The 2013-14 school year marks the first time Common Core Standards will be implemented in Arkansas high schools.
Ozarks At Large
Next week, NWACC will start a six-week program at Crystal Bridges titled America's Music: A Film History of Our Popular Music from Blues to Bluegrass to Broadway.
The Care Foundation awards more than $1 million toward greater community wellness in Northwest Arkansas. And Governor Beebe calls on state lawmakers to use state money to increase monitoring of the Buffalo River watershed near a controversial hog farm.
Roby Brock from Talk Business Arkansas (www.talkbusiness.net) discusses what Walmart's latest reported earnings means for the overall U.S. economy.
Ahead on this edition of weekend Ozarks, music made with bedsprings and sawblades, and we learn the history behind a lake in Benton County, and it isn't Beaver Lake.
Joseph Israel will perform twice in Arkansas this weekend to celebrate the release of his latest album Kingdom Road.
Becca Martin Brown tells us about Justin Cunningham, who is putting on one last show before he leaves town for Julliard.
In the latest installment of our What's in a Name series, we explore the history of Lake Atalanta.The Fayetteville Public Education Foundation yesterday announced this year’s additions to the Fayetteville Schools Hall of Honor. This year is unique as four were included rather than the three that have been added the past 16 years.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, November 18, 2013
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, some local Marshal Island migrants may be eligible to enroll in the Arkansas health care marketplace for private insurance. Plus, we go backstage at the Walton Arts Center, check in with meteorologist Dan Skoff, and more.
Music fans eagerly await the annual Oxford American Music Issue. The latest, devoted to Lousiana, arrives December 1st. This year’s guest editor, Alex Rawls, has plenty of material to work with over the next four months. More information can be found at the Oxford American website here.
Senators Mark Pryor and John Boozman of Arkansas have initiated a new trade agreement with Panama to increase trading with Arkansas companies, a former Razorback earns a medal in London, and more.
“Running Up That Hill” by: Track and Field
Meredith Martin-Moats has this report on how some Little Rock residents have found new ways to continue gardening in the midst of a drought. You can read more of Meredith's work at her blog: The Boiled Down Juice.
Roby Brock from our content partner Talk Business gives us the latest business and political headlines from last week.
In a new series on some of the lesser-known Olympic sports, we shine the spotlight on table tennis. For more information on the Northwest Arkansas Table Tennis Club, click here.
“Dimelo (The Ping Pong Song)” by: Enrique Iglesias
