Ozarks At Large
The Arkansas Fallen Firefighters Memorial will be dedicated tomorrow in Little Rock.
New standardized public education testing will be tried in Arkansas public schools under the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. As Jacqueline Froelich reports, one million students across 18 states, including Arkansas, will participate in the “Next Generation Assessment” field tests.
Michael Tilley from The City Wire says the 188th Fighter Wing has recieved approval to spend to $12.5 million to build a facility that could help the unit become an ISR Center of Excellence.The university system's board voted yesterday to start offering online courses. And, the state departments of health and education partner on educating schools about the dangers of heat-related illnesses.
Ahead on this edition of Ozarks: a walk around the trails at Lake Fayetteville will take you past acres of charred land. We learn about the benefits of prescribed burns such as these. Plus not one, but two area towns are in the running to take over the March Madness bracket of the Greatest Southern Town. And, we climb a tree to visit the serene world of a children's treehouse, and get ready for Spring Break with options for movie lovers.
Trading on the popularity of the NCAA Tournament, the magazine Garden and Gun has its own bracket. This one pits southern towns against each other.
Wings, and other films, will be shown at area libraries during next week's Spring Break Vacation. Becca has a full list.
We go off into our own world with Josh Hart, a carpenter and owner of Natural State Treehouses, who builds play structures for people of all ages.
Latest Edition of Ozarks at Large
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Ahead on Ozarks, a report on the approved usage of E-Notarization in Arkansas. And we speak to an editor, a reporter, and a journalism instructor about the future of newspapers and journalism.
Becca gives us a quick sketch of where this weekend's craft fairs will be set up and how to get there.
Art Tatum, Devil's Den State Park and more in our history capsule for October 13.
First Christian Church in Fayetteville is scheduling talks, prayer vigils and fundrasiers to help raise awareness of the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. War has ripped apart the nation since the late 1990s.
For more about the week's events: congoweek.org
For more information about DR Congo: friendsofthecongo.com or runforcongowomen.org.
Animal shelters have been inundated with abandoned pets left by families stressed by home foreclosures. But what about wildlife shelters in Arkansas? How have they fared during the economic downturn? Jacqueline Froelich reports.
More information is available by calling 870-350-4189, 479-795-1515, or visiting agfc.com.
