Jennifer Pharr Davis holds the record for the fastest completion of traversing the Appalachian Trail.
Ozarks At Large
The Mustache Running Club and Girls on the Run of NWA are two ways local residents can become involved in the sport of running. A calendar of races can be found at www.ArkansasRunner.Com.
After the Mozart in the Museum concert last night, two-thirds of Time for Three talked about their love of music and the Artosphere Festival.
Last week, voters in the Democrat and Republican chose their nominees for political office to run in November elections. Roby Brock with Talk Business and Politics hosts this roundtable discussion with members of each party.The city of Fayetteville is well into construction of a new trailhead on Mount Kessler. Plus, Simmons First Bank announces its fourth acquisition within the last year.
Ahead on Ozarks, highlights from a lecture given by David Pryor last night in downtown Fayetteville. Also, the region's population prepares to reach the half-million mark.
The best guess is that the 500,000th resident in the four-county Northwest Arkansas Metropolitan Statistical Area arrived today.
Roby Brock from Talk Business & Politics speaks to three bankers about the state of lending in Arkansas.
Those were the words of former Senator David Pryor last night during a lecture on dysfunction in Congress.Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks, the names of some publications like Time or Southern Living give readers a literal idea of what's printed on their pages, but what about 3W or Due South? We take a look at the thought behind the titles of some of the magazines published in our region. Plus, we talk with Roby Brock about some of the repercussions of Tuesday's primary runoff elections.
A New state law went into effect this week prohibiting smoking on public college campuses. And as Jacqueline Froelich reports, the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville began enforcing the "Campus Clean Air Act."
"Smoke, Smoke, Smoke That Cigarette" by Merle Travis
In July a dozen teens from Benton County took part in a pottery camp that was a collaboration between the Boys and Girls Club of Benton County, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and the University of Arkansas. For more information about the Sugar Gallery in Bentonville, click here.
"I'm on Fire" by Harry Manx and Kevin Breit
When classes begin later this month at the University of Arkansas Fort Smith, two new programs will be included in the course catalog. We talked with Chancellor Dr. Paul B. Beran and provost Dr. Ray Wallace about the additions.For more information click here.
