Kellams talk to Dr. Lorenzo Sadun, a math professor from the University of Texas at Austin, about “how the world fits together.” Sadun will visit the University of Arkansas to deliver a public lecture this Thursday at 7 p.m.
Earlier this week, a ceremony was held in Little Rock to mark former Arkansas Governor Winthrop Rockefeller’s memorial at the State Capitol after the passing of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. The ceremony is part of a series of commemorative events marking Winthrop Rockefeller’s 100th birth anniversary this year.
Beth McEvoy from our content partner KUAR in Little Rock, reports.
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