Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, I-540 undergoes a name change. And, we tinker around the Amazeum office in Bentonville.
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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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Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, an Arkansas judge overturns the states's ban on same-sex marriage, so what's next?
Answer Fort Smith has just completed renovation of a larger facility for its telephone answering services, creating space for more employees. Gas prices rise slightly in Arkansas, though the national average dropped over the past week. Two Democratic candidates for statewide office endorse each other, and Governor Mike Beebe wants more to be done to end childhood hunger in the state.
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Two Democrats announced their candidacy for Lieutenant Governor, plus the state and federal government files suit against Exxon-Mobil for its handling of the Mayflower oil spill. Roby Brock with our content partner Talk Business Arkansas has those stories and more in his weekly review of business and political stories.
A recent poll conducted by a pair of University of Arkansas System entities asked about attitudes toward immigration.
The NWA Championship begins today and this year, organizers want to make the 17th hole the loudest hole in golf.
Our Ozarks at Large insect expert, Dr. Donald Steinkraus tells us how the, sometimes, pesky insect gets into wooden buildings.
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